Thursday, November 14, 2013

Doc Watson

Doc Watson was one of our country's greatest interpreters of folk music. He understood the evolution of American song and through his finger picking could show how an older song influenced the development of a newer one. Here is Doc Watson's interpretation of "Sitting on Top of the World," which was written by the Mississippi Sheiks.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1q4Eb34mwM

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