- The Watson Family
Infobox Album
Name = The Watson Family
Type =live album
Artist =Doc Watson
Released = 1963 (original LP release)
Recorded = 1960-1976
Genre = Folk
Length = 60:38
Label = Folkways
Producer = Jeff Place,Ralph Rinzler
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfrxqe5ldae link]
Chronology = Doc Watson
Last album =
This album = "The Watson Family"
(1963)
Next album = "Treasures Untold "
(1964)"The Watson Family" is the title of a recording by American folk music artist
Doc Watson and The Watson Family, originally released in 1963."The Watson Family" is taken from field recordings by Ralph Rinzler, Eugene W. Earle, Archie Green, and Peter Siegel, done from 1960 to 1963. It was re-released on Smithsonian Folkways on CD in 1990 with additional tracks from the 1970's.
Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
# "Ground Hog" – 2:21
# "Every Day Dirt" – 2:08
# "Bonaparte's Retreat" (Pee Wee King ,Redd Stewart ) – 1:31
# "The House Carpenter" – 4:33
# "I'm Troubled" – 2:42
# "Your Long Journey" (Watson, Watson) – 2:36
# "When I Die" – 2:17
# "That Train That Carried My Girl From Town" – 2:20
# "Down the Road" – 1:41
# "The Lone Pilgrim" – 3:08
# "Texas Gales/Blackberry Rag" – 1:58
# "Darling Corey" – 2:37
# "The Triplett Tragedy" (Miller) – 5:31
# "Muddy Roads" – 1:24
# "The Lost Soul" – 3:01
#:CD re-issue additional tracks:
# "Keep in the Middle of the Road" – 1:14
# "The Old Man Below" – 1:35
# "Pretty Saro" – 1:42
# "Cousin Sally Brown" – 2:20
# "Look Down That Lonesome Road" – 2:06
# "Doodle Bug" – 1:02
# "Rambling Hobo" – 1:38
# "The Cuckoo" – 3:03
# "Frosty Morn" – 1:41
# "Shady Grove" – 2:17
# "Southbound" (Ryerson, Watson) – 2:40Personnel
*Doc Watson – guitar, banjo, harmonica, mandolin, autoharp, vocals
*Merle Watson – guitar, banjjo
*Gaither Carlton – banjo, fiddle, vocals
*Dolly Greer – vocals
*Sophronie Miller Greer – vocals
*Annie Watson – vocals
*Arnold Watson – banjo, harmonica, vocals
*Rosa Lee Watson – vocals
*Willard Watson – banjo
*Ralph Rinzler – guitarProduction notes
*Eugene Earle – engineer
*David Glasser – digital editing
*Archie Green – engineer
*Mickey Hart – technical advisor
*Suzanne Holder – assistant
*Jeff Place – producer, liner notes
*Ralph Rinzler – producer, engineer, executive producer
*Mike Seeger – assistant
*Peter Siegel – engineer
*Lorrie Taylor – assistant
*Bob Yellin – photography, cover photoExternal links
* [http://www.geocities.com/nashville/3448/family.html The Watson Family discography]
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