Songs for Little Pickers | ||||
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Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | Centre Stage, Atlanta, GA March 24, 1990 Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, August 21, 1988 Archival recording, Folklore Productions | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 34:15 | |||
Label | Sugar Hill | |||
Producer | Mitch Greenhill | |||
Doc Watson chronology | ||||
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Songs for Little Pickers is a live album by American folk music artist Doc Watson, released in 1990. It contains songs Watson learned as a child.
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Allmusic | [1] |
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
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Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's fingerstyle and flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded. Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.
The Elementary Doctor Watson! is a studio album by the American country music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1972.
Legacy is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artist Doc Watson and David Holt, released in 2002.
Treasures Untold is the title of a live recording by Doc Watson & Family, recorded at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. It includes four duets with Clarence White. Watson's son, Merle, was 15 years old at the time of the recording. He later performed numerous concerts and on recordings with his father.
Old-Timey Concert is the title of a live recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson, Clint Howard and Fred Price. Originally a "Double LP", now one CD with four tracks omitted: Tracks 8, 15, 16 and 19.Recorded in 1967 for the Seattle Folklore Society.
Doc Watson on Stage is the title of a live recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson, released in 1971. It was originally released as a double LP and contained many previously unreleased titles.
Memories is the title of a studio album by American country music artist Doc Watson, released in 1975. It was originally released as a double-LP by United Artists Records. It peaked at No. 47 on Billboard Country Albums charts and No. 193 on the Pop Album charts.
Doc and the Boys is the title of a recording by Doc Watson, released in 1976.
Look Away! is the title of a recording by Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1978.
Live and Pickin' is the title of a recording by Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1979.
The Watson Family is the title of a recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson and The Watson Family, originally released in 1963.
Songs from the Southern Mountains is the title of a recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson and Family, released in 1994. The music is taken from recordings by Eugene Earle and D. K. Wilgus. It contains previously unreleased material from the early 1960s as well as three tracks recorded in 1973. The liner notes are by Watson's daughter Nancy, recalling memories of grandpa Gaither Carlton, the first Watson Family recording session, and the April night that Merle Watson began playing guitar.
Remembering Merle is the title of a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1992. The songs were all recorded live between 1970 and 1976.
Doc & Dawg is a 1997 recording by the American folk music artist Doc Watson and mandolinist David Grisman.
The Vanguard Years is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artist Doc Watson, released in 1995.
The Essential Doc Watson is the title of a recording by Doc Watson, released in 1973. It was originally released as a double-LP.
Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962 is the title of a recording by Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, released in 1994.
Songs from Home is the title of a recording by the American folk music and country blues artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 2002. It contains tracks from Watson's years on the Poppy and United Artists labels plus four previously unreleased tracks.
Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artist Doc Watson, released in 2003. It contains recordings by Watson in the country blues style.
Jack Lawrence is an American bluegrass guitarist. He was Doc Watson's performing partner since the early 1980s. As major influences, Lawrence cites Doc Watson, Clarence White, and Django Reinhardt.