1999 greatest hits album by Doc Watson
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968 is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artist Doc Watson , released in 1999. It contains tracks from Watson's early years on the Vanguard label plus four previously unreleased tracks.
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Track listing
"Muskrat" (traditional) – 2:51
"Country Blues" (Dock Boggs ) – 3:29
"Rising Sun Blues" (traditional) – 4:14
"Tennessee Stud " (Jimmy Driftwood ) – 3:35
"Down in the Valley to Pray" (traditional) – 1:59
"Dill Pickle Rag" (traditional) – 1:21
"Otto Wood the Bandit" (Walter "The Kid" Smith) – 3:13
"Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk ) – 2:12
"Little Sadie" (traditional) – 1:56
"Blue Railroad Train" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore ) – 2:41
"Omie Wise " (traditional) – 4:24
"Intoxicated Rat" (Dorsey Dixon ) – 2:29
"Tom Dooley " (traditional) – 3:14
"Alberta " (Lead Belly ) – 2:40
"Beaumont Rag " (traditional) – 1:39
"Shady Grove " (traditional) – 2:55
"My Rough and Rowdy Ways" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers ) – 2:29
"The Train That Carried My Girl from Town" (traditional) – 3:44
"Black Mountain Rag" (traditional) – 1:43
Previously unreleased tracks:
"Grandfather's Clock " (Henry Clay Work ) – 3:20
"The Cyclone of Rye Cove" (Maybelle Carter ) – 3:10
"Doc's Guitar" (Doc Watson) – 1:23
"Crawdad Hole" (traditional) – 3:51
Personnel
Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Merle Watson – guitar, banjo
References
Studio albums Collaborations Live albums Doc Watson Family Compilations Related articles