Index Blind But ow I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson Author: Kent Gustavson, PhD Compiled by David Ruiz del Vizo – May 2010

A

Acuff, Roy, 64 “Alabama Jubilee”, 299 Allman Brothers Band, 242, 271, 274 Allman, Duane, 242-243 All Things Considered (NPR), 96 “Amazing Grace”, 3-4, 8, 322 Anastasio, Trey, 75 The Andy Griffith Show (television show), 156, 250 Anger, Darol, 318 The Anthology of American Folk Music (album), 103-104, 110-111, 150, 152-154 Appalachian State University, p. 54, 318 Arnold, Eddy, 89, 96 Arthur, John Preston, 16 Asbell, Paul, 75, 123, 303 Ash Grove (nighclub in Los Angeles), 154-160, 162, 175-176, 206-207 Ashley, Clarence “Tom”, 72, 76, 103-105, 107-109, 113-114, 131, 136, 139, 143, 144, 149-150, 152, 155, 157, 162-164, 170, 175, 198, 311 Atkins, Chet, 200, 281, 302, 315 Austin, Gene, 65

B

Baez, Joan, 102, 115, 126, 171, 175, 183-184, 202, 205 Berkeley Folk Festival, 191, 217 Betts, Dickey, 242, 274 Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, 96 “Billy In The Lowground”, 304 Bird, Annie, 124, 131-133, 145 “Black Mountain Rag”, 126-127, 304 Blake, Norman, 298, 300-301 The Blue Sky Boys, 65 Block, Allan, 87 Block, Rory, 87 Boggs, Doc, 175 Boone, NC, 16, 31, 35, 54, 65, 72-73, 90, 96-97, 224, 318 Bourgeois guitar, 76 Brand, Oscar, 137 Bristol, TN, 98 Broonzy, Big Bill, 259 Brown, Greg, 164, 237, 309, 312

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B (continued)

Bryan, Sarah, 302 Bush, Sam, 86, 169, 172, 207 221, 223-224, 228-229, 239, 249 281, 283, 310, 323 Byrd, Jonathan, 285

C

Cambridge, MA, 177 Campbell, Stephen Foster, 65 “Cannonball Blues”, 111 Carolina Tar Heels, 65 Carlton, Gaither, 81, 87, 125, 131-133, 143, 297 Carter, Jimmy, 31 Carter Family, 64-65, 70, 114, 132, 220, 296 Carter, Maybelle, 69 Carter, Sara, 69 Cartledge, Tony, 265-266 Cashman, Paul, 160 Chad Mitchell Trio, 202 Chapin, Tom, 310 Charlemagne, 20-21 Chasmen, Paul, 302 The Christian Harmony , 8, 15, 60 ‘Christmas Lullaby”, 267 Church, John “Yankee”, 20 Civil Rights Movement, 198-200 Clancy Brothers, 136 Clarence Ashley and the Tar Heels, 64 The Clarence Ashley Group, 85, 113-114, 149, 156, 174, 180, 177, 198-199, 282 Clark, Guy, 176, 239, 297 Clements, Vassar, 223 Cleveland, Michael, 172 Cohen, David, 155 Cohen, John, 3, 13, 76, 102, 106-107, 132-133, 135-138, 131-134, 138-140, 142-143, 154, 162-163, 178, 198, 206 Coleman, T. Michael, 108, 168, 224, 233, 240, 245-246, 252, 258, 260 266, 273, 299 Collins, Judy, 171, 202 Columbia Records, 153 “Come All You Good Time People”, 183

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C (Continued)

Cooder, Ry, 155 Cotton, Elizabeth, 137-138 Crary, Dan, 301 Credé, Karl, 28 “Cripple Creek”, 45 Crookston, Joe, 206, 279 Crosby, Still, Nash & Young, 237 Crowther, Hal, 226, 318 Crowe, J.D., 222 “Cuckoo Bird”, 104-105, 153

D

Dalhart, Vernon, 65 David Grisman Quintet, 222 Deep Gap, NC, 11, 16, 18, 29, 35, 46, 54, 63, 82, 87, 89, 97, 107, 121, 123, 125, 246, 254 “Deep River Blues”, 127, 297-298 Delmore Brothers, 220, 297 The Delmore Brothers, 64 “Did Christ O´er Sinners Weep”, 6 “Dill Pickle Rag”, 304 “Doc & Merle” (1985 film), 101, 315 The Doc & Merle Watson Memorial Highway, 236 Doc Watson (album), 12, 291 Doc Watson & Son (album), 219 “Doc’s Guitar”, 126-127, 184 Donohue, Pat, 301-302, 314 The Dorsey Brothers, 65 Douglas, Jerry, 218, 222, 228-229, 243, 271, 279, 281, 299 “Dream Of The Miner’s Child”, 304 Dylan, Bob, 5, 12, 74, 115, 126, 135,136, 135, 135, 139, 170-171, 175

E

Earl, Eugene, 64, 76, 103, 105-108, 111, 113, 150, 175-176 Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack, 146, 171 Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, 54

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F

Fender Telecaster guitar, 75, 108 Festival of American Folk Life, 117 Fincastle VA, 169 Flatt, Lester & Scrugg, Earl, 4-5, 292 Flatt, Lester, 96, 223, 300 Fleck, Bela, 240, 247, 281, 319 Folklore Center (in Greenwich Village), 133-134, 138, 171, 198 Folkways Records, 103, 116, 121, 169 Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 311 Freedom Riders, 197 Friends of Old Time Music, 13, 135-136, 138-140, 142, 144, 154, 169, 198-199, 206

G

Gallagher, J.W., 76 Gambetta, Beppe, 291, 295 Garcia, Jerry, 116 Garland, Hank, 300 Gaslight Café (Greenwich Village), 178 Gerde’s Folk City (Greenwich Village), 132, 169-171, 174 Gerrard, Alice, 117, 123, 312 Gibson Kalamazoo guitar, 71 Gold Top Standard Les Paul guitar, 74-75 Goodrich, William, 20 Gov’t Mule, 271 The Grand Ole Opry, 65 Grateful Dead, 237 Great American Music Hall (San Francisco), 273 Greenbriar Boys, 102-103, 115-116, 140, 169-170, 172, 202 Greenhill, Manny, 219, 227, 245, 315 Greenhill, Mitch, 245, 266, 315 Greenwich Village (New York City), 4,8, 87, 131, 133, 135, 140, 169, 198-200 Greer, David, 298 Greer, Paul, 95 Grisman, David, 114, 134, 151, 172. 279, 293 Grosz, Terry, 29 “Groundhog”, 205 Guns ‘n Roses, 75 Guthrie, Arlo, 171

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G (Continued)

Guthrie, Woody, 116, 132, 135-136, 146, 205

H

Hamilton IV, George, 283 Haney, Carlton, 169 Harmony guitar, 70-71 Harper, Ben, 65, 74, 113, 188-189, 242, 300, 309 Harper-Verdries, Ellen, 163, 208, 294, 310 Harris, Phil, 65 Haynes, Warren, 271, 285 Henderson, Wayne, 56, 76, 310 Hendrix, JC, 255-256 Hendrix, Jimi, 74 Herald, John, 136, 172 Hill, Donna, 294, 323 Holcomb, Roscoe, 139, 142, 198, 310, 312 Holt, David, 168 Home Again (album), 219 “Home Sweet Home”, 60 hootenanny (noun), 135 Hootenanny (television show), 201-202 Hopkins, Lightnin’, 198 House, Son, 198 House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 197, 201-203 Houston, Cisco, 132, 205 Howard, Clint, 103-104, 107, 131, 143, 149, 150-152, 159-160, 162, 164, 203, 205, 312 Hughes, Kate, 155 Hutchinson, Frank, 65 Hurt, Mississippi John, 64, 175-178, 213, 217, 243, 303

I

“I Like Mountain Music”, 45 “Intoxicated Rat”, 184 Ives, Burl, 65, 286

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J

James, Skip, 70, 175 Jaynes, Gregory, 245 JD Vaughn Gospel Singers, 64 Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson At Folk City (album), 169 Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 259, 304 “Jimmy Sutton”, 60 Johnson City, TN, 98 Johnson, Earl, 64 Johnson, Jack, 103,109, 151 Johnson, Robert, 65, 74 “Johnson’s Old Grey Mare”, 64 Jones, Grandpa, 209

K

Kahn, Si, 3, 208, 279, 283, 300, 313-314 Keith, Bill, 175, 177, 178 Kentucky Center for Traditional Music, 7 Kingston Trio, 109-110 Krauss, Alison, 222

L

La Farge, Peter, 132, 175 Laurel Springs Baptist Church, 265-266 Lawrence, Jack, 6, 236, 238, 241, 243, 248-252, 258, 260, 266, 272-274, 299-300 Ledbetter, Huddie “Leadbelly”, 116 Lenoir, NC, 72, 95, 236, 254 Levy, David, 131 Library of Congress Recordings, 110 Lincolnshire, England, 20 Lipscomb, Mance, 198 Lloyd, Bert, 102, 149, 190, 246 “Little Bessie”, 81 Lomax, Alan, 102, 137, 145-146 Los Angeles CA, 154 “The Lone Pilgrim”, 12 Lucas, Nick, 40

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M

Macon, Uncle Dave, 64, 114 MacColl, Ewan, 188 Mahal, Taj, 132, 155 Marshall, Mike, 205-206, 227, 237, 244, 292-293, 304 Martin guitar, 73-74 Martin, Grady, 299-300 “Matty Groves”, 176 Mayo, Margot, 138 McCeney, George, 27-28, 124, 290, 295, 302, 313 McEuen, John, 225 McGhee, Brownie, 205, 229 McTell, Willie, 259 Memories (album), 270 Merle Fest, 28, 172, 280-283, 286, 321-322 Meyer, Edgar, 284 “Midnight Rider”, 259, 267 Miller, Cliff, 281 “The Miner’s Child”, 81 “Molly Hare”, 60 Monroe, Bill, 31, 71, 74, 104, 117,174-175, 184, 202, 206, 292 Monroe Brothers, 39, 65 Montgomery, Paul, 45-45, 69 Moore, Tom, 104, 151 Moss, Mark, 203 Moultrup, David, 240, 273, 291, 292, 310 Mountain City, TN, 105, 107, 152 Muldaur, Maria, 27, 87-88, 121, 123-124, 131, 132, 134-135, 142, 145-146, 268, 322 “Muleskinner Blues”, 71, 74 Murphy, Joe, 101, 316

Napier, Bill, 289 Nashville, TN, 13, 27-28 Nashville Bluegrass Band, 28, 239 “Nashville Blues”, 297 Newgrass Revival, 221-223, 228, 281, 283 New Lost City Ramblers, 3, 106-107, 137, 178 Newport Folk Festival, 122, 125-127, 172, 174-175 Newton, John, 4

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New World Singers, 171 The New Deal, 54-55 Newport Folk Foundation, 117 New York City, NY, 3, 13, 102, 131, 149, 169 ick Lucas Plectrum Guitar Method, 71 Niles, John Jacob, 311 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 76, 225-226

O

O’Bryant, Alan, 239, 244, 247-248, 298, 310, 313 Ochs, Phil, 171, 175 O’Connor, Mark, 299 Odetta, 136, 171 Old And In The Way, 116 Old Crow Medicine Show, 246, 259, 319-321 “Old Time Herald” , 117, 303 Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley’s (album), 114, 122, 151 Old Timey Concert (album), 158 “Omie Wise”, 184 “On Praying Ground”, 6 On Praying Ground (album), 267 Osbourne, Charles, 97

P

Paley, Tom, 137, 178 Patton, Charles, 70 Paxton, Tom, 134, 171, 175, 178, 202-203, 207, 238, 284-285, 299, 312 Pearl, Ed, 154-156, 159-161, 206 Peter, Paul and Mary, 171, 175, 202 Pickow, George, 145, 169 Pittman, Walt, 156 Poole, Charlie, 65, 285 “Poor Ellen Smith”, 151 Poco, Mike, 170 Prairie Home Companion (radio program), 200, 314 “Pretty Little Pink”, 114, 151

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P (Continued)

Price, Fred, 103-104, 107, 131, 143, 151, 160, 164, 203, 205 Prine, John, 238 Puckett, Riley, 65, 70, 74, 151, 259, 297 Pushkin, John, 226

R

Ragged But Right (album), 115 Rainbow Quest (television program), 203 Raleigh School for the Blind, 35-46, 51, 62-63, 69-70 “Rambling Hobo”, 62 RCA Records, 104, 153 Reinhardt, Django, 40 Remembering Merle (album), 270 Rice, Tony, 289 Ricks, Jerry, 177 “Riding the Midnight Train”, 240, 251 Rigsby, Don, 7, 298-299, 298-299 Rinzler, Ralph, 13, 76, 85, 99, 101-118, 122-123, 127, 131-133, 135-136, 137-139, 143, 149, 150-155, 157-158, 161-164, 169, 172, 174, 177-178, 184,185-191, 198, 202, 206, 214, 216, 219, 260-261, 267, 281-282, 284, 294, 298 Ritchie, Jean, 26, 116, 135, 138-139, 145, 161-162, 169, 170, 201, 322 Rodgers, Jimmie, 64, 69, 74, 220, 296, 311 Rodriguez-Seeger, Tao, 241 Rooney, Jim, 177 Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano, 54 Rowan, Peter, 116, 125, 177, 242, 259-260, 281, 311-312, 323 Rubens, Manny, 177 Rudisill, Carl, 253

S

“Saint James Infirmary”, 223 “Sally Gooden”, 60 Saltville, VA, 109 Sam and Kirk McGee, 64 Secor, Ketch, 245-246, 249, 258, 267, 270, 319-320 Seldom Scene, 224, 273

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S (Continued)

Schmidt, Oscar, 70 Schwarz, Tracy, 178 Scruggs, Earl, 96, 191-193, 225-226, 281 Seeger, Mike, 102, 105, 115, 117, 132-133, 137, 154, 178 188, 208-209 Seeger, Peggy, 102, 188, 203, 294 Seeger, Pete, 102, 116, 135-137, 183, 175, 197, 202-203, 205, 208-209 Shelton, Robert, 114, 121, 144, 177 “Shady Grove”, 82 Shocked, Michelle, 227, 237-238, 284, 314 “Shortening Bread”, 45 Shuffler, George, 289 Silvertone 1940 guitar, 71 Sing Out, 96, 139, 174, 203 Skaggs, Ricky, 7, 26, 97, 167, 236, 272, 289, 322 The Skillet Lickers, 65 Smith, Harry, 103, 153, 154 Solomon, Maynard, 127, 182 Smith, Fay “Smitty”, 299 Smithsonian-Folkways recordings, 116 Southbound (album), 219-220, 285 “Storms Are On The Ocean”, 170 “Spikedriver Blues”, 64 Stella guitar, 70-71 Strawberry Music Festival, 323 Strictly Instrumental (album), 4, 219, 299 Stuart, Marty, 31, 172, 223, 243, 246, 271, 281, 296, 322 Sutton, Brian, 298 Swarthmore College, 102

T

“Talk About Suffering”, 184 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, 252 Terkel, Studs, 14, 253 “Tennessee Stud”, 226 Terry, Sonny, 205, 229 “Thoughts of Never”, 270 The Three Pickers (album), 97 Tillis, Mel, 220 The Tobacco Tags, 39 “Tom Dooley”, 109, 184

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T (Continued)

Townes, B., 27, 280-281 “Train That Carried My Girl from Town”, 111 Travis, Merle, 64, 75-76, 89, 298, 303, 311 Travis, Randy, 32 Triplett, Betsy, 20 Trischka, Tony, 115-116, 126, 175, 209, 277, 272, 291, 309 Trucks, Derek, 285

U

Uncle Earl (band) Union Grove Fiddler’s Convention, 81, 102-103, 109

V

Vanguard Records, 4, 12, 127, 172, 182-183, 185, 187, 202, 291, 300 Van Ronk, Dave, 171 Van Zandt, Townes, 239 Village Gate (Greenwich Village), 203

W

Wade Mainer & The Mountaineers, 39 “Walk On Boy”, 220 Washburn, Abigail, 122, 209-210, 319, 321 Washington Square Park, 133-134, 199 Washington Square Ramblers, 134 Waters, Muddy, 74 Watson, Annie (mother), 15, 17-19, 52, 54, 56, 59,126, Watson, Arthel Lane “Doc” appendix rupture, 4 arrival in New York City, 131-140 blindness, 25-30 Civil Rights Movement, 197 Clarance Ashley Group, 149 first professional performance, 97 Great Depression, 54-54 learning to play banjo, 61-63, 65

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W (Continued)

learning to play guitar, 44 learning to play harmonica, 60 marriage to Rosa Lee, 84 musical influences, 289-304 Raleigh School for the Blind, 35-46, 180 Rinzler, Ralph, 117-118 Watson, David, 15-16, 12, 59, 71 The Watson Family (album), 121, 125-126, 169 Watson, General (father), 15, 18-19, 45, 52, 56, 62-64, 70, 72 Watson, Linney, 63, 65, 69-70 Watson, Merle, 5, 14, 86,124, 168, 189-190, 213-219, 221-229, 233 237-261, 265-274 Watson, Nancy, 12, 35-37, 85, 90, 267, 269 Watson, Rosa Lee, 5, 14, 29, 81-86, 88-89, 90, 97,123, 125, 213, 216, 258, 269-270, 281, 284 Watson, Thomas Jr., 17 Watson, Willard, 81, 125-126 “Way Downtown”, 160, 304 The Weavers, 132, 137, 201 Welsh, Charles, 56 “What a Friend We Have In Jesus”, 324 “When the Roses Bloom In Dixie”, 70 White, Clarence, 155, 159, 172, 271, 289, 291 White, Roland, 27, 155 Whitener, Rogers, 318 Wilkes Community College, 280 Wilkes County, NC, 37 Wilkesboro NC, 280 William & The Rail Riders, 97-98 Williams, Jack, 97-98, 267 Will The Circle Be Unbroken (album), 76, 89, 225-226, 233, 240, 298 Winfrey, Lee, 29 World Gone Wrong (album), 12 Works Progress Administration (WPA), 54 “Worried Blues”, 111

Y

Young, Israel “Izzy”, 138, 170, 199-200

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