Doc Watson - The Definitive

This 2-CD set, for the first time, anthologizes both the Vanguard Records and Sugar Hill Records periods of Docs discography in one compilation. Covering the years 1962 to 2005, this compilation succinctly encapsulates what made Doc Watson so special. Whether he was covering a traditional song hundreds of years old or taking a turn on brand new composition, Doc authenticated everything he touched. And despite his world renown as a first-rate guitar player, one that influenced a wide swath of players who followed behind him, his honeyed, welcoming voice was equally idiosyncratic. Doc was a brilliant anomaly: here was a legendary man that was as easy with an entire audience as if he was conversing with his next door neighbor. If there ever was an Americana royalty, this blind man from Deep Gap, NC a man whose professional career didn't start until he was nearly forty Doc Watson was as fit to wear a crown as any musician.

1) The Cyclone of Rye Cove [Live]
2) St. Louis Blues [Live]
3) The House Carpenter [Live]
4) The Wagoner's Lad [Live]
5) Anniversary Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel #7) [Live]
6) Sitting on Top of the World
7) Black Mountain Rag
8) Country Blues
9) Weary Blues
10) Little Sadie
11) Dream of the Miner's Child
12) Southbound
13) Tennessee Stud
14) Blue Railroad Train
15) Georgie
16) Katie Morey
17) Matty Groves
18) Whistlin' Rufus/Ragtime Annie
19) Big Spike Hammer
20) Listening to the Rain
21) Willie Moore
22) My Rough and Rowdy Ways
23) The Wreck of the Number Nine
24) Omie Wise [Live]
25) Shady Grove
26) Watson's Blues
27) Slidin' Delta
28) Bright Sunny South
29) Greenville Trestle High
30) I'm Going Back to the Old Home
31) George Gudger's Overalls
32) The Ninety and Nine
33) Your Lone Journey
34) Whiskey Before Breakfast