The first authorized compilation of Doc Watson's life and music is meant to serve not only as a biography, but also as a unique instructional book. A running dialogue with Doc reveals the story behind each tune, while Steve Kaufman provides additional performance tips. Here's your opportunity to learn from the best! The obvious rapport between the author and his subject produced a formula that fittingly captures the 50-year legacy of a remarkable musician. Written in notation and tablature for the intermediate level flatpicking guitarist with a few nods to fingerstyle technique. Includes an insightful illustrated essay by Dan Miller of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.

CONTENTS

Introduction by Dan Miller of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
Introduction from the Author
About the Author
Understanding the Notation and Tablature

Black Mountain Rag from Doc and Merle's Guitar Album and The Essential Doc Watson
Blackberry Rag from Good Deal In Nashville
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues from Pickin' The Blues
Carroll County Blues from Pickin' The Blues
Doc's Guitar from Doc Watson-Vanguard
Doc's Rag from Two Days In November
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down from On Stage
Down Yonder from Red Rocking Chair
Fisher's Hornpipe and Devil's Dream from Red Rocking Chair
Freight Train Blues from Pickin' The Blues
I Am A Pilgrim from On Stage
I Heard My Mother Weeping from Doc Watson and Family - Treasures Untold
New River Train from Old Timey Concert
Rising Sun from Portrait
Roll On Buddy from On Stage
Salt Creek and Bill Cheatham from On Stage
Sheeps In The Meadow and Stoney Fork from Doc and Merle's Guitar Album
Sittin' Here Pickin' The Blues from Pickin' The Blues
Texas Gales from Ballads From Deep Gap
Tom Dooley from The Vanguard Collection and The Essential Doc Watson
Will The Circle Be Unbroken from Old Timey Concert
Steve Kaufman's Discography