Comments on: Doc Watson: Remembered in Words and Images http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/05/30/doc-watson-remembered-in-words-and-images/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=doc-watson-remembered-in-words-and-images Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Sun, 19 May 2013 18:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Hal Gary http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/05/30/doc-watson-remembered-in-words-and-images/comment-page-1/#comment-856155 Hal Gary Sat, 07 Jul 2012 23:14:18 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=17976#comment-856155 For years I have watched the Biography Channel for a piece about Doc, but none. Has ever aired. I think it would be a wonderful tribute to show a chronicle of the life of this amazing performer and human being! I will miss seeing Doc in person at the Rams Head in Annapolis Md.

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]]> By: Stephen Fletcher http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/05/30/doc-watson-remembered-in-words-and-images/comment-page-1/#comment-789370 Stephen Fletcher Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=17976#comment-789370 A researcher using the online collection of Hugh Morton images sent word that the person on the left in the group portrait made in the woods is likely Merle’s son Richard Watson because it looks like him and not Merle, and that the date provided for the photograph (14 January 1987) is after Merle’s death. The photograph is a 35mm color slide, and that date is actually the film processing date imprinted on the mount, so the image is probably a bit earlier. After the two group portraits on the same roll of film are some distant views of Grandfather Mountain without snow, then some snow scenes, then some landscapes with a full moon but with only traces of snow. The full moons for that time period were December 16 and Jan 15. It’s possible, therefore, that a few weeks passed before the Morton processed the film. For example, photographs Morton made at the University of Jacksonville vs. UNC basketball game played on December 13, 1986 and vs. Maryland on January 8, 1987 have “01-12-87″ on the slide mounts.

]]> By: Jim Stegall http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/05/30/doc-watson-remembered-in-words-and-images/comment-page-1/#comment-788684 Jim Stegall Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:06:27 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=17976#comment-788684 Last year at MusicFest in Sugar Grove Doc performed and sang a song in which I think he accidentally slipped up and used the word “Hell.” Afterwards he apologized and laughed a little. Then he said, “Don’t tell Rosa Lee I did that.”

]]> By: Donald Martin http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/05/30/doc-watson-remembered-in-words-and-images/comment-page-1/#comment-787718 Donald Martin Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:00:19 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=17976#comment-787718 I saw “DOC” and Merle perform at Bill Stanley’s
Bar-B-Que and BlueGrass in Asheville, NC in the 80′s and
enjoyed it very much!!

]]> By: Erik Crane http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2012/05/30/doc-watson-remembered-in-words-and-images/comment-page-1/#comment-787517 Erik Crane Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:31:42 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=17976#comment-787517 Rest in peace Doc! It was great to hear you play all these years and at the Paramount in Denver, Colorado last year…..

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