WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday at ...

Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world, ...

Raleigh, N.C.-- Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose music was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world, ...

Legendary guitarist Doc Watson died May 29 at the age of 89 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Watson had undergone colon surgery earlier that week following a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Watch Doc Watson teach and play "Deep River Blues." This video is from the instructional DVD "Doc's Guitar: Fingerpicking & Flatpicking" produced ...

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According to a published report, the family of Bluegrass music legend Doc Watson has been called to his side at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.Watson, a Grammy winner known for his flatpicking and ...

(CBS/AP) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Colleagues and fans of the legendary guitarist Doc Watson are still waiting for word on funeral plans. Watson, whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced ...

Master flatpicker Doc Watson is in critical condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week.Watson's daughter, Nancy, said in a telephone ...

Dolly Parton has shared a new rendition of “The Last Thing on My Mind” from an upcoming all-star collection of covers celebrating what would have been folk legend Doc Watson’s 100th birthday. I Am a ...

Watson, a singer of bluegrass, country, blues and gospel music, is famous for his flatpicking style on the guitar and his interpretations of folk songs from bygone eras. A Folklore employee said ...