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Merle Watson (08 Feb 1949 - 23 Oct 1985)

Male Person - United States

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)
  51. Blue Railroad Train - Bass run 0:33 (Jun 2000)
  52. Solid Gone - Played with vocal 1:30 (Jun 2000)
  53. Solid Gone - Merle's lead - played slowly 0:54 (Jun 2000)
  54. Solid Gone - Doc's harmony played 1:25 (Jun 2000)
  55. Deep River Blues - Played 1:17 (Jun 2000)
  56. Deep River Blues - Chords and techniques 1:13 (Jun 2000)
  57. Deep River Blues - Merle's lead version #1 0:21 (Jun 2000)
  58. Deep River Blues - Merle's lead version #2 0:40 (Jun 2000)
  59. Deep River Blues - Doc's harmony part - techniques 1:31 (Jun 2000)
  60. Intro 0:34 (Jun 2000)
  61. Slide talk 0:54 (Jun 2000)
  62. Tuning 0:42 (Jun 2000)
  63. Slide techniques 1:19 (Jun 2000)
  64. Poor Boy Blues - Played 0:36 (Jun 2000)
  65. Poor Boy Blues - Techniques 0:38 (Jun 2000)
  66. Poor Boy Blues - Right-hand techniques 1:25 (Jun 2000)
  67. Poor Boy Blues - Positions and chords 0:56 (Jun 2000)
  68. Day Break Blues - Talk 0:28 (Jun 2000)
  69. Day Break Blues - Played 0:59 (Jun 2000)
  70. Day Break Blues - Techniques 0:39 (Jun 2000)
  71. Day Break Blues - Chords and positions 0:36 (Jun 2000)
  72. Day Break Blues - Turnaround 0:36 (Jun 2000)
  73. Day Break Blues - Played with accompaniment 1:08 (Jun 2000)
  74. Curly Headed Baby - Played 0:47 (Jun 2000)
  75. Curly Headed Baby - Chords and positions 0:30 (Jun 2000)
  76. Curly Headed Baby - Played slowly 0:38 (Jun 2000)
  77. Can't Be Satisfied - Played 0:32 (Jun 2000)
  78. Can't Be Satisfied - Pull-offs - played and explained 2:05 (Jun 2000)
  79. Wabash Cannonball - Played 1:03 (Jun 2000)
  80. Wabash Cannonball - Played Slowly 0:41 (Jun 2000)
  81. Wabash Cannonball - Fingerings and techniques 1:16 (Jun 2000)
  82. Wabash Cannonball - Played at speed - with backup 0:44 (Jun 2000)
  83. Minglewood Blues - Played 1:19 (Jun 2000)
  84. Minglewood Blues - 1st part - lead played 0:59 (Jun 2000)
  85. Minglewood Blues - 2nd part - lead played 0:44 (Jun 2000)
  86. Minglewood Blues - Played with bass 1:14 (Jun 2000)
  87. Minglewood Blues - Techniques 1:11 (Jun 2000)
  88. Miss the Mississippi And You - Played slowly 0:36 (Jun 2000)
  89. Miss the Mississippi And You - Played at speed - with backup 1:15 (Jun 2000)
  90. Miss the Mississippi And You - Talk and technique 1:20 (Jun 2000)
  91. Columbus Stockade Blues - Talk 0:47 (Jun 2000)
  92. Columbus Stockade Blues - Played slowly 1:08 (Jun 2000)
  93. Columbus Stockade Blues - Played with vocal 1:24 (Jun 2000)
  94. Columbus Stockade Blues - Intro 1:16 (Jun 2000)
  95. Columbus Stockade Blues - Techniques 2:14 (Jun 2000)
  96. Columbus Stockade Blues - Bridge (D minor part) 0:46 (Jun 2000)
  97. Honky Tonkin' - Played 1:30 (Jun 2000)
  98. Honky Tonkin' - Played slowly 1:06 (Jun 2000)
  99. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played with vocal 1:51 (Jun 2000)
  100. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played again 1:30 (Jun 2000)
  101. Old Joe Clark - Played 1:20 (Jun 2000)
  102. Old Joe Clark - Merle's lead part - played 0:37 (Jun 2000)
  103. Old Joe Clark - Flatpicking techniques 1:05 (Jun 2000)
  104. Old Joe Clark - Doc's harmony techniques 2:27 (Jun 2000)
  105. Salt Creek - Played 1:21 (Jun 2000)
  106. Salt Creek - Merle's lead - played slowly 0:40 (Jun 2000)
  107. Salt Creek - Doc's back-up part 0:54 (Jun 2000)
  108. Salt Creek - Doc's harmony part - played 1:27 (Jun 2000)
  109. Florida Blues - Played 1:51 (Jun 2000)
  110. Florida Blues - Doc's 1st part - lead 1:01 (Jun 2000)
  111. Florida Blues - Merle's blues riffs 0:58 (Jun 2000)
  112. Florida Blues - Doc's improvised lead 1:08 (Jun 2000)
  113. Cotton-Eyed Joe - Played 0:54 (Jun 2000)
  114. Cotton-Eyed Joe - Merle's lead part 0:45 (Jun 2000)
  115. Cotton-Eyed Joe - Doc's harmony part 0:50 (Jun 2000)
  116. Red-Haired Boy - Played 1:28 (Jun 2000)
  117. Red-Haired Boy - Merle's lead - played 0:38 (Jun 2000)
  118. Red-Haired Boy - Doc's backup part 0:26 (Jun 2000)
  119. Red-Haired Boy - Harmony parts 1:16 (Jun 2000)
  120. Blow Your Whistle Freight Train - Played 1:54 (Jun 2000)