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Doc Watson at 100: The virtuoso guitarist brought Appalachian music to a worldwide audience and influenced generations of musicians

  • Written by Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
Doc Watson at 100: The virtuoso guitarist brought Appalachian music to a worldwide audience and influenced generations of musiciansDoc Watson was the finest guitar picker of his time.Paul Natkin/Archive Photos via Getty Images

Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in Stony Fork, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but his music is as influential now – more than a decade after his 2012 death – as at any time during his long career....

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