October 15, 2012

Doc Watson plays the banjo at the 1965 Fincastle (Va.) Bluegrass Festival, among the first multi-day bluegrass festivals in the country.

One of Our Own: Remembering Doc Watson

There is perhaps no musician more treasured in these mountains than Arthel “Doc” Watson, who died in May at the age of 89, and whose music and spirit will live on for many years to come, here and all over the world.

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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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