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I am very sorry to hear this news Paul. We are losing too many of the great and the good this year. Still, 89. That's not a bad innings.Originally posted by Paul Sherratt View Post
I'm not intending to comment "long", not being suitably qualified. I have only really become familiar with him since being on the forum and Spotify. A big plus point for the former, and its members, for which thanks, if a minus for mainstream radio. It could have introduced him in depth to new generations but left so many wonderful artists like him by the wayside decades ago.
Anyhow, essentially, his music speaks for itself, as much of the best stuff does. We might find a tribute from Cerys or on BBC4 TV - and some words too from Mary Ann, Ricky, Bob and one AK. It is improving so here's hoping. From the Telegraph today:
"As well as being a remarkable musician, he was also a modest man.........He was asked once about trying to be more commercial and answered: "Honestly. I don't want no part of that rat race."
What better message for the "Class" of 2012 to be daubed on the plethora of bunting.Last edited by Guest; 30-05-12, 11:43. -
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I've always loved to listen to Doc Watson play his guitar and sing the blues. It seems like a lifetime ago when I first saw him live at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965...yes the same one where Dylan went electric! Thanks for posting the clips. "Deep River Blues" is a great way to remember Doc Watson.Comment
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Beef Oven, I was at an impressionable age.Comment
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Me too! .....but I got punted off to scout camp instead.Originally posted by marthe View PostComment
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I was almost fifteen and was too old for scout camp. Or so I thought. My grandmother lived in Newport 10 minutes walk from Festival Field so my sister and I convinced the powers that be (Grandmother and other adults) that the Folk Festival would be OK for us to attend. We saved up our babysitting money to pay for the tickets. No regrets. It was a formative experience for both of us.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostComment
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No regrets indeed, marthe!Originally posted by marthe View Post
Certainly with the passing of Doc we see someone go who pretty much invented a way of playing the guitar and his like won't be back - bit like Earl Scruggs passing a couple of months back - that heavenly choir is getting some fine accompaniment these days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU7znwUYPgQ ( bit before your time marthe)
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johnc. thanks for posting both clips! Yes, in 1963, the NFF would have been off-limits for me. It was still held at its old location, Freebody Park (now Toppa Field) near the Newport Casino, where some of the sessions also took place. The album cover in clip #2 shows a group listening to a performance on the covered piazza of the Casino (now the Tennis Hall of Fame.) The festival moved to what was then farmland near the north end of town. This became Festival Field and was the site of the festivals (folk and jazz) until the the 1970s (I think). In recent years the festivals have been at Fort Adams near the south end of town.
Yes, I'm sure that Doc, Earl, and Lester (Flatt) are all jammin' together. I had the good fortune to see Earl Flatt and Lester Scruggs play in Boston sometime in the 1970s.Comment
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Took them a bit of time to get round to it, but great to be reminded of Doc again on R4's Last Word Today - he's the last one on (last five minutes). A very fine tribute to a great man of music.
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