Doc Watson
 Arthel “Doc” Watson is the man who is
typically viewed as the “father” of the flatpicking style. While he was
playing in a dance band, Jack Williams and the Country Gentlemen, in
the mid-to-late 1950s, Doc was called upon to play fiddle tunes on the
guitar. Williamsʼ band did not have a fiddle player about 90% of the
time, however, the dance halls that hired the band would usually want
them to do a square dance set. Williams, who had heard Doc fooling
around with a few fiddle tunes on the guitar, suggested that Doc learn
how to play lead on some fiddle tunes. During the “folk boom” of the
early 1960s, Doc began performing as a solo act on the acoustic guitar
and by the mid-sixties was traveling as a duo with his son Merle. Doc
adapted his fiddle tune picking style to the acoustic guitar and folk
music enthusiasts were amazed at Watson’s ability to play fluid lead
lines at fast tempos on the acoustic guitar.
Texas Gales, arranged by Doc Watson, Volume 2, Number 6, page 11
Way Downtown, arranged by Doc Watson, Volume 2, Number 6, page 49
Beaumont Rag, arranged by Doc Watson, Volume 2, Number 6, page 73
Way Downtown, arranged by Doc Watson, Volume 2, Number 6, page 49
Way Downtown, arranged by Doc Watson, transcribed by Dix Bruce, Volume 3, Number 5, page 45
Way Downtown, arranged by Doc Watson, transcribed by Dix Bruce, Volume 3, Number 6, page 47
The Watson Feeling, by Steve Kilby, Volume 6, Number 4, page 16
Doc Watson Tribute (Cover Story), by Dan Miller, Volume 16, Number 6, page 6
Jack Lawrence, On The Road with Doc, by Dan Miller, Volume 16, Number 6, page 41
Blind But Now I See: The Doc Watson Biography, by Dan Miller, Volume 16, Number 6, page 65
The Passing of Doc, by Dan Crary, Volume 16, Number 6, page 72
Billy In the Lowground, arranged by Tim May, Volume 16, Number 6, page 15
Lonesome Road Blues, arranged by Doc Watson, transcribed by Dan Miller, Volume 16, Number 6, page 18
Way Downtown Fill Licks, arranged by Joe Carr, Volume 16, Number 6, page 24
Jail House Blues, arranged by Doc Watson, Volume 16, Number 6, page 27
Ragtime Annie, arranged by Doc Watson, Volume 16, Number 6, page 29
Whistlin’ Rufus, arranged by Doc Watson, transcribed by John Carlini, Volume 16, Number 6, page 32
Beaumont Rag, arranged by Brad Davis, Volume 16, Number 6, page 36
Black Mountain Rag, arranged by Jeff Troxel, Volume 16, Number 6, page 38
Blackberry Rag, arranged by Kathy Barwick, Volume 16, Number 6, page 46
Billy In The Lowground, arranged by Orrin Star, Volume 16, Number 6, page 51
Little Sadie, arranged by Dix Bruce, Volume 16, Number 6, page 55
Black Mountain Rag, arranged by Steve Pottier, Volume 16, Number 6, page 68
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