- Watson Country
Infobox Album
Name = Watson Country
Type =compilation album
Artist =Doc Watson ,Merle Watson
Released = June 1996
Recorded = Dec 1980 - Nov 1984
Genre = Folk, blues
Length = 48:13
Label = Flying Fish
Producer = Mitch Greenhill, Merle Watson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfexqehldte link]
Chronology = Doc Watson
Last album = "The Vanguard Years"
(1995)
This album = "Watson Country"
(1996)
Next album = "Doc & Dawg "
(1997)"Watson Country" is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artists
Doc Watson andMerle Watson , released in 1996.This collection is taken from the albums Watson recorded for Flying Fish between 1980-1984. It contains two previously un-released tracks: "Bye Bye Bluebelle/Smiles" and "Leaving London".
Track listing
# "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke" (
Merle Travis ,Tex Williams ) – 2:49
# "Along the Road" (Dan Fogelberg ) – 2:53
# "Sheeps in the Meadow/Stoney Fork" (Traditional) – 2:56
# "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (Traditional) – 2:55
# "California Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:22
# "Down Yonder" (Traditional) – 2:24
# "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:29
# "Bye Bye Bluebelle/Smiles" (Travis) – 2:15
# "Leaving London" (Tom Paxton ) – 2:32
# "Red Rocking Chair" (Traditional, Watson) – 2:06
# "Black Pine Waltz" (Traditional) – 2:35
# "Freight Train Blues" (Traditional) – 2:48
# "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:47
# "Jailhouse Blues" (Sleepy John Estes ) – 2:52
# "Sadie" (T. Michael Coleman, Bob Hilliard) – 2:31
# "Fisher's Hornpipe/Devil's Dream " (Traditional) – 1:45
# "Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues" (Coleman, Watson) – 3:15
# "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 2:32Personnel
*Doc Watson – vocals, guitar, harmonica
*Merle Watson – guitar, dobro, banjo
*T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
*Herb Pedersen – harmony vocals
*Ron Tutt – drums
*Gene Estes – percussion
*Hank "Bones" Kahn – bones
*Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar
*Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
*Byron Berline – fiddle
*Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin
*Pat McInerney – drums, percussion
*Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
*Tom Scott – clarinet
*Joe Smothers – harmony vocalsExternal links
* [http://www.geocities.com/nashville/3448/compil.html#watsonco A Doc Watson discography]
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