Guitar Artistry Of Doc Watson

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION


Doc Watson was a legendary performer who blended his traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass, country, gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire. His flatpicking style elevated the acoustic guitar to solo status in bluegrass and country music, and whose interpretations of traditional American music profoundly influenced generations of folk and rock guitarists. In this DVD, performances of Doc through out his career are presented alongside Doc talking about his life and influences.Titles include: Shady Grove; Storms On The Ocean; Wabash Cannonball; Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia; Daybreak Blues; Windy And Warm; Black Mountain Rag; Medley: Sheeps in the Meadow/Stony Fork; Beaumont Rag; Keep On The Sunny Side of Life; Monkey Around The Winter; Lost John; How Long Blues; Blue Suede Shoes; Shake Rattle & Roll; Bye Bye Blues; St. James Hospital; A Christmas Lullaby; Lee Highway Blues; Medley: Bill Cheatham Salt; Deep River Blues; Honey, I'm Worried Now; Moody River; The Riddle Song; When I Lay My Burden Down; Sitting On Top Of The World; Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied; Riding On That Midnight Train; Fire Ball Mail; Tennessee Stud; Daniel Prayed

DVD is region 0, playable worldwide.



ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
One simply cannot talk about people of importance to this genre without tipping the hat to the most masterful musician, teacher, musicologist, producer, folklorist and preservationist of the traditional blues. By now, Stefan Grossman is a venerated, iconoclastic and respected acoustic blues figure of mega-proportions. He came out of the vibrant Greenwich Village, New York, 1960s scene around Washington Square, where so many American folk and blues musicians launched their careers. His friend and occasional collaborator, Steve Katz, formerly of the Even Dozen Jug Band, the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears, once half-jokingly told this writer: "There we were, all these New York Jews playing the black blues." Indeed, the blues had a strong influence on young New Yorkers during the folk revival. These musicians, Stefan Grossman, Happy & Artie Traum, Danny Kalb, and many others, in turn had a powerful influence on the acceptance of the blues by the American baby boomer generation at large; and, they significantly helped to launch the folk, roots & blues revival, thereby reinvigorating the careers of many original blues musicians whose careers had waned. Many people know Stefan Grossman as the paramount teacher and entrepreneur in what has become the world's largest "blues school", Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. He is one of the most skilled guitarists in the genre, having been a student of Rev. Gary Davis in New York City. He also picked up lessons directly from Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Skip James, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and others.

Actors: Doc Watson, Stefan Grossman

Duration: 100 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

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