American Folk Legend Doc Watson Dies

Doc Watson, one of the greatest guitar players ever, has died, at the fine age of Doc Watson is one of the very few, perhaps the only, musician loved by both my grandmothers – my New York Jewish Browderite Communist one

Doc Watson, one of the greatest guitar players ever, has died, at the fine age of Doc Watson is one of the very few, perhaps the only, musician loved by both my grandmothers – my New York Jewish Browderite Communist one

By Sarah Anne Hughes Doc Watson. (Lauren Carroll – AP) Doc Watson, the seven-time Grammy Award-winning folk and bluegrass musician, died Tuesday, a week after he fell at his North Carolina home and was hospitalized in critical condition. He was 89.

AP Watson was also known for Merlefest, an annual gathering of musicians in Wilkesboro named after his son, who died in a tractor accident in 1985. Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by

In plain terms, Doc Watson is a folk legend. And if you follow bluegrass on any level (as many around here do, as evidenced by WAMU's former stronghold of the genre on the airwaves), you've undoubtedly got a favorite Watson song.