Doc Watson got his musical start in 1953, playing electric lead guitar in a country-and-western swing band. His road to fame began in 1960 when Ralph Rinzler , a musician who also managed Bill ...

Doc Watson got his musical start in 1953, playing electric lead guitar in a country-and-western swing band. His road to fame began in 1960 when Ralph Rinzler, a musician who also managed Bill ...

Doc Watson got his musical start in 1953, playing electric lead guitar in a country-and-western swing band. His road to fame began in 1960 when Ralph Rinzler, a musician who also managed Bill ...

Since the early '60s, guitar novices have been slowing down Doc Watson albums to figure out just how he crafts those elegantly crisp, tastefully flat-picked melodies.

At 88, Doc Watson is a legend of folk and bluegrass music, but he hasn’t yet lost the drive to hit the road and perform on stage. “I love music and love a good audience and still have to make ...

“Doc Watson — Life’s Work: A Retrospective,” and Jack Hinshelwood, the former executive director of the Crooked Road, a Virginia heritage music trail. Olson will talk about ...

The music of North Carolinian Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson is as influential now — more than a decade after his 2012 death — as at any time during his long career. During that time he was ...

March 2: Doc at 100, A Doc Watson Tribute Concert at The Ramkat. This event is sold out. March 3: Billy Strings pre-show at The Ramkat, 170 W. Ninth St., with Shadowgrass and Songs from the Road, ...