Doc Watson solo at Newport

John Byrne Cooke

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Doc Watson solo at Newport

1963 Newport Folk Festival

Doc Watson first appeared on record, and on the folk music circuit, with Clarence Ashley's family of old-time musicians, but Doc's ground-breaking guitar playing soon propelled him to stardom on his own.


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