TY  - GEN
T1  - Doc Watson : a life in music
T2  - American music: new roots.
A1  - Huffman, Eddie
LA  - English
PP  - Chapel Hill
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
YR  - 2025
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1492040887
AB  - "Arthel 'Doc' Watson (1923-2012) is arguably one of the most influential musicians Appalachia has ever produced. A musician's musician, Doc grew up on a subsistence farm in the North Carolina mountains during the Depression, soaking up traditional music and learning to play guitar even though he was blind. Rising to fame in the 1960s as part of the burgeoning folk revival scene, Doc became the face of traditional music for many listeners, racking up multiple Grammys and releasing dozens of albums over the course of his long career. Eddie Huffman tells the story of Doc's life and legacy, drawing on extensive interviews and hundreds of hours of archival research. In making the most comprehensive biography of Watson ever, Huffman gives us an affecting and informative portrait of the man they called Doc. Full of fascinating stories--from Doc's first banjo made from his grandmother's cat to the founding of MerleFest--this promises to be the definitive biography of the man and how he came to be synonymous with roots music in America and shows how his influence is still felt in music today"--
OP  - 282
CN  - ML419.W37
SN  - 9781469680385
SN  - 1469680386
SN  - 9781469680392
SN  - 1469680394
SN  - 9781469680361
SN  - 146968036X
SN  - 9781469680378
SN  - 1469680378
SN  - 9781469680354
SN  - 1469680351
KW  - Watson, Doc.
KW  - Bluegrass musicians : United States : Biography.
KW  - Folk musicians : United States : Biography.
KW  - Guitarists : United States : Biography.
KW  - Musiciens de bluegrass : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Musiciens traditionnels : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Guitaristes : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music.
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -