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Merle Watson's debut with father Doc Watson was recorded shortly after they performed their first concerts together in California, and it shows the duo's musical partnership already in full flower, an incredible fact considering that Merle had only been picking guitar for eight months! The best songs here turned up on later Vanguard best-ofs, but there's a fair amount of greatness in the astonishing instrumental medley "Fiddler's Dram/Whistling Rufus/Ragtime Annie" and "Little Stream of Whiskey," an old Irish drinking song transformed into a hobo ballad with a bouncy fingerpicked melody. Perhaps most astonishing is the solo harmonica workout "Mama Blues," in which the elder Watson imitates the sound of a child crying, showing off yet another facet of his incredible musical skill.
© Jim Smith /TiVo
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Ralph Rinzler, Producer, Recording Producer - Traditional, Composer - Doc Watson, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Merle Watson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Vanguard Records
Ralph Rinzler, Producer, Recording Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Doc Watson, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Merle Watson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Doc Watson, MainArtist - Merle Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1995 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Doc Watson, Composer, MainArtist - Merle Watson, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1995 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Ralph Rinzler, Producer, Recording Producer - Robert Bateman, Composer - Doc Watson, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Merle Watson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Doc Watson, MainArtist - Merle Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist - Merle Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist - Merle Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Unknown, Composer - Doc Watson, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Album review
Merle Watson's debut with father Doc Watson was recorded shortly after they performed their first concerts together in California, and it shows the duo's musical partnership already in full flower, an incredible fact considering that Merle had only been picking guitar for eight months! The best songs here turned up on later Vanguard best-ofs, but there's a fair amount of greatness in the astonishing instrumental medley "Fiddler's Dram/Whistling Rufus/Ragtime Annie" and "Little Stream of Whiskey," an old Irish drinking song transformed into a hobo ballad with a bouncy fingerpicked melody. Perhaps most astonishing is the solo harmonica workout "Mama Blues," in which the elder Watson imitates the sound of a child crying, showing off yet another facet of his incredible musical skill.
© Jim Smith /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:32
- Main artists: Doc Watson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vanguard Records
- Genre: Folk
© 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
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