Doc Watson

Recorded live February 10, 1963 at Club 47 in Cambridge, MA, today known as Club Passim, this never-before-heard album features four previously unreleased songs from Doc's early repertoire, in addition to performances of Doc's favorite songs of the Carter Family, Frank Hutchison, Charlie Poole, and Merle Travis. Doc is accompanied by John Herald and Ralph Rinzler of The Greenbrier Boys on five of the album's tracks.

"This recording documents a pivotal moment in virtuoso Doc Watson's early solo career," notes Steven Weiss, director of the Southern Folklife Collection. "This is Doc, paying his dues and playing his heart out, performing two sets of classic, old-time country songs he learned as a child from his family and from old 78 RPM records."

Following the success of the Club 47 show, Doc was booked at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival and released his debut solo album on Vanguard Records in 1964. He went on to become America's premier folk guitarist earning seven Grammy® Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and in 1997 was presented with the National Medal of Arts at the White House by then-President Bill Clinton, who introduced him saying, "There may not be a serious, committed baby boomer alive who didn't spend at least some of his or her youth trying to learn to pick guitar like Doc Watson."

1. Wabash Cannonball - A.P. Carter
   
2. The House Carpenter - Traditional
   
3. I Wish I Was Single Again - Traditional (previously unreleased)
   
4. Little Darling Pal Of Mine - A.P. Carter
   
5. Train That Carried My Girl From Town - Doc Watson
   
6. Worried Blues -Traditional
   
7. Old Dan Tucker - Traditional (previously unreleased)
   
8. Sweet Heaven When I Die - Claude Grant
   
9. Doc's Talkin' Blues - Chris Bouchillon
   
10. Little Margaret - Traditional (previously unreleased)
    
11. Sitting On Top Of The World - Lonnie Carter and Walter Jacobs
    
12. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Doc Watson
    
13. Blue Smoke - Merle Travis
    
14. Deep River Blues - Doc Watson
    
15. Way Downtown (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) - Doc Watson
    
16. Somebody Touched Me (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) - Doc Watson
    
17. Billy In The Low Ground (w/ John Herald) - Traditional
    
18. Boil Them Cabbage Down - Traditional
    
19. Everyday Dirt - David McCarn
    
20. I Am a Pilgrim - Merle Travis
    
21. No Telephone In Heaven - A.P. Carter
    
22. Hop High Ladies The Cake's All Dough -Traditional (previously unreleased)
    
23. Little Sadie - Doc Watson
    
24. Black Mountain Rag (w/ John Herald) - Doc Watson
    
25. Blackberry Rag (w/ John Herald) - Doc Watson
    
26. Days Of My Childhood Plays - Alfred G. Karnes