Legendary folk singer and guitarist Doc Watson died on Tuesday, at the age of 89. Long considered one of America's greatest musicians, Watson was blind from the age of one, and taught himself to play ...

Way out in the western hills of Sonoma County where no one can hear it, Owsley “Bear” Stanley’s personal speaker system is cranking Doc and Merle Watson’s version of “Tennessee Stud,” recorded by Bear ...

On this day (May 29) in 2012, Doc Watson passed away at the age of 89 due to complications following surgery. He grew up in a rural community called Deep Gap near Bonne, North Carolina. As an infant, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists ...

With the passing of Arthel “Doc” Watson, in Winston-Salem., North Carolina on May 29th at the age of 89, America has lost a master of acoustic folk and country guitar – a blind flat-picking virtuoso ...

The great Doc Watson died yesterday at his home in Winston-Salem. The blind guitarist took a Trailways bus from the mountains of North Carolina to the folk clubs of New York City. In the 1960s, he ...