Live At Club 47 [2LP]

Doc Watson - Live At Club 47 [2LP]

Recorded live February 10, 1963 at Club 47 in Cambridge, MA, today known as Club Passim, this never-before-heard album features four previously unreleased songs from Doc's early repertoire, in addition to performances of Doc's favorite songs of the Carter Family, Frank Hutchison, Charlie Poole, and Merle Travis. Doc is accompanied by John Herald and Ralph Rinzler of The Greenbrier Boys on five of the album's tracks. ''This recording documents a pivotal moment in virtuoso Doc Watson's early solo career,'' notes Steven Weiss, director of the Southern Folklife Collection. ''This is Doc, paying his dues and playing his heart out, performing two sets of classic, old-time country songs he learned as a child from his family and from old 78 RPM records.'' Following the success of the Club 47 show, Doc was booked at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival and released his debut solo album on Vanguard Records in 1964. He went on to become America's premier folk guitarist earning seven Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and in 1997 was presented with the National Medal of Arts at the White House by then-President Bill Clinton, who introduced him saying, ''There may not be a serious, committed baby boomer alive who didn't spend at least some of his or her youth trying to learn to pick guitar like Doc Watson.'' A1. Wabash Cannonball A2. The House Carpenter A3. I Wish I Was Single Again A4. Little Darling Pal of Mine A5. Train That Carried My Girl from Town A6. The Worried Blues B1. Old Dan Tucker B2. Sweet Heaven When I Die B3. Doc's Talkin' Blues B4. Little Margaret B5. Sitting on Top of the World B6. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down B7. Blue Smoke C1. Deep River Blues - C2. Way Down Town (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) C3. Somebody Touched Me (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) C4. Billy in the Low Ground (w/ John Herald) C5. Boil Them Cabbage Down C6. Everyday Dirt D1. I Am a Pilgrim D2. No Telephone in Heaven D3. Hop High Ladies the Cake's All Dough D4. Little Sadie D5. Black Mountain Rag (w/ John Herald) D6. Blackberry Rag (w/ John Herald) D7. Days of My Childhood Plays