- Format: CD
- Label: Vanguard
- Genre: Folk
Unusually Arthel “Doc” Watson’s career started out on electric guitar, but the switch to acoustic instruments and the embracing of his own folk culture produced one of the great players of American music, showcased on this 4CD set
Track listing:DISC ONE: RAMBLING HOBO • TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN • THE COO COO • REUBEN’S TRAIN • HICK’S FAREWELL • GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK • BEAUMONT RAG • FAREWELL BLUES • FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW • INTOXICATED RAT • TALK ABOUT SUFFERING • OMIE WISE • COUNTRY BLUES • BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG • DOC’S GUITAR • DEEP RIVER BLUES DISC TWO: MUSKRAT • DREAM OF THE MINER’S CHILD • RISING SUN BLUES • OTTO WOOD THE BANDIT • LITTLE SADIE • WINDY AND WARM • TENNESSEE STUD • BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN • DOWN IN THE VALLEY TO PRAY • DILL PICKLE RAG • THE F. F. V. • CHILDHOOD PLAY • STREAMLINE CANNONBALL • OLD CAMP MEETING TIME • I’M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES • THE GIRL IN THE BLUE VELVET BAND DISC THREE: NEW RIVER TRAIN • RANK STRANGER • CORRINA, CORRINA • WHAT DOES THE DEEP SEA SAY • THERE’S MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE • WAY DOWNTOWN • BROWN’S FERRY BLUES • SPIKE DRIVER BLUES • ROLL ON BUDDY • I AM A PILGRIM • WABASH CANNONBALL • ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARMS • THE LAWSON FAMILY MURDER • THE CUCKOO • ALABAMA BOUND DISC FOUR BYE BYE BLUEBELLS • KINFOLKS IN CAROLINA • SAN ANTONIO ROSE • BLOW YOUR WHISTLE FREIGHT TRAIN • CANNONBALL RAG • I AM A PILGRIM • ARRANGEMENT BLUES • I GOT A PIG AT HOME IN THE PEN • MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • DEEP RIVER BLUES • BANKS OF THE OHIO • A-ROVING ON A WINTER’S NIGHT • SOUTHBOUND • MEMPHIS BLUES • SALT CREEK/BILL CHEATHAM • BROWN’S FERRY BLUES • WINDY AND WARM
