Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Listen to Dolly Parton sing “The Last Thing On My Mind,” ahead of the album’s April 28 release. For Parton’s contribution, she ...

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, ...

Dolly Parton remains a singing marvel at 77, sounding clear and strong on a new rendition of her ’60s hit “The Last Thing on My Mind” that will appear on the upcoming Doc Watson tribute album I Am a ...

Doc Watson, guitar, harmonica, vocal ; Merle Watson, guitar, slide guitar ; with instrumental and vocal accompaniment. Production notes: Recorded at Scruggs Sound Studio in Nashville, Dec. 1982. Sheep ...

In celebration of what would have been guitarist and folk singer Doc Watson’s 100th birthday, a new covers compilation is coming in April called I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson At 100. The stacked ...

Doc Watson was the finest guitar picker of his time. Paul Natkin/Archive Photos via Getty Images Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in Stony ...

Since the early ‘60s, guitar novices have been slowing down Doc Watson albums to figure out just how he crafts those elegantly crisp, tastefully flat-picked melodies. Sure, it was easier in the days ...

On Sept. 14, the GRAMMY Museum, in partnership with the Americana Music Association, will present an evening in honor of the 100th birthday of Doc Watson. The event is scheduled to take place at the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — 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 ...

Arthel "Doc" Watson's mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was often considered a backup for the mandolin, fiddle or banjo.

Dolly Parton has shared a new rendition of “The Last Thing on My Mind” from an upcoming all-star collection of covers celebrating what would have been folk legend Doc Watson’s 100th birthday. I Am a ...