ey) eee ee PCC ema Gd een res the mos! beloved performers on eee eee ea eames eet reid eee cee eee ean ae on eer ey a eee Cees Pee ees rare veer etic a Mike Seeger, Jack Lawrence and Kirk Suiphin eee er sn Oana) Memorial Festival, Wilkesboro, NC 90 Minvte DYD Peer et eee pa pee ee ee flat toa guitar with technical virtuosity and impsc: Breer oa re net @ specicl guitar workshop, teaching the most peer eee eer besser al treet termini reer by some legendary musical friends, Doc provides ee ae pa eevee pate eee eee ee ete ee Learning guitarists wil see end hear Doc's guitar playing slowed-down in close-up detail, with split seroan images o help you easily waich both his hands. With his characteristic good humor, his Pee a ee ae hall scon have you playing his definitive arrange ments of Deep River Blues, Bluebell, Southbound, ‘Mouniain Rag, Georgie, Way Downtown, Down, Blue Railroad eer ner uckoo. nd ached Tennessee Rag and The eee ete Per eee) Seer Woodstock, NY 12498 (cer ear’ Sethe ame noon Camo nat am sur oct y } hy) Ponca a iSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Washington, D.C 20560 LSA. Office of Folklife Programs July 12, 1991 In September 1960, when I first met Doc, I was seeking music, but what struck me first was personal qualities rather than his musical genius. It was his warmth, sense of humor, ke the feeling that if the world could learn a lesson in humanity from him, global peace co attainable. About 18 months later, Pete Seeger first talked with Doc, and I recall his comme afterwards: "He's one of the wisest people I've met." Like any personal contact with Doc, this tape leaves you enlightened. Yes, the music is extraordinary, but no more so than the clarity of the teaching or the encouragement with wi offers it. You may learn all the technical elements, but, Doc's message. is deeper It springs “the tradition he passes onto us. And he, in turn, absorbed it from the family members and ‘sighbors he chose as his musical and spiritual role models. After you have lived with this a while, you will want to know him, his family, his neighbors and their music better. Fort you can. His recordings have been published by Folkways, Rounder, Vanguard, Sugar H Flying Fish. Some of the recordings will introduce you or lead you back to the people and 1 that inspired Doc. He's always quick to acknowledge the powerful musical influences of | family and neighbors. The guitar picking and singing of the Carter Family, Delmore Br Merle Travis and others like them are never absent from his lessons -- on recordings or i conversation. A selected list of recordings is included at the end of this booklet along with helpful addresses and phone numbers for acquiring them Don't stop here; do what Doc did. Go back to the roots to strengthen and enrich your music Doc's real power is not technical alone. It carries the spirit of centuries of fine musicians shaped sound throughout their lives. Only since Doc's generation has it been possible to I directly from so many who have gone before. If you are determined to learn Doc's deepest there's where you must go. Se Sg eee 2 afTable of Contents DeepsKivensBlen serene eter as eee ee ee ese ee HT Blsesitei none Wea everett Gris. oe ce = os even ee ieee oe oo 3 Worried Man Bluesea es = Haan ee wee 5 Bye Bye Bluebell. . . Windy and Warm. ics mt ec cco cr: «ci Meat as se 10 Georgie. —Suthiboand East Ténnessee Ragen... . cpersgetpeages me, 1S Se ee 19 Beaumont Rag............... Black. Mountain -Rag.-..0i00 -.---.-.-2:+. «-oieron Suara com pen eseO ens oe wean p5} ‘Weary Dogars RO wiisg te acccoutas aceon gttcpe Meer ocs situa « «ace guarsucsosNagcensen B elected Discograp lay. <=. rector tpee ciara ce os sole bide n+ epncousrase Geeiditnes.« 2 Transcribed and Inscribed by Steve KaufmanDeep River Blues Bh,2nd Var.Alternate Ending Blue Railroad Train E7 E7Worried Man Blues Bend Bend Bend Bye Bye Bluebell F Capo 2nd fret c GIVar.HO.PO. PO.PO.Windy and Warm Capo 3rd fret Am Am [Al Bend Ey ‘ Slide Slide {B]The (C) partis transcribed Jom the slower version {cy To the (AJ par then o the 163 [C\ par - use the ed ending qlblvaiation Am m ‘To the (A) part then ‘othe (B] part variation aah‘othe [Al part one time then tothe [D] part. 12E769) Ending Tothe (A) part shen to the ending Capo 2nd fret Geor; gle - 1314Po. Fill run after slow version Capo 2nd fre Southbound Stow version G G z 1516[oe | 266 Slide 1718East Tennessee Rag fitrtiene Pr oe sperSlide Slide 20Slide Beaumont Rag rue G7 ‘alA] part variation Gr G7 ic © 22[B) 23Slow version ending ic c c Fast version ending 24Black Mountain Rag Capo 2nd fret (A) Bl ¢ ic c G7 c e | 400 Stide Slide Po. Slide | s+ Stde HO. Slide{c] 26Chromatic section 27Way Down Town Capo 2nd fret 82 Slide Slide 151 SlideSelected Discography The Watson Family Tradition, Rounder 0129 The Doc Watson Family, Smithsonian/Folkways SF40012 Two recordings of Doc with his family. Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Smithsonian/Folkways Records SF40029/30 These are the first recorded performances of Doc Watson (1960-2) ever produced, reissued from the original Folkways albums. This collection also include: previously unreleased recordings from the earliest sessions. Anthology of American Folk Music, compiled by Harry Smith, Folkways Records 295 2952, 2953 (each a double album), available on cassette only. These performances, originally recorded and released.in the twenties and thirties, are by many of the artists whose music influenced Doc as a youth. Recordings of early, commercially-issued, southern traditional music (The Carter Family, Delmore Brothers, Merle Travis, etc.) can be ordered from County Sales, P.O. Box 191, Floyd, VA 24091, (703) 745-2001, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Down Home Music Mail Order, 6921 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530, (415) 525-1494, Smithsonian/Folkways And Rounder Records, Roundup Distribution, P.O. Box 15 Cambridge, MA 02140, (617) 661-6308; Old Homestead Records, P.O. Box 100, Brighton, MA 48116, (313) 227-1997, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Field recordings commercially available from the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Cultures may be ordered by writing for a catalog or a specific recording to: MBRS Division. Librarv of Coneress. Washineton., D.C. 20540.