Carolina Camera:Last Mountain Man

[UP58]

I met and enjoyed Willard.  His grandson, Willard Watson III, is now an outstanding student at Appalachian State in Boone.

[FrozenKoolAidDude]

This is how America should be.

[iowafilmdude22]

see your mother and shake her hand. lol.

[r810s]

Did anybody pay attention to the fact that he is the cousin of the great Doc Watson?

[elmoreoocyte]

Someone please do a flat foot dance, crip walkin mashup.

[warehambr]

I remember old Willard Watson. I thought he looked like Charlie Chaplin when he danced, like a wooden marionette, very lanky, but smooth too.

[4freespeech]

That shine is good for just about everything! If you got a belly ache take

a little. Same with a headache, a tooth

ache, back ache, insomnia, sore feet,

and if you're goin' bald drink some and

rub a little on your scalp. If your baby's

teething rub a little on their gums with

a finger. If you're stressed and your

blood pressure's up take a pint. Yep,

its the best stuff under heaven.

(From a WV ridge-runner who knows)

[BeUnbound]

Yep, and a little likker-based vanilla flavorin' behind the ears to smell good for yer sweetie, just like Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies." LOL!

You just gotta love moonshinin' country folk!

[ingenjoe1]

yes... it is real hard to find simple things to come across... i like clear water too... not as hard as u think, if this makes any sense. its there though.

[thatcrazychick7]

The last mountain man? I live in the blue ridge...and well...there are plentyyyyy of people like him....just not so open about their home brews (:

[BeUnbound]

You are right that they are still around. Speaking of "The Last Mountain Man," there was a book "The Last of the Mountain Men" by Everett Peterson that was about Sylvan Hart, a man who went to the Idaho Mountains with nothing but tools and an Engineering Degree and made everything he needed by himself. Truly amazing man!

[62BOWTIE]

@thatcrazychick7 well i promise you there aint people like my great grandpa anymore i dont care who they are trust me it aint the liquor that made him the last mountain man you need to watch the video again and pay attention 

[KevinAbbeyTech]

I miss back when revenuer hunting was a sport.

[minxandearl]

that there was one of, if not the very last true Americans .. we'll miss ya' Willard

and the mash too

[NotNamedJones]

So you're saying that all of us Americans now aren't true Americans? fuck off!

[BeUnbound]

Take it easy, NNJ! If you share the fierce, independent, resourceful, self-reliant spirit of the mountain man, no matter where you are, you are a true American too...It's just that there's not many of us anymore. You sure wouldn't find the likes of Willard Watson campaigning for Socialized Medicine or lining up for bail-out money.

[Justacarolinian]

Neat video, and I sure miss old fashioned people like this.

Notice his style of Banjo playing, he is frailing instead of 3 finger. Frailing is how a banjo was played for a long time before Scruggs style 3 finger came about.

[wildlifeed]

IT is true Nothing like clean garden grown food, Homemade whiskey, and good old fashion music. Great video, Ed

[jonasty86]

I'm a fixin' to become a shiner...

[lithboy]

SKEETIN ON MA BELLY

[crazycuntryboy]

This si why I hate Revenue agents, THEY TRY TO CONVINCE EVERUONE THAT SHINERS ARE BAD PEOPLE THAT ARE LAZY AND DONT WANNA WORK, But in reality that aint true, their kind people who caare for others. GOD BLESS THE SHINERS

[bluridgegal]

thank you so much for posting that! there was another video of Mr. Watson's dancing on here that has disappeared, so I was thrilled to see this.

[kg4yvw]

Ahh----Ol' CJ Underwood. He was a true gentleman. I once had a rare chance of running into "Mr. CJ and his Wife in Lenoir N.C. at the Hardees (When it was still on E. Harper Ave.). They both invited me to have a seat beside them while we all enjoyed our Hardee Huskey.What Memories!