Doc was amazing. And he did not waste his time writing songs. He strictly played covers and his real worth to me are those 60 or so amazing albums he put out. Huge national treasure, but not a songwriter.
@GeorgiaBoy1961
6 жыл бұрын
When you are a virtuoso as Doc Watson was, you don't need to write your own material, unless you want to, that is! Top producers, songwriters and composers will handle that chore for you.
@norbitcleaverhook5040
2 жыл бұрын
Walk on boy is his isn't it?
@Francisalbino39
Жыл бұрын
He did not waste his time writing songs? What the hell does that mean…has Bob Dylan been wasting his time for the last 50 years?
@rivmitch7181
6 ай бұрын
@@Francisalbino39 yes
@DavidPerry-do6xt
12 күн бұрын
He re interpreted that's good.
@michaelbaldwin6543
7 жыл бұрын
Didn't know Sam Bush could fiddle like that. Wow!
@cosmyccowboy
7 жыл бұрын
along about 2007 i was living in lagrange ga and saw where doc watson would be playing in this small place that i didnt even know was there, it was a rv park!. now i didnt know who doc was but had seen his name on the back of some nitty gritty dirt band albums back in the day and figured i'd go check it out! so i went in with no idea what i was about to witness!!! his spirit glowed right thru his skin, doc and the boys played the best sound i'd ever heard! my jaw hit my chest and stayed that way for over an hour!!! my face hurt the next day from grinning so hard! i am so glad i got to see him while he was with us!
@laurapalmer9323
5 жыл бұрын
That is cool when God puts us in those places at just the perfect time.
@richardcarew4708
4 жыл бұрын
They don't call it "pickin and grinnin" for nothing... it's good time music.. and it carries my blues away 💙
@bisonette5
4 жыл бұрын
thanks for your story..i loved the man
@MeridithQueenOfSpades
Жыл бұрын
2:06 Seeing Blake Norman just jamming away. The amount of talent on that stage, I'm surprised it didn't collapse lol.
@jeffscott8323
3 жыл бұрын
The orginal pickin and grinnin.
@victormcmanus8725
3 жыл бұрын
norman blake is an absolute beast on the six string
@BURGRKNG
Жыл бұрын
Dude his backup on this track is incredible, his boomchuck bassline style is unmistakeable
@isthisthecase
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear Sam Bush play fiddle more. He doesn't have the same virtuosity as someone like Stuart Duncan or Mark O'Conner but he's got the touch for sure.
@edwardmorton6691
5 жыл бұрын
I truly believe that for one reason or another some people are just perfectly suited to what they do. That's not to say that they don't have to put in the hard work of learning and practicing because they do , but here's a bunch of guys all suited to play that music. Good ole doc presiding over them and egging them on. A truly remarkable bit of music making and a privilege to hear and watch it. I'm not a hillbilly, he'll I'm not even from the states, but I too would be proud to be one if I was immersed in music such as this. There are so many nations traditional musical roots intertwined and intermingled to produce this wonderful sound, who could not be proud to part of it. Love it. I'm Ulster/Scotts bye the way and my roots are in there too.....ye ha,
@paulimondi9017
4 жыл бұрын
As I followed Clarence& Roland(& the byrds)/ Since1962(@ 10).Now living& playing in Newport/ folk fests? Doc names 1st son Merle ( Travis? ) 🙏His 2nd son Clarence- in revernce... What a honourable Virtuoso! Thank you all- sincerely- pki
@robertharris7464
Жыл бұрын
Doc Watson, Dan Crary, Norman Blake, and Sam Bush. It don't get no better than that!
@TullMorse
5 жыл бұрын
My only problem with this is the 'artistic' filming. That person filming was not a musician. ANY musician wants to see a focus on the front with the fingers in view! 😜
@maikelf5351
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not even a musician, but stil want to see them fingers go
@joshiewhite
2 жыл бұрын
Hes probably so dosed up on acid that you should count yourself lucky he remembered to hit record.
@joshiewhite
2 жыл бұрын
I think this was the first Merle fest and there only an audio recording of all the acts. So any footage that does go with the timing is lucky
@The_Blue_Banjo_Giraffe
3 ай бұрын
I think the camera person did a great job
@reddog1959
4 жыл бұрын
Doc Watson should be on the short list of the greatest guitarists ever,
@petercady698
4 жыл бұрын
That should read "Doc Watson and Norman Blake should be...
@paulimondi9017
4 жыл бұрын
Short/ Lists & listings go best unlisted, shortening ... writer; critic,; purist, analysts, "all talk is lies" ( listen to the mockingbird!)
@jayree379
3 жыл бұрын
He is!
@TylerJohnson-wp2qf
3 жыл бұрын
Doc Watson Norman Blake Tony rice Randy Scruggs Steve Kaufman Tommy Emmanuel Dan Crary
@DeclanTKatt
3 жыл бұрын
He is.
@ZacchaeusNifong
4 жыл бұрын
This makes me proud to be from NC.
@leftypick4854
3 жыл бұрын
Hey dad, I miss you. Hey aunt Liz. Hey there uncle John. Hey there aunt Sarah. Hey there uncle Joe. Hey there uncle David. Hey there aunt Clara. And hey there to my dads other brother who passed away before I was born. Yeah, be proud to be from NC my friend.
@ZacchaeusNifong
3 жыл бұрын
@@leftypick4854 yes sir.
@bobf9749
Жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of seeing Doc Watson before he died and this reminds me to treasure the memory of seeing a virtuoso.
@mikegathercole
27 күн бұрын
I saw doc one time in Black Mountain, North Carolina. He couldn't play his guitar because he had cut his finger whittling the day before. Now what the hell is a blind man doing whittling? Hey just played harmonica and told stories.
@roblinxweiler9951
Жыл бұрын
I always loved that Doc was not at ALL afraid to shush an audience! :-)
@tobypuente8841
4 ай бұрын
I have a card that reads 'is the music interupting your conversation? ' I show it sometimes at concerts
@jeffcantrell3129
4 жыл бұрын
He was one of the best ever still to this day
@rll1954
7 жыл бұрын
Doc's playing "Ol Hoss" here, the Gallagher G50 that J.W. loaned him in 1969. I got to play it at Gallagher's Guitars in Wartrace, TN in 2010.
@JohnnysCoolStuff
4 жыл бұрын
I sure miss those days when these guys were the big news in Bluegrass. Great times!
@leei94
2 жыл бұрын
seriously can not imagine how cool it would be to be alive at this time
@cumminsrealpower680
4 жыл бұрын
Pure 100% pickin. I've watched this video many times and there's no way possible to not love it. It's 2019 and there are 14 thumbs down. This music is an acquired taste. If you don't like it, acquire some taste.
@v_dad2101
4 жыл бұрын
Amen
@polocisneros
4 жыл бұрын
1st time hearing of this Doc & Company but I know good music when I hear it & this for sure falls in that category!
@johntait491
3 жыл бұрын
It's October 2020 and there are now 23 thumbs down. Are these people feckin' idiots or what..? 🤔
@jeffscott8323
3 жыл бұрын
They havin fun. Why cant the whole wourld have fun like this instead of. Burnin out people shooting people. And creating violence.
@johntait491
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffscott8323 I wholeheartly agree Jeff. However, there are a lot of "killjoys" around of all persuasions, none of them probably musicians or have an appreciation of music. ;-(
@theeaskey
3 жыл бұрын
Is that Sam bush on fiddle
@tobypuente8841
3 жыл бұрын
Cameras missed a bunch of handiwork
@barttuthill4043
2 жыл бұрын
It is videos like this that remind me why I learned to love this music, What a lineup!
@PeterNGloor
8 жыл бұрын
If this is in Telluride, I was there! Unforgettable for an overseas visitor to Colorado. I remember the air was filled with "Grass" smoke, folks still wore long hair and beards (the guys, that is). We did some hiking in the area, too.
@cosmyccowboy
7 жыл бұрын
i saw some blue smoke going up over the crowd!
@richardcarew4708
4 жыл бұрын
Some still do wear long hair and beard... including the folks up in the Smoky Mountains.. they always have.. it's nothing new.. just more hype.. ;;☆》♡♡♡
@jrayproductions7790
3 жыл бұрын
@@richardcarew4708 Yep. We still smoke that homegrown, too.
It's great to watch this video. I have been listening to this exact same recording on an album for decades and to be able to watch as they play is awesome. Thanks for posting! Ya never know what you might find on youtube.
@barrygear8260
3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest pickers ever!
@KStewart-th4sk
6 жыл бұрын
You really have to wonder what type of goofball gives this a thumbs down? The ones that flock to shows to see hip hop and rap CRAP? The ones that are making millions with NO TALENT compared to these guys. Unbelievable!
@richardcarew4708
4 жыл бұрын
Can't please everyone.. etc etc etc
@SuperOlds88
7 жыл бұрын
Norman was really smoking.
@richardperkins5046
4 жыл бұрын
Norman always smokes it.
@Hendrix.
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Doc killin' it too.
@veroniameredith2934
10 ай бұрын
❤l love Doc's playing. Such a good musician 🙂
@johnshore6318
3 жыл бұрын
Dang them boys could pick
@jeffscott8323
3 жыл бұрын
The great Doc Watson.
@frankcorrenti5941
5 жыл бұрын
I was away from the screen and heard that flat pickin' and said to myself, "That's Black Mountain Rag, the way it should be played," and sure enough, it was. Ain't lost my mind yet. The Lord blessed us with Doc Watson and those he frequented.
@johnny4blues
5 ай бұрын
This was pure bliss...!! Thank you so much for posting this masterpiece!
@Gsteiman
5 жыл бұрын
Norman Blake is the best of the best
@robertharris2018
4 жыл бұрын
I'll always love and cherish Doc's pickin' and Norman Blake is running him a close second in my book and Dan Crary ain't no slouch. Another great picker that a lot of people overlook is Ewe Kruger of the Kruger Brothers.
@wayneconn1079
5 жыл бұрын
No listen up folks this is real music 🤗
@sundaydiver
3 жыл бұрын
Great jam, but the video editing is terrible. Who's playing the solo at 3:30? Crary?
@KimIrby
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Doc is one of my guitar heroes!
@pilgrimjames8953
2 жыл бұрын
For the longest time, since around '83, when this sound emerged to us somehow, back in the Motherland . Thank the lord ! this is what drove me and my pickin friends to crumble and fall on the north face of the Black Mountain, Blackberry Blossom and numerous Railroad wrecks. ... play that thing son !!....
@rabokarabekian409
2 жыл бұрын
Search for: "Dan Crary performs Durang's Hornpipe", flatpicking a firestorm on a 12 string. Yep, that.
@joshthomas9992
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this available!!!! If I may, do ya have BlackBerry Blossom?? Thanks again!
@merlinofavalon6721
2 жыл бұрын
Led Zeppelin copied this tune and called it Bron-yr-Aur Stomp.
@kikogarcia4096
4 ай бұрын
Zeppelin copied everything 😂
@gskessingerable
Ай бұрын
Masterpiece
@ethosyourbro
7 жыл бұрын
Docs laugh makes me smile!
@ianmoro8300
3 жыл бұрын
i prefer Marcel Dadi.....
@frankdiscussion2069
3 жыл бұрын
Stellar line up. The only picker missing is the late great Tony Rice...RIP.
@dsmith1723
Жыл бұрын
Spectacular
@KStewart-th4sk
6 жыл бұрын
Wish the cameraman had been a little more on the ball, he missed a good portion when Dan Crary was being featured; other times back of their heads. Purists want to see THOSE HANDS in action. What talent these guys show!!
@MrEd9574
5 жыл бұрын
Umm, perhaps all the blue smoke was getting to him!!!!! This was the seventies! And I was there!
@henrygregor7336
4 жыл бұрын
And, on the other hand, we all, especially those who were not there, can be grateful we have this much to see and hear.
@williambeaulieu9873
8 жыл бұрын
3 masters and one national treasure at work and we have 2 negatives. Amazing.
@jameswarren819
6 жыл бұрын
Merlefest
@richardcarew4708
4 жыл бұрын
Shows to go ya... you can't please everyone all the time... only a few times... and sometimes never at all No worries mate... it's not your or my problem 😕 It is easy to pass along hatred and anger at everything.. that's all around us all the time... but It costs billions of dollars to blow each other up... It costs nothing to be nice Peace y'all Walk in Beauty Go in Peace ✌ 🙏 Peace ✌☮
@scray00
4 жыл бұрын
Richard Carew amen 💕
@barrycook6603
2 жыл бұрын
Crary on guitar, Bush on fiddle - loving it!
@dorothypartridge4209
Жыл бұрын
It boggles my mind to know Doc is blind and can pick and play and sing like this!!!!!!!
@danielperry8221
3 жыл бұрын
Dang ...the good old days..
@gutbucket260
5 жыл бұрын
Sam Bush looks like the Geico Cave Man in this old footage.
@barrycook6603
2 жыл бұрын
Norm Blake too!
@crazycat1345
11 ай бұрын
No body can play blue grass guitar like Doc.
@jrjr1295
6 ай бұрын
So much energy in the video and everyone is so locked in😭🙏
@betsymess8532
8 күн бұрын
I remember back in the day before so corporate way before most born. It was the best!
@jimsanford9215
4 ай бұрын
Awesome thanks so much!
@mt-nv4jd
3 жыл бұрын
There will not be another Doc. Ol' Norman keeps up pretty good.
@keithcoeburn2163
18 күн бұрын
Im a proud Hillbilly.. mighty fine pickin
@mikerichards6608
4 жыл бұрын
And there is Sam Bush. He has played with every great musician. He pops up everywhere on videos
@mikerichards6608
4 жыл бұрын
Whoops not Sam.
@taylormorris_
4 жыл бұрын
That is Sam alright. I knew he played fiddle also but never have seen him play, so this is quite the treat.
@frankdiscussion2069
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's Sam Bush. I believe he won a national fiddling championship when he was young. I could be wrong though.
@alansmith4889
5 жыл бұрын
All this crap about guitar gods..clapton..Hendrix..this is proper playing and those "gods"merely having a go !
@spinblackcircles
3 жыл бұрын
They’re all amazing guitarists
@yogadr6
3 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Page could do this on acoustic AND then slay on electric. Let's see a bluegrass picker rock out like Zeppelin too, and then you'll have some credibility....
@spinblackcircles
3 жыл бұрын
nathen gabriel ok go watch billy strings and get back to me
@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer
2 жыл бұрын
@@yogadr6 jimmy page was a pedophilic crack addict and he couldn't play guitar. Clarence white and Bert Jansch did what methy page wanted to do only better.
@larrygbailey4479
Ай бұрын
Love their Playing 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
@TimIreland
3 жыл бұрын
Who the f@#k thumbs down this? Bang it up ya jaxxy!
@BryanClark-gk6ie
Жыл бұрын
This is good but there is no thumbs down thanks to you' So you might want to jam your comment up your juxxy.
@markcox7497
4 жыл бұрын
The music is great...The crowd makes me feel sad. So much hair and so many starving barbers during the Seventies!
@mikegathercole
27 күн бұрын
Norman Blake was still a beginner in them days😂
@Justin-hb9wc
4 жыл бұрын
Not much into bgrass any more but docs picking is still nice
@lenwoodhudson7445
Жыл бұрын
I heard Doc,Vassar Clements and the dirt band in '71 . Been a fan ever since! The best of the best!
@haroldhorton2603
7 ай бұрын
seems like yesterday to me😢❤
@paulrobichaud7410
2 жыл бұрын
Doc was not only a gifted musician he was the flatpicker of flatpickers to these young pickers and also to the next generations of flatpickers that will follow !
@larrygbailey4479
Ай бұрын
Way Super COOL 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
@andrwlr1
8 жыл бұрын
A some serious pickin' going on!
@pauleshelman5862
3 жыл бұрын
This music is “Chicken Soup” for my broken heart! Thank y’all and God’s very best!
@williamkavanagh8805
2 жыл бұрын
Virtuosos. Beautiful playing.
@chicharoni2822
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing picking!!!
@enzo6804
2 ай бұрын
man if only you could see that crowd doc
@bigbobg8091
6 жыл бұрын
Great music, crappy camera work.
@borderway
6 жыл бұрын
Doc Rules!
@thinkpad20
3 жыл бұрын
These guys definitely do their 40 hours a day
@haydenmccasland9992
2 жыл бұрын
love the great Norman Blake
@jeffscott8323
3 жыл бұрын
I could listen. This all night. And day
@TheTinker6871
Жыл бұрын
Girl with the daisy in her hair....
@Stevespoken
3 жыл бұрын
What fun they had fantastic
@Hollcall
4 жыл бұрын
OH MY, What a TREASURE HE WAS...........!
@WilliamHTait
6 жыл бұрын
the best of the besr rip
@billdornan4379
Жыл бұрын
August 202$ ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🇨🇦
@tonyfreeman1339
3 ай бұрын
Lenny brought me here.
@chicharoni2822
5 жыл бұрын
Terrible camera work though.
@billmitchell2827
3 жыл бұрын
He is awesome. Best flat picker there is
@MikeGage-k4q
Жыл бұрын
Norman is sitting next to Best
@karlthefox4605
2 жыл бұрын
That Gallagher is a boomer
@zlgofast
4 жыл бұрын
I just saw myself in the audience!
@billstrouse2655
Жыл бұрын
This is SO GREAT! I have always loved the way that Doc seems to get a "happy" sound out of his guitar on everything that he plays. I don't know quite how to explain it. Mississippi John Hurt also seems to get this "happy" sound. What do you think?
@rosspatton8306
3 жыл бұрын
Damn! That was great!!
@jayeiben9431
Ай бұрын
Living in Ky I have heard many great bluegrass bands over the years. But this is royalty right here......
@bricemartin3
4 күн бұрын
Gé-Ni-AL!
@delnogalvan533
4 жыл бұрын
Now man thats great music love it
@raycookson416
Ай бұрын
Teamwork, skill, empathy and heart = happiness ❤️🎶
@jefffisher1297
28 күн бұрын
Two of the greatest pickers of all time, Doc and Norman...
@franksavage8730
8 жыл бұрын
KING!
@barbaratromellodesantis3712
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Doc, Norman, Dan and Sam! I am Mimmo, from Genova, Italy. God bless you!!!
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