The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is A Tribute to Doc Watson, one of the most influential guitarists and singers of folk and related musical styles of all time. Blind since infancy, Doc was from Deep Gap, North Carolina and began his professional career playing electric guitar in a country and western band in the early 1950s. Doc had a deep repertoire of traditional folk songs and by the 1960s was performing folk music on acoustic guitar and banjo. Doc died in 2012 at age 89.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Brown's Ferry Blues Doc & Merle Watson - Doc Watson On Stage - Vanguard |
| Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Doc & Merle Watson - Doc Watson On Stage - Vanguard |
| Winters Night Bill Garrett - Seems to Me - Borealis
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| Way Downtown Jody Stecher - Going Up On the Mountain - Acoustic Disc |
| The Coo Coo Michael Jerome Browne - Michael Jerome Browne & The Twin Rivers String Band - Borealis
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| To Hear Doc Watson Play Si Kahn - Thanksgiving - Strictly Country |
| Deep River Blues Doc Watson - Doc Watson - Vanguard |
| Go Dig My Grave Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson - Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson At Folk City - Smithsonian Folkways |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Freight Train Boogie Doc & Merle Watson - Elementary Doctor Watson - Tomato |
| Freight Train Blues Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith - Storm Coming - Folklore Productions |
| Honey Babe Blues Maria Muldaur with Doc & Merle Watson - Waitress in a Donut Shop - Reprise |
| Handsome Molly Ian & Sylvia - Ian & Sylvia - Vanguard
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| Leaving London Tom Paxton - The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) - Rhino Handmade |
| St. James Infirmary Doc & Richard Watson - Third Generation Blues - Sugar Hill |
| St. James Hospital Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Heartbeats Accelerating - Private
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| Doc's Guitar Paul Mills - The Other Side of the Glass - Borealis
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| Doc Watson Morning Peter Rowan - The Old School - Compass |
| Your Long Journey Rory Block & Lee Berg - Woodstock Mountains: More Music from Mud Acres - Rounder |
| I'm a Stranger Here Doc & Merle Watson - Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues - Rounder |
| Willie Moore Happy Traum - Relax Your Mind - Kicking Mule |
| Shady Grove Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer - Voice on the Wind - Rounder |
| Sittin’ On Top of the World Jim Ringer - Any Old Wind That Blows - Philo |
| Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick - Together - Rounder |
| Along the Road Doc & Merle Watson - Watson Country - Flying Fish |
| Snowbird Doc & Merle Watson - Two Days in November - Poppy
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| Down Yonder Doc & Merle Watson - Songs Doc Didn’t Sing - FLI |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Thanks for the spin, Mike! Ah yes, I remember when I could play that fast. Great show as usual!
11:10 AM, April 3rd, 2025