Blind from the age of 1, Watson was left to listen to the world around him and it was as if he heard things differently from others. ... Guitar-picking master Doc Watson dies at 89.

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 ...

Doc Watson draws a stand-room-only crowd to the Blues Tent at Jazz Fest. Bill Monroe may have been called the Father of Bluegrass, but perhaps no voice is more familiar to the genre than the ...

March 19, 2004. Doc Watson to perform at Purdue on March 26. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Folk musician Doc Watson will perform at 8 p.m. Friday (3/26) in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse.. Presented by ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died ...

Doc Watson, Folk Guitar Icon, Dies at 89. The Grammy-winning musician, blind since the age of 1, recently had abdominal surgery that resulted in his hospitalization.

Folk music pioneer Doc Watson died on Tuesday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, of complications from abdominal surgery, his manager has confirmed. He was 89 years old. Watson had been admitted to ...

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 around the world… ...