La musique folk américaine a été considérablement enrichie par Doc Watson. Dans les années 60, il fait partie de ceux qui remettent sur le devant de la scéne à musique folk traditionnelle toute en lui insufflant créativité et imagination. Cet ensemble d'enregistremens illustre le talent et l'évolution de Doc Watson. Des morceaix instrumentaux de guitare, des solos d'harmonica, du gospel a cappella, banjo, fingerstyle guitar... vous aurez une large vue des performances de Doc Watson. 60 minutes, livret de 20 page en anglais. / Guitare

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.Doc was born in Deep Gap North Carolina on March 3 1923 into a family already rich in musical tradition. His mother Annie Watson sang traditional secular and religious songs and his father General Watson played the banjo which was Doc's first instrument as well.In 1953 Doc met Jack Williams a local piano player and played rockabilly/swing music for seven years a period and a style that he later revisited in the album Docabilly. But he also continued to play acoustic traditional music with his family and with his banjo playing neighbor Clarence Tom Ashley. In 1960 spurred by the growing folk revival folklorists Ralph Rinzler and Eugene Earle came south to record Ashley and heard Doc Watson in the process. These sessions resulted in Doc's first recordings Old-Time Music at Clarence Ashley's.In 1961 the Friends of Old-Time Music invited Doc Ashley Clint Howard and Fred Price to perform at a now-legendary concert in New York City and one year later Doc gave his first solo performance at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village. From then on he was a full-time professional playing a wide range of concerts clubs colleges and festivals including the Newport Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall.In the late 1960s Doc was joined on the road by his son Merle who provided both musical and emotional companionship; with Merle playing guitar and banjo and serving as partner and driver the father-son team expanded their audience nationwide. Sadly Merle died in 1985 from a tractor accident.A series of over 50 remarkable recordings including collaborations with Flatt & Scruggs Chet Atkins and

This volume in the Guitar Recorded Versions series contains 14 detailed transcriptions from American Guitar sensation Doc Watson. The pieces in this collection include highlights from Watson's recordings written note-for-note with tab. Now you can learn the songs licks and fingerpicking style that made Doc Watson famous. Songs include: Beaumont Rag Black Mountain Rag Deep River Blues Doc's Guitar Little Sadie Shady Grove Sitting on Top of the World Tom Dooley Windy and Warm and more.

DVD edition of this incredible jam session bringing together five masters or flatpicking guitar: Doc Watson Tony Rice Dan Crary Jack Lawrence and Steve Kaufman. Together they harmonise and improvise in an hour of unbeatable picking.

Play Like a Legend: Doc Watson features transcriptions of his great guitar flatpicking recordings from the early 1960s until the 1990s. In addition detailed explanations of special techniques such as CarterPlus soloing using three note patterns (3NPs) and numerous crosspicking patterns are included. Exercises are designed to isolate specific licks and patterns making them easier to learn. Moveable phrases and licks are identifiedso that players can introduce Doc's unique sound into their own playing. Accompanying audio is included.

Ce DVD capture influent pays/folk guitariste Doc Watson dans un atelier de guitare spécial, les plus demandés des chants fingerpicking flatpicking et instrumentaux dans son vaste répertoire d'enseignement. / 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.

Flatpicking Guitar has taken an interesting journey since its inception first with Maybelle Carter then Don Reno Doc Watson and Clarence White. Younger players who began by listening to the original masters have melded thoseinfluences with other styles including blues swing classical and even various world music styles.When first listening to Doc Watson and Clarence White Barry Solomon was particularly attracted to their use of swing andjazz licks and phrasing and their choices of songs straight from the Tin Pan Alley and Great American Songbook.Tunes like Limehouse Blues All of Me and Honeysuckle Rose were exciting challenges toexplore after becoming comfortable with bluegrass and fiddle tunes. Barry always thought that bluegrass and jazz were a wonderful combination and the most gratifying challenge has been to create arrangements that meld both stylesin a tasteful and exciting manner.Titles presented in Volume 2 include: The Way You Look Tonight All of Me Oh Baby and Limehouse Blues. Accompanying audio tuition is included.

Doc's accompanists as well as his songs here are an eclectic group ranging from his 1950s musical partner pianist Jack Williams to his son Merle (seen playing exquisite slide guitar) to Rocky Skaggs (singing and playing mandolin in a Monroe Brothers style set) to a stellar stringband featuring Mark O'Connor Tony Rice Bela Fleck David Grisman and Jerry Douglas. This collection ends with a solo set from Doc which brings his music full circle to the straightforward simplicity with which it was first presented during the 1960s folk revival.

Open tunings are as old as the guitar itself and they’ve been used to play blues folk country rock and old-timey music. Who’s known for using open tunings? Artists as diverse as Robert Johnson Bob Dylan MaybelleCarter Bo Diddley Blind Willie McTell Keith Richards Doc Watson Muddy Waters Joni Mitchell Ry Cooder Neil Young Fred McDowell Jimmy Page Son House John Renbourn Leo Kottke Ani DiFranco Alex de Grassi and PierreBensusan! In this 92 minute lesson Fred shows you how contrary to what many beginners might think open tunings make it easier to play guitar. You’ll learn songs from all the above musical genres in open D open G andDADGAD tuning. In addition to learning songs you get some tips on how to improvise and play chords in G and D tuning. It’s a great way to expand your range on the guitar and get a whole different sound! Tunes include:Buckets of Rain Statesboro Blues Mean Old World Little Sadie K.C.Jones Stackerlee The Way I Am and I Didn’t See It Coming. Also included are bonus audio tracks featuring recordings from the 1920s to 1940s of some ofthese tunes so that you can hear how these songs can be played and sung.

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass Old Time Country and Gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords.Learn to play songs written and recorded by thegiants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe The Stanley Brothers Flatt &Scruggs Ralph Stanley The Osborne Brothers Jimmy Martin Doc Watson and many more. Also included: Step-by-Step instruction on how to transpose anysong to any key!The online audio download include recordings of EVERY song in the book.

The Hal Leonard Bluegrass Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning bluegrass guitar. This book uses popular bluegrass songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in the styles of Doc Watson Tony Rice Maybelle Carter Lester Flatt and many others.Lessons include Carter strumming alternating bass waltz strums using the capo hammer-ons pull-offs slides crosspicking and much more. The accompanying online audio includes 43 tracks for demonstration and play-along.

DVD featuring Doc Watson Tony Rice Norman Blake and Dan Crary. Includes 'More Pretty Girls Than One' 'Nashville Blues' 'The White Dove' and 'Cold On The Shoulder'.