Doc Watson - Life's Work: A Retropsective (4CD/book)

$74.98

brand-new career-spanning compilation album from Grammy Award winning American songwriter Doc Watson. Album includes multiple recordings with his son Merle Watson, as well as features from Allison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs and more. Includes Watson's collaborations with Bill Monroe, Chet Atkins, and others. Includes 101 songs, all new extensive liner notes by author and producer Ted Olson, and a nearly 100-page book insert featuring never before seen photos.

Release date 12.03.2021

- Disc 1 -

1 The Precious Jewel*

2 Pharaoh - the Jack Williams Band with Doc Watson

3 I Saw a Man at the Close of Day

4 Rambling Hobo

5 Darling Corey

6 Your Long Journey

7 The Cuckoo Bird

8 Everyday Dirt

9 Doc's Guitar (Tickling the Strings)/Black Mountain Rag

10 Storms Are on the Ocean - Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson

11 What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul - Bill Monroe and Doc Watson

12 And Am I Born to Die

13 My Little Woman, You're So Sweet

14 Little Orphan Girl

15 Wanted Man

16 Sitting on Top of the World

17 Intoxicated Rat

18 Country Blues

19 Talk About Suffering

20 Little Omie Wise

21 St. James Hospital

22 Tom Dooley

23 Beaumont Rag - Doc Watson and Merle Watson

24 Muskrat - Doc Watson and Merle Watson

25 Weary Blues - Doc Watson and Merle Watson

26 We Shall All Be Reunited - Doc Watson and Merle Watson

- Disc 2 -

1 Southbound

2 Blue Railroad Train

3 Walk on Boy

4 Sweet Georgia Brown

5 Alberta

6 That Was the Last Thing on My Mind

7 Windy and Warm

8 Riddle Song

9 Georgie

10 Rain Crow Bill

11 Winter's Night

12 Matty Groves

13 Dill Pickle Rag

14 Willie Moore - Doc Watson and Merle Watson

15 Peach Picking Time in Georgia

16 Memphis Blues

17 The Train That Carried My Girl from Town

18 Lost John - Doc Watson Featuring Merle Watson

19 Brown's Ferry Blues - Doc Watson Featuring Merle Watson

20 The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away - Doc Watson Featuring Merle Watson

21 Life Gits Teejus, Don't It - Doc Watson Featuring Merle Watson

22 Banks of the Ohio - Doc Watson Featuring Merle Watson

23 Spikedriver Blues - Doc Watson Featuring Merle Watson

24 Deep River Blues - Doc Watson Featuring Merle Watson

- Disc 3 -

1 Nothing to It - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with Doc Watson

2 Streamlined Cannonball - Earl Scruggs with Doc Watson

3 Tennessee Stud - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

4 Way Downtown - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

5 Freight Train Boogie

6 Summertime

7 Peace in the Valley

8 That's All - Doc and Merle Watson

9 Match Box Blues - Doc and Merle Watson

10 Bottle of Wine - Doc and Merle Watson

11 Corrina, Corrina - Doc and Merle Watson

12 Doc's Rag - Doc and Merle Watson

13 Poor Boy Blues - Doc and Merle Watson

14 Wake Up, Little Maggie

15 Peartree

16 Shady Grove

17 Miss the Mississippi and You

18 Steel Guitar Rag

19 Cypress Grove Blues

20 Wayfaring Stranger - Doc and Merle Watson

21 Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road - Doc and Merle Watson

22 Minglewood Blues - Doc and Merle Watson

23 Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Doc and Merle Watson

24 Let the Cocaine Be - Doc and Merle Watson

25 Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder - Chet Atkins and Doc Watson

- Disc 4 -

1 Red Rocking Chair - Doc and Merle Watson with T. Michael Coleman

2 John Hurt - Doc and Merle Watson with T. Michael Coleman

3 Below Freezing - Doc and Merle Watson with T. Michael Coleman

4 Along the Road - Doc and Merle Watson with T. Michael Coleman

5 Liza/Lady Be Good - Doc and Merle Watson

6 Going to Chicago Blues - Doc and Merle Watson

7 Guitar Polka - Doc and Merle Watson

8 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Doc and Merle Watson

9 Bright Sunny South - Doc and Merle Watson

10 Twin Sisters - Doc and Merle Watson

11 How Long Blues - Doc and Merle Watson with James Cotton

12 Freight Train Blues - Doc and Merle Watson

13 Riding That Midnight Train

14 What Does the Deep Sea Say?

15 Tough Luck Man

16 George Gudger's Overalls

17 Risin' Sun Blues

18 Salt Creek - Norman Blake and Tony Rice

19 You Must Come in at the Door

20 Your Lone Journey

21 Grandfather's Clock

22 Bird Dog

23 Turn the Lamps Down Low - Doc and Richard Watson

24 Nights in White Satin - Doc Watson with Frosty Morn

25 Down in the River to Pray - Doc Watson with Alison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs

26 Amazing Grace