Watson @ MindSay

Country music is all there is. Not that shit you see on TV with all the pretty, slim, muscular, surgically enhanced performers.

Porter Wagoner, Merle Haggard, Doc Watson, Faron Young, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Hank Jr. Johnny Bush, Darrel McCall, Jimmy Martin, Webb Pierce, Dugg Collins, Cornell Hurd.

Draws a breath.

Warner Mack, Wynne Stewart, Conway Twitty, Dale Watson, Willie Nelson ,Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver.

Honky Tonk, Western Swing, Bakersfield and Classic Country.

My most constant musical idol for the past 40 years has been Doc Watson. Got to see him one more time before both of us get too old.

My son, who knows my tastes well, recently bought me a DVD of filmed early performances 1963-1981. I used take my sons to the bluegrass festivals in Carlisle (Ontario) in the 70s. I listened to the music while they collected beer bottles. Both Doc and I lost a son to a vehicle accident in their adult years. Maybe thats one reason I identify with him so much.

Then I discovered that the iTunes music store (Canada version), which originally had only 1 Doc Watson song, had the recent Doc Watson/David Holt 3 cd set called "Legacy" downloadable for $9.99. What a deal. Must have been a mistake, but the kind of mistake I can handle. It has an awful lot of talking, but gives a great insight into Docs history. Did you know, for example, that Doc's son Merle used a Craftsman Socket for his slide guitar work?