Last year, Doc Watson stood in front of the crowd at the Spirit of Sunday service at MerleFest, playing a guitar that had been made for him by his good Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

The "anything" that Doc Watson invented is bluegrass guitar. For everyone who's ever tried to play a melody on an acoustic guitar — which is really almost everyone — Arthel Lane Watson ...

Arthel "Doc" Watson's mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was often considered a backup for the mandolin, fiddle or banjo.

Folk legend Arthel “Doc” Watson died last night in ... across a new generation of folk musicians. Before Watson’s influence, the guitar was mostly a back-up instrument in folk music.

Since the early ‘60s, guitar novices have been slowing down Doc Watson albums to figure out just how he crafts those elegantly crisp, tastefully flat-picked melodies. Sure, it was easier in the ...

Arthel “Doc” Watson’s mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was often considered a backup for the mandolin ...

Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3 ... Two years later, Watson’s father bought him a US$12 Stella guitar. Watson loved the instrument and practiced constantly.

Arthel "Doc" Watson's mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was often considered a backup for the mandolin, fiddle or banjo.

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Arthel “Doc” Watson’s mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was often considered a backup for the mandolin ...