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Traveling into the Carolina hills to record old-time banjoist Clarence Ashley, folklorist Ralph Rinzler happened across a young, guitar-playing neighbor named Arthel "Doc" Watson, and folk and bluegrass music were changed forever. This four-disc set shows Watson at the height of his powers, from his blazing 1964 original Vanguard album to nine numbers recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival. There's plenty of clean, lightning-quick flatpicking here, of course, but The Vanguard Years also showcases Watson's not inconsiderable skills on the five-string banjo and rack harmonica as well as his warm and personable voice. The revelatory side four contains 17 previously unreleased live recordings, including six duets with the great Merle Travis. This CD makes a perfect introduction to what are arguably the guitar player's finest recordings, with enough new tracks thrown in to please even the Watson cognoscenti. --Mary Park
The Vanguard Years Reviews
The Vanguard Years Reviews
| 37 of 40 people found the following review helpful  Doc Watson's great solo guitar and singing., By dobro2@idcomm.com (Denver Colorado) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Vanguard Years (Audio CD) September 5, 1998Doc Watson, the Vanguard Years has to be one of the all time great Recording Collection. It was done at a time when Folk Music was getting out to the general public, and there is no greater Folk Guitarist and Singer than Doc Watson. Here is Doc at his very best, alone on the first three discs. His Intoxicated Rat is so funny. Deep River Blues is great finger style guitar, along with Doc's singing. 13. Country Blues 14. Black Mountain Rag 15. Doc's Guitar These cuts are some of the most wonderful solo guitar playing you have ever heard. 13. Streamline Cannonball 14. Old Camp Meeting Time 15. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes Great old country, so old they are really folk music. And Doc singing, his guitar playing, just him alone, you will never forget. 7. Brown's Ferry Blues 8. Spike Driver Blues 9. Roll On Buddy 10. I Am A Pilgrim 11. Wabash Cannonball 12. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms If you missed Doc Singing and picking these... Read more 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful Historically Important, By AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Vanguard Years (Audio CD) Blind singer/guitarist/banjo and harmonica player and, not least, songwriter, Arthel "Doc" Watson was born in Deep Gap, North Carolina on March 2, 1923, and his son Merle (named after Merle Travis who also appears in this box-set in the previously-unreleased tracks in disc 4) came into the world in North Carolina on February 8, 1949. Together, father and son (who also sings and plays banjo) had two minor Country hit singles, both for United Artists, the first coming in 1973 with a # 71 cover of The Fireballs' 1968 Hot 100 hit, Bottle Of Wine b/w Corrina, Corrina on United Artists 276, and the other in 1978 with a cover of the 1963 Peter, Paul & Mary hit, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, which went to # 88 b/w Under The Double Eagle on United Artists 1231.But Doc Watson's music was never about hit singles. His simple singing style, alternating between ballads, rags and blues, often only involving himself and his masterful flat-picking guitar playing, is the embodiment of... Read more Doc Watson Is a National Treasure, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The Vanguard Years (Audio CD) Doc Watson had already been recording for a decade when I first heard him on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN in 1971. Since then I have added nearly two dozen of his albums to my collection. However, until recently the only Vanguard release I had was 1966's SOUTHBOUND. This 4-CD collection fills that gap.THE VANGUARD YEARS covers nearly a decade of recordings for the label from 1963 through 1971. Here's what you get: CD 1 (38:14) 1-3, from OLD TIME MUSIC AT NEWPORT (1963 Newport Folk Festival recordings) 4-9, from TREASURES UNTOLD (live recordings from the 1964 Newport Folk Festival) 10-16, from DOC WATSON (Doc's first studio album for the label) CD 2 (45:27) 1-5, from DOC WATSON & SON 6-8, from SOUTHBOUND 9-12, from HOME AGAIN 13-16, from GOOD DEAL CD 3 (40:54) 1-6, from OLD TIMEY CONCERT (a 1967 concert with Clint Howard, guitar, and Fred Price, fiddle) 7-11, from DOC... Read more |
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