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Merle Watson (08 Feb 1949 - 23 Oct 1985)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (1)

Official

Other

  1. Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide Jun 2000

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. Doc & Merle Watson

Children

  1. Richard Watson
  2. Doc Watson
  3. Rosa Lee Watson

Recordings by (120)

  1. Opening Tune and Greeting 1:06 (Jun 2000)
  2. Spike Driver's Blues - Played 1:03 (Jun 2000)
  3. Southbound - Played 0:58 (Jun 2000)
  4. Southbound - Techniques 0:24 (Jun 2000)
  5. Southbound - Played slowly 0:44 (Jun 2000)
  6. Southbound - Pull-offs on D part explained 0:39 (Jun 2000)
  7. Southbound - D part variation 0:54 (Jun 2000)
  8. Southbound - C position variations 0:23 (Jun 2000)
  9. Southbound - Played at speed 1:29 (Jun 2000)
  10. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played 1:20 (Jun 2000)
  11. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played slowly 1:30 (Jun 2000)
  12. Candy Man - Played 1:42 (Jun 2000)
  13. Candy Man - Techniques and fingerings - 1st part 1:54 (Jun 2000)
  14. Candy Man - Techniques and fingerings - 2nd part 0:48 (Jun 2000)
  15. Candy Man - 2nd part to end - played slowly 0:36 (Jun 2000)
  16. Candy Man - Played at speed 1:06 (Jun 2000)
  17. Goin' Down the Road - Played 1:00 (Jun 2000)
  18. Goin' Down the Road - Tuning and techniques 2:29 (Jun 2000)
  19. Goin' Down the Road - Fingerings and techniques 2:19 (Jun 2000)
  20. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Played 0:58 (Jun 2000)
  21. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Fingerings and techniques 1:21 (Jun 2000)
  22. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Played with vocal 2:15 (Jun 2000)
  23. Nine-Pound Hammer - Played 0:58 (Jun 2000)
  24. Nine-Pound Hammer - Played slowly 0:38 (Jun 2000)
  25. Nine-Pound Hammer - Techniques 0:53 (Jun 2000)
  26. Nine-Pound Hammer - Played with vocal 2:16 (Jun 2000)
  27. The Last Thing On My Mind - Played 1:38 (Jun 2000)
  28. The Last Thing On My Mind - Played Slowly 2:20 (Jun 2000)
  29. Worried Blues - Open D tuning 1:12 (Jun 2000)
  30. Worried Blues - Played 1:37 (Jun 2000)
  31. Bonaparte's Retreat - Open G tuning 0:53 (Jun 2000)
  32. Bonaparte's Retreat - Played 1:51 (Jun 2000)
  33. Bonaparte's Retreat - 1st part - played slowly 0:33 (Jun 2000)
  34. Bonaparte's Retreat - 2nd part - techniques 0:43 (Jun 2000)
  35. Bonaparte's Retreat - 3rd part - played slowly 0:54 (Jun 2000)
  36. Bonaparte's Retreat - Played at speed 2:32 (Jun 2000)
  37. Windy and Warm - Played 2:21 (Jun 2000)
  38. Windy and Warm - Merle's 1st part - played 0:34 (Jun 2000)
  39. Windy and Warm - Merle's 1st part - techniques 1:05 (Jun 2000)
  40. Windy and Warm - Doc's 1st part - harmony techniques 0:46 (Jun 2000)
  41. Windy and Warm - Doc's 2nd part - techniques 1:45 (Jun 2000)
  42. Windy and Warm - Doc's major part - played 0:18 (Jun 2000)
  43. Windy and Warm - Doc's major part - techniques 1:19 (Jun 2000)
  44. Windy and Warm - Merle's 'A' position lead 1:13 (Jun 2000)
  45. Windy and Warm - 'A' major part - techniques 1:04 (Jun 2000)
  46. Blue Railroad Train - Played with vocal 1:50 (Jun 2000)
  47. Blue Railroad Train - Merle's 1st part - lead techniques 0:19 (Jun 2000)
  48. Blue Railroad Train - Merle's 1st part - played 0:41 (Jun 2000)
  49. Blue Railroad Train - Doc's 1st part - harmony techniques 1:06 (Jun 2000)
  50. Blue Railroad Train - Flatpicking part 0:48 (Jun 2000)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Down Yonder 2:22 Doc & Merle Watson (1981)

Performer

  1. Rising Sun Blues 4:17 Doc & Merle Watson (1973)
  2. Muskrat 2:53 Doc & Merle Watson (1973)

Instruments

  1. Little Darling Pal of Mine 2:43 Doc Watson (Jul 1966) guitar
  2. Rising Sun Blues 4:17 Doc & Merle Watson (1973) guitar
  3. Muskrat 2:53 Doc & Merle Watson (1973) guitar
  4. Honey Babe Blues 3:05 Maria Muldaur (1974) guitar
  5. Dill Pickle Rag 1:26 Doc Watson (1976) guitar
  6. The F.F.V. 4:04 Doc Watson (1976) guitar
  7. Victory Rag 1:44 Doc Watson (1976) guitar
  8. Sing Song Kitty 2:19 Doc Watson (1976) guitar
  9. Fisher’s Hornpipe / Devil’s Dream 1:44 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  10. Below Freezing 2:22 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  11. Sadie 2:29 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  12. Along the Road 2:51 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  13. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke 2:48 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  14. Mole in the Ground 2:30 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  15. Spring Peepers 2:48 Bob Lucas (1981) guitar
  16. Red Rocking Chair 2:05 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) banjo
  17. Down Yonder 2:22 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  18. Deep River Blues 3:23 Doc & Merle Watson (1981) guitar
  19. Black Pine Waltz 2:34 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar
  20. Guitar Polka 2:21 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar
  21. Twinkle Twinkle 3:04 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar
  22. Sheeps in the Meadow / Stoney Fork 2:52 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar
  23. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar 2:31 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar
  24. Take Me Out To The Ballgame 2:15 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar
  25. Cotton Row 2:46 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar, slide guitar
  26. Liza / Lady Be Good 2:56 Doc & Merle Watson (1983) guitar
  27. Bright Sunny South 2:36 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) banjo
  28. The Hobo 4:18 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar
  29. Hesitation Blues 2:46 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar
  30. Slidin' Delta 2:03 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar
  31. Cotton Eyed Joe 1:48 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar
  32. Fifteen Cents 2:28 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar
  33. Coal Miner's Blues 2:30 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar, slide guitar
  34. Down South 2:35 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar
  35. Hello Stranger 2:17 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) slide guitar
  36. Twin Sisters 1:39 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) banjo
  37. Solid Gone 3:02 Doc & Merle Watson (1984) guitar
  38. Windy and Warm 2:13 Doc & Merle Watson (1985) guitar
  39. Stormy Weather 3:57 Doc & Merle Watson (1985) slide guitar
  40. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues 2:58 Doc & Merle Watson (1985) slide guitar
  41. Jailhouse Blues 2:50 Doc & Merle Watson (1985) guitar
  42. Frosty Morn 1:41 The Doc Watson Family (1990) banjo
  43. Medley: Liza / Lady Be Good 2:56 Doc Watson (1990) guitar

Produced

  1. Jailhouse Blues 2:50 Doc & Merle Watson (1985)
  2. Stormy Weather 3:57 Doc & Merle Watson (1985)
  3. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues 2:58 Doc & Merle Watson (1985)
  4. Windy and Warm 2:13 Doc & Merle Watson (1985)

Credited as (6)

  1. Merle Watson
  2. Doc Watson, Bob Brozman, T. Michael Coleman, Peter Ostroushko, Butch Thompson, Merle Watson
  3. Doc Watson, T. Michael Coleman, Merle Watson
  4. Doc Watson With Merle Watson
  5. Doc & Merle Watson
  6. Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson

Works (1)

Wrote

  1. Southbound

Events (1)

Guest Performer At

  1. A Prairie Home Companion

Links (7)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134551591
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82090835
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139259158

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Watson

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/692193

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/12493908

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6819728