Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on this day 100 years ago in Stony Fork, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. His music is as influential today – more than a decade after his 2012 death – as at any time during his long career.

A Grammy-winning music writer has an appreciation:
https://theconversation.com/doc-watson-at-100-the-virtuoso-guitarist-brought-appalachian-music-to-a-worldwide-audience-and-influenced-generations-of-musicians-197387?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon

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