Doc Watson

Les accompagnateurs du doc ainsi que ses chansons ici sont un groupe éclectique allant de son partenaire musical des années 1950, le pianiste Jack Williams, à son fils Merle (vu jouer de la guitare slide exquis), à Rocky Skaggs (mandoline de chanter et de jouer dans un ensemble de style Monroe Brothers) à un stringband stellaire mettant en vedette Mark o ' Connor, de Tony Rice, de Béla Fleck, de David Grisman et de Jerry Douglas. Cette collection se termine par un solo de Doc qui apporte sa musique cercle complet à la simplicité simple avec laquelle il a été présenté au cours de la Renaissance de folk des années 1960. / Guitare

Doc & Merle reaches deep into the relationship between Doc and Merle Watson. It gives an historical overview of their evolution as musicians and explores the special bond between them and the North Carolina mountains they call home. It presents an entertaining and enlightening look at their lives and their music. During their 21-year career the Watsons' mastery of guitar and their unique blend of traditional bluegrass country and western blues and gospel music won them aninternational audience and numerous awardsThis documentary is a rich mixture of music informal interviews old photographs and rare film footage. The wide range of musical influences the Watsons' embraced is clearly shown through concert footage and less formal at-home picking sessions.Sixteen songs are presented ranging from Black Mountain Rag and Wabash Cannonball to Blue Suede Shoes and Freight Train Blues. Doc is reunited musically with Jack Williams his partner from the early 1950s for a rare rockabilly performance of Step It Up And Go. He also performs with Clint Howard and Fred Price playing Fire On The Mountain and Daniel Prayed and with his wife Rosa Lee for a moving rendition of Wandering Boy.This DVD is dedicated to the memory of Merle Watson who died in a tractor accident on October 23rd 1985.