Doc Watson - Tennessee Stud

[wheels1659]

Marty Stuart has been an avid amateur photographer for a long time, took great pix from his days w/ Cash, Lester Flatt etc etc. He published a book of these entitled Pilgrims:Sinners, Saints, and Prophets, great stuff. Search Amazon for Marty Stuart, Arts and Photography books.

[ammyanne]

Love it!

[WMM0729]

This is amazing.

[TheMrpacman01]

i remember when i met doc watson

[ststephen909]

@TheMrpacman01 Was he as nice as he seems?

[digeratidesign]

In 1975 or '76, in the rain, I had the privilege of sitting about 3 feet from Doc and Merle Watson at a small bluegrass festival in the Cumberland Gap (not sure if we were in Maryland, West Virginia or Pennsylvania)! All my friends were damp and irritated and they went back to our camp, but I stayed with just a handful of people as Doc played his heart out for us for 45 minutes. It was one of the great musical moments of my life - they were both just full of joy and so talented.

[imdrs]

God Bless Doc Watson

[lighthousekeeper3951]

As far as flat pickers go, Doc Watson is hands down the best. His performance of this song is truly great. However I am a huge fan of original artists, and Jimmie Driftwood (who actually wrote this song) does an equally great performance, and it was done on a homemade guitar. Love the song and the artists. Thanks for posting.

[uncatila]

lightfoot did a better job on this song when e sang it

[nukulerstrategery]

Creme'DeLaCreme'

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[nukulerstrategery]

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[muayen]

he had the nerve, he had the blood, and never was a guy like Doc Watson.. Enormous song..., beautiful performance...

[sophiesage]

I know T. Michael and Merle but who is the mand. player?

[MegaMikeCole]

@sophiesage.I believe its Marty Stuart on mandolin.

[utubehall]

An American treasure. He had the nerve and he had the blood....Did he ever sing it with Johnny Cash?

[jimnem1]

amen this is the real country

[melvin100755]

Real country music, not like today.

[fubar50cat]

wow, doc was always the best, , and i really like tweesda's comment, very right

[3Spikes2glry]

I aint your niggu and just becauseyour mama and dady are sister and brother doesn't mean everyones is

[BrandonStoudt]

The first person to dislike this should feel ashamed of themselves.

[Mjackofan]

i don't listen 2 dis old stuff

[jnice124]

i thought he was from arkansas

[jmichaelgaddy]

I hate to tell ya this but Doc anit from Tenn. He's a Carolina boy

[RahRahRaharu]

Been there seen that. Can't say any other music is as real as this stuff from the Appalachians. Go Doc! Go Tennessee! Long live America!

[Matttwt]

Timeless

[rossdoektu]

Yay for Inbred Doc Watson and the Hickboys!

[tennesseejed1969]

@rossdoektu Lol..Ha Ha Ha.. pretty funny. but any ole fool can clearly see that Doc & them hillbillys can straight lay down the jams.

[3Spikes2glry]

@rossdoektu and yay for you dickless wonder what can you besides slapyour chicken and criticize

[rossdoektu]

@3Spikes2glry nigguh please, these guys are brilliant. aint nothin wrong bout being inbred.

[muayen]

It was 30 years ago when I first listened this song. Marvelous performance, thanks to Doc...

[PadreArnaldo]

0:29 - Every performer is tapping their feet at different times..... hahahaha

[Hideify14]

THis is one of my dads favorites

[SSchus87]

Thanks for sharing!!! Doc rules, and anything with Merle in it is a special treasure!!!

[OriginalStarchaser]

BLIND and gifted beyond belief, and wonderful....

[Jensth]

stuUuUuUuUuUuUuUuUuUud

[MinisterofBrews]

yes sir!

[18hopkins]

thanks,

great vidéo

[elsoultero]

Great version.... but was that Doc ever actually young?

[mojoman566]

Merle was the man. Saw him play with his father several times in the 70's and it was always awesome.

[BASSPLAYA1112]

im 13 and i like him too

[bigmathafaka]

@BASSPLAYA1112 you and me both

[BieberFreakk13]

Okay, I'm probably the only 13 year-old that likes Doc Watson! Haha! :) Anyway awesome song!!!

[carollizc]

@BieberFreakk13 If so, you're one of the very few 13-year-olds with good taste. Don't listen to what anyone tells you; only you can decide what constitutes good music. Generally, if it make you feel like someone just reached through your belly, grabbed your spine and shook it, then it's good.

[A1l2l2e2n4]

@BieberFreakk13

I liked Doc Watson when I was 13. (Of course, I had heard him on the original "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.)

[colindominy]

I noticed on replaying this fabulous footage, again & again .. there are some beautiful camera angles in this on-stage performance. I particularly like those side-angle shots interspersed thru'out, from both LHS + RHS .. showing 2, 3 or all 4 pickers at various times, all tapping their feet solidly together, in time & to the great rhythm / beat. This is one of the best things about being a performer & jammimg with other band-members.

[colindominy]

Oh, yeah !! Real sweet !! Fantastic footage + an 'as-usual' A-Class performance from these famous pickers. Superb post .. thank you.

[ilovalivia]

I read about Doc and Merle Watson everytime they played Athens,GA (where I lived late 70's and 80's) but never thought about seeing them because I was into the new music and never had been into old timey sounding acoustical music. Guess I didn't know any better.

[dex2345]

isn't that Merle, second from the left?

[mojoman566]

That's him. Great slide player.

[RayNDeere]

@dex2345 Yes. The lineup together:

Doc Watson: vocals, lead guitar

Merle Watson: guitar

T. Michael Coleman: bass, vocals

Marty Stuart: mandolin

[kesterson071]

ol tennesse stud, i love this song. its my favorite oldy song

[moco787]

His son Merle was also a fine picker. It is to bad he will killed in a farming accident.

He would probably be considered one of the finest picker today.

[vintageguitarguru]

is he at the Grand ole opry?

[chomazu]

doc has always been blind..but not deaf...good ole boy from deep gap nc...great guitarist and singer

[moco787]

The First time I heard Doc Watson was on album 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken", with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Maybelle Carter, Cisco Houston and others. After that I was a fan of old time country music and Doc Watson in particular.

[Saygrace67]

It's wild to hear that. My first time hearing Doc was on the same album that belonged to my grandfather. I would play this song over and over and over and over when I was a kid. I'm so thankful I live in NC and have been able to see him live many times in my life.

[ben12345432]

thanks for posting this, i grew up listening to this cd in my dad's car... good memories :P

[Karen31668]

Thank you so much for posting this I have never seen it! I felt like I was seeing my dad again!!

[muayen]

good olden days... thanks for posting this.

[Opogemi]

This song is amazing! I finally found the version by Doc Watson... This is my friend's family's song... they have good taste in music, then.

[grunch42]

mandolin PLAYER: Marty? Sure looks like him

[Rcksaltnnails]

Correct. He played with Doc from 78 to 80.

[Rcksaltnnails]

many versions of this by many artists are all great, but as with most songs, nothing beats the original, not even Doc's version.

[7chill777]

Who did the original version? Song was written by Jimmy Driftwood.

[Rcksaltnnails]

Jimmy Driftwood also sang the original. I believe it can be found here on youtube.

[madisonhack]

I think he wrote it.

[Rcksaltnnails]

Jimmie Driftwood wrote it. Doc does an amazing job, I just prefer the original. I prefer most originals actually.

[STBBLFLd92]

i love this song...its so awesome!

[AlpineRyan]

Doc is the best guitar player I've ever performed with. Awesome. Im a fiddler.

[FunBoy15]

luck you. he is an awesome guitarist

[gsjbaldwin]

Great lyric. Great song. A story about Doc is alleged that he went in to some fancy multi-track studio for which the owner was bragging on all the technical features prior to beginning the session, whereupon Doc said simply, "Turn it on."

[rabbitshirt]

"I beat up her brother and slapped her Pa." Ha haaaaaaa! Good ol' Doc.

[GAVNO1]

I just learned something about Doc Watson; he never performs a song the same way twice! I swear he rewrites the lyrics every time he does Tennessee Stud!!

[NovaScotian1992]

it seems like Marty always shows up where bluegrass is being played. anyone notice that? lol

[missoceana22]

Love this song! It's always been one of my favorites!

[RustyRim]

The bass player is T. Michael Coleman. Don't recognize the mandolin player.

[RayNDeere]

Any idea who the mandolin and bass player are in this performance. It looks a little bit like Marty Stuart on the mandolin.

[avrilroxs2]

yay! i love this song!

[rbud57]

\o/ Yay, love it!! It's some kicka** stuff, for sure. Have loved this song since back in the day when my friends used to jam all night.

Doc's the best!

[bigfig1900]

I don't care who you are, this is good music.

[crispian2005]

doc is my hero..hes the coolest

[asuvbchic11]

Doc and my great grandfather Ivan Younce were best friends and played together many times. When my great grandfather passed away Doc came and played at his funeral. Doc is truly a great man.

[jojobobo627]

A great way to pay tribute

[RayNDeere]

I've heard a lot of versions of this song, but I think I can say this without much argument, this is the definitive version of the song. Doc is still going and performing. He is an American Treasure.

[kiratu]

she's nice at the instrument, but cash's version is waaaay more melodic and better =)

[toez2001]

there never was a hoss...

[jbdmed]

been watching Doc since he showed up on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album (1974?) "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" An American treasure

[kotounski]

Doc remains the best flat-picker on record to date. He has one of the most fascinating stories of any musician also. What a great song too! I could listen to Doc pick all dang day long.

[jocwalk]

Doc is excellent but listen to Norman Blake some time. Norman plays more intricate stuff than Doc usually plays and makes it look really easy. Look up "Norman Blake, Flatpicker" on Youtube. It's got it all: rhythm, clean melody, and his cross-picking is unsurpassed. Still, Doc does a great job on "Black Mountain Rag." If you want to hear someone light that one up though, listen to Steve Kaufman (a good friend of Doc) play it. Doc has been a huge influence to a lot of guitarists.

[bigdjindustriez]

Norman Blake is nowhere near the skill level of Doc, not even in the same universe. Personally I never cared for Blake, don't know anybody who likes him. Doc is my hero anyways. Flatpicking is immsenly more complicated then the fingerstyle that Normal Blake does, you only have one picking surface to get all the notes, whereas in fingerstyle you have 3 dfferent picking surfaces, which is easier.

[jocwalk]

No offense but your ignorance is showing. Norman plays far more intricate stuff than Doc and he does so WITH A FLAT-PICK. Doc has fiddle tunes down pat and is a great guitarist, no doubt about it but Norman is NOT known as a finger picker. He lives 30 minutes from me and I've seen him play many times so what do I know? Do a search on Youtube for "Norman Blake Randall Collins." Norman's prodigious ability is why Tony Rice has teamed up with him on many projects.

[bigdjindustriez]

It's obvious you haven't heard the "Docabilly" Rockabilly album. Or Doc's many blues tracks. Everytime I've ever seen Norman play anything, it was fingerstyle, and it was totally lacking the drive and soul that Doc has, even if he uses a flatpick, same scenario. Tony Rice teamed up with him because for some reason Norman is well known in the business, and it makes Tony look good if he plays with him.

[jocwalk]

I've heard Doc play, a lot. He is a very good guitarist. I've seen Norman play in person a number of times; he never plays finger-style. He will occasionally play Travis-style or use a flat-pick and his middle and ring finger but never pure finger-style. Look around on Youtube if you think I'm wrong. Norman is known for his intricate cross-picking which was a huge influence on Tony Rice. While Doc is very good, he isn't known for a unique style. He's best known for flat-picking fiddle tunes.

[bigdjindustriez]

Travis picking, which is what I'm referring to is known as fingerstyle or fingerpicking, Doc does it also. Just because it utilizes a thumbpick doesn't make it not fingerstyle. All I'm saying is I'd rather listen to Doc any day, I wouldn't buy a Norman Blake album, probably wouldn't take one as a gift. He doesn't have Doc's soul or stage presence.

[jocwalk]

Notice I said "pure" finger-style (as in use of the thumb with or without a pick and use of at least three of the other four fingers.) Travis-style is also known as thumb-picking (and two fingers.) Shane Adkins is one of the best of that style around. I'd rather listen to Norman due to the complexity of his flat-picking. If you're looking for stage presence in a flat-picker, Josh Williams is about as good as they get.

[bigdjindustriez]

The person with the best stage presence in the world is Tommy Emmanuel as far as I'm concerned, but to each their own.

[SantaCruzOM]

While you're certainly entitled to your opninion, the statements you make regarding Norman Blake's ability are patently absurd. If you like other players better, fine. But, to dismiss Norman's talent just because you personally prefer the style of another player is foolish. I have to wonder if you've really listened to much of Norman's music. Sounds like you haven't.  To say that Norman plays without soul demonstrates your lack of exposure to his music.

[tweezda]

Norman Blake and Doc Watson could blow most players out of the water and neither could care less whom you prefer. These gentlemen admire each other, so much so that they've actually played together. Most players could learn much from either one of them. Every time there is an acoustic guitar video excerpt these ridiculous arguments break out over who is better. Okay, they are different and have their unique styles - leave it at that.

[utopiadan]

Doc is the MAN!

[oreheht]

havent seen merle on guitar any more vidioes of merle

[wbloom2314]

Theys good horses

[derby45]

DOC that all you need to say!