Arthel "Doc" Watson, a traditional music legend and the player most responsible for making the guitar a lead instrument in bluegrass, died today in Winston-Salem, N.C. at age 89. Watson was ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson was in critical condition Thursday at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week. Watson's daughter, ...

With the passing of Arthel “Doc” Watson, in Winston-Salem., North Carolina on May 29th at the age of 89, America has lost a master of acoustic folk and country guitar – a blind flat-picking virtuoso ...

Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson was in critical condition Thursday at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week. Watson’s daughter, Nancy, told The ...

Watson was one of America's premier acoustic folk guitarists. We'll hear two of Watson's appearances on the show: an interview from 1988 and a live convert from 1989. Watson's flat-pick style of ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Master flat-picker Doc Watson is in a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week. Watson’s daughter, Nancy, said in a telephone interview ...

He used to tell people that had he not been blind, he probably wouldn’t ever have learned guitar, and would have most likely become a mechanic. Well, if that’s the case, thank God he was blind. The ...

Hear the legendary flatpicker and singer of traditional folk Doc Watson recorded live in concert from Alexandria, Va.'s Birchmere Music Hall. Watson was joined by banjo player David Holt and Doc's ...

Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: The Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 Smithsonian Folkways In 1960, the producer Ralph Rinzler paired the forgotten banjo legend Clarence Ashley with an obscure ...

Doc Watson died in 2012 but his influence on American music was undeniable. Master of flatpicking--the technique of striking the strings of a guitar with a pick (also called a plectrum) held between ...

FILE - In this March 15, 2000 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson, talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C. Watson was in critical condition Thursday, May ...