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Performer: Doc Watson
Producer: Vince Hans (Compilation)
Distributor: Welk

Notes: An influential guitarist, banjo player, and singer, Doc Watson was an important figure in the 1960s folk revival. His simple "mountain" style was stirringly authentic and showed up in the styles of Bob Dylan and other folk musicians who followed him. The 10 songs on this retrospective date from the artist's years on Vanguard (the '60s) and span the many styles he mastered: Americana ballads, blues, bluegrass, country, and gospel.

Blind North Carolina guitarist Arthel "Doc" Watson did more than anyone other than Earl Scruggs to popularize the guitar as a lead instrument in bluegrass. Watson's trademark two-fingered flatpicking style is one of the most influential in the genre, and has proven influential to all who followed in his wake. He became a professional musician in the 1950s, and was in the right place at the time for the folk boom of the '60s, which made him a star in roots music circles. For many years, Watson worked in a duo with his son Merle, but the latter was killed in a 1985 farm accident. Doc eventually soldiered on, becoming one of the most respected elder statesmen of bluegrass, earning Grammys and plaudits along the way.

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