Doc Watson, Folk Guitar Icon, Dies at 89. The Grammy-winning musician, blind since the age of 1, recently had abdominal surgery that resulted in his hospitalization.

Blind from the age of 1, Watson was left to listen to the world around him and it was as if he heard things differently from others. ... Guitar-picking master Doc Watson dies at 89.

Doc Watson's son Merle began recording and touring with him in 1964. But Merle Watson died at age 36 in a 1985 tractor accident, sending his father into deep grief and making him consider retirement.

Doc Watson, the blind folk singer and guitarist whose dazzling string work and homespun stage manner transported concert audiences to his rural home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, died Tuesday at a ...

In a memorial service laced with gentle bluegrass music that was held in a church built into the Blue Ridge hills that he so loved, Doc Watson's family and friends ...

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson in the 1960s. John Cohen/Hulton Archive/Getty Images A mountain-born treasure of American folk music, Doc Watson, died Tuesday in North Carolina at age 89.

Arthel Watson got his nickname one night in a furniture store in Lenoir, N.C., in 1951, when he was just 18 years old. He was by then sufficiently gifted on the guitar to be performing at what ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Doc Watson, who died Tuesday at age 89, never had a hit record, and ...

Doc Watson at the 2009 Musicfest ‘N Sugar Grove. Photo by Appalachian Encounters via Flickr. At 88, Doc Watson is a legend of folk and bluegrass music, but he hasn’t yet lost the drive to hit ...

Doc Watson: Reelin' and a-Rockin' August 27, 2000. By Mike Joyce "I'm just as informal as I would be if you were down at my home," said guitar legend Doc Watson to a packed house Saturday night at ...