In my opinion, the greatest acoustic guitar picker ever.
In my opinion, the greatest acoustic guitar picker ever.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/ar...t-89.html?_r=1
Doc Watson, Blind Guitar Wizard Who Influenced Generations, Dies at 89.
" Mr. Watson, who came to national attention during the folk music revival of the early 1960s, injected a note of authenticity into a movement awash in protest songs and bland renditions of traditional tunes. In a sweetly resonant, slightly husky baritone, he sang old hymns, ballads and country blues he had learned growing up in the northwestern corner of North Carolina, which has produced fiddlers, banjo pickers and folk singers for generations.
His mountain music came as a revelation to the folk audience, as did his virtuoso guitar playing. Unlike most country and bluegrass musicians, who thought of the guitar as a secondary instrument for providing rhythmic backup, Mr. Watson executed the kind of flashy, rapid-fire melodies normally played by a fiddle or a banjo. His style influenced a generation of young musicians learning to play the guitar as folk music achieved national popularity." Fr. LINK
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RIP Doc.
There have been many great guitarists over the years....but I won't argue that point Joe. Doc was amazing.
C.H.U.D.
One of my favorites. I learned to play it, but in my head it was always Doc doing it better.
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