Then and Now (Doc Watson album)

Infobox Album
Name = Then and Now
Type = studio album
Artist = Doc Watson, Merle Watson


Released = 1973
Recorded = 1972 at Jack Clement Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre = Folk, blues
Length = 27:08
Label = Tomato Records
Producer = Jack Clement
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvfyxq9hldte link]
Chronology = Doc Watson
Last album = "The Elementary Doctor Watson!"
(1972)
This album = "Then and Now"
(1973)
Next album = "The Essential Doc Watson"
(1973)

"Then and Now" is the title of a recording by Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1973.

At the Grammy Awards of 1974, this father and son collaboration won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.

Sugar Hill records re-issued versions — that excluded some tracks — of both "Then and Now" and "Two Days in November" in 1994. BGO Records released both with additional tracks from "The Elementary Doctor Watson!" in 2002. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbfyxqlald0e Allmusic entry for compilation release.] ]

Track listing

# "Bonaparte's Retreat" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) – 2:02
# "Milk Cow Blues" (Kokomo Arnold) – 2:16
# "Bottle of Wine" (Tom Paxton) – 2:06
# "Match Box Blues" (Blind Lemon Jefferson) – 3:33
# "If I Needed You" (Townes Van Zandt) – 2:36
# "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:09
# "That's All" (Merle Travis) – 2:58
# "Corrina, Corrina" (Traditional) – 2:49
# "Meet Me Somewhere in Your Dreams" (Cook) – 1:58
# "Old Camp Meetin' Time" (Traditional) – 2:11
# "Rain Crow Bill" (Traditional) – 1:30

Personnel

*Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
*Merle Watson – guitar, banjo
*Norman Blake – dobro
*Vassar Clements – fiddle
*Bobby Seymour – pedal steel guitar
*Joe Allen – bass
*Kenny Malone – percussion

Production notes

*Produced by Jack Clement
*Executive producer – Kevin Eggers
*Mastered by Paul Zinman
*Design by Milton Glaser
*Photography by Mike Salisbury

References

External links

[http://www.geocities.com/nashville/3448/docmerle.html Doc Watson discography]