Doc Watson was one of the most influential guitar pickers of our time, and he passed away 29 May 2012. Struck blind before the age of 1, he overcame his handicap with hard work and earned talent. Here he is with Chet Atkins (d.2001) and a young Leo Kottke. I’m guessing the vid is from the late 70s.
[Personal gripe: Folks who post these vids on the Utoobage should give some detail in the descriptions. Many do, but too many don't.]
And speaking of personal gripes, it’s time for a big ‘ol honkin’ pickin’ & flickin’ Saturday Night edition of The Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: Doc Watson, guitar, Obituary, Overnight Open Thread, picker
doc…rip
i’d like a blue moon of kentucky…
ok
i’d like a garcia grisman too…
coldwarrior wrote:
ok
Oh hell, just slide me a drink my way CW.
Calo wrote:
Watchooneed/
slides a gin and tonic down range
farrakkkhan insanity
http://www.westernjournalism.com/farrakhan-threatens-cities-demands-black-nation/
@ coldwarrior:
Anything but beer and tequila will work.
OK, I admit I am ignorant.
What is happening on the political spectrum tonight?
@ Kirly:
Aaand, Kirly delivers!
Calo wrote:
dont care.
Kirly wrote:
dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooommm.
Kirly wrote:
the a-tone…at one…440 beats per second…
i could break out some farrakhan…
@ coldwarrior:
I don’t think I ever listen to Farrakhan until tonight.
WOW! Where the hell have I been?
Calo wrote:
you need the a-tone speech
the greatest farakan ever. ever.
@ coldwarrior:
well
If yer gonna have a bluegrass theme
then ya gotta have the foggy mtn breakdown
from the Grand Ole Opry
@ rain of lead:
damn… them boys can PLAY!!!
@ coldwarrior:
There is a reason I go to the Church of Dogs every Sunday.
Doggie speak makes more sense to me than that man does,
Calo wrote:
the a-tone speech is the highest farakhan ever. ever,
and it is only 2 minutes…2
iron chef america is really interesting….bye
coldwarrior wrote:
He sure can break it down!
@ coldwarrior:
Night CW
And, congrats again.
@ rain of lead:
Send in the ATF! They’re using high quality woods!
Anyone who thinks Farrakhan and the NOI are a joke needs to read about the “Zebra” murders in California in the 1970′s carried out by the NOI “Death Angels”.
http://thezebraproject.blogspot.com/?m=1
http://archive.org/details/Zebra-Clark-Howard
Another great blind (and sadly departed way too young) musician, Jeff Healey:
The Osprey wrote:
Nope, not a joke. What they may say is uproariously funny, but in a twisted psychotic way. You know that no good can come from those speeches or that world view.
Kirly wrote:
It’s up in Special Report.
@ Rodan:
cool
@ lobo91:
I had the good fortune to see Jeff Healey live in a club setting on at least 2 occasions, and got to meet him. He was quite the party animal.
Looked like Dr. John playing keyboards on the video.
heh
giving the girl some lessions in rock and roll
burned up some ac/dc and noe are on to lynyrd skynrd
this is fun
may need some new speakers though
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Sure was.
@ rain of lead:
Jeff Healey and Stevie Ray Vaughan:
damn
it’s dead jim
@ rain of lead:
I’m actually teaching a class right now
@ lobo91:
cool
but where is everyone else?
rain of lead wrote:
Either sleeping (old fogies need their sleep ya know) of off lurking round the intertubes somewhere…
It’s been a very bad year so far for fans of Appalachian musical styles. Since we lost them both this year, here’s Doc and Earl in better days…
BTW, THAT is the only proper setting to here bluegrass, etc. -- outdoors, in the mountains.
Did I play this before? Insomnia break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5YGc4zOqozo
Mike C. wrote:
I love the skill and spirit of bluegrass. Must be amazing to hear outdoors in the mountains. Generally I like music played outdoors. It adds nature to the spell.
Does anybody else think that this is a bad name for an bright group of kids who think that they are ultra-cool?
http://brosephstalin.com/
Listening (and attempting to play) bluegrass and the predecessor styles of music (a habit I picked up in college) is what eventually led me to classical music. Acoustic strings is acoustic strings, ya know. But it’s considered an odd transition.
@ Mike C.:
And listening to bluegrass, etc. eventually led to listening to the even older antecedents, Celtic music.
Day by day cartoon
Patterico requests helping transcribing some audio
Ribs with a side of sand…yum
@ lobo91:
And probably not pork ribs, either…
@ Mike C.:
No, they were pork ribs. I ate lunch at the dining facility.
Good morning. Hmmm, nobody here. I wonder if the
Obama Regime has rounded up everybody & shipped
them to reeducation camps?
Good Mornin All…make it a great day
RIP Doc you are one of the great ones
The Polls in Massachusetts show the Senate race too
close to call.
I wonder if Warren is counting on a late Cherokee surge?
RIX wrote:
No, but I know a good location for one.
Day 2 of sandstorm…
@ lobo91:
That sounds miserable. You have to get out of there!
@ RIX:
I keep expecting Khan to walk in and tell me this is Ceti Alpha V…
@ RIX:
Yeah… How about Santa Cruz, Bolivia? Yellow Fever vaccination up to date? OTOH, you can get a beer.
The Dems sent Debbie Wassernman Schultze into Wisconsin
to stump for the recall.
That woman is like rain at a picnic. The R’s should
send her on a national tour & pik up the tab.
Mike C. wrote:
I’m pretty sure I have every vaccination there is.
Mike C. wrote:
Well at least you can get a beer. That’s something.
@ RIX:
And he probably doesn’t have to drive 75 miles through a sandstorm to get home tonight.
Back in the day when I was young & single The Combined
Insurance Companies offered me a job to head up a division
in Hong Kong. Yeah baby!
So the contract signing day, they switched it to
Saudi Arabia! Someone internally posted for Hong Kong.
Two of my favorite passtimes at the time were drinking &
wenching.
Naturally I turned it down saying “They stone people
there for what I like to do.”
You don’t get many sandstorms 100 klicks from the Amazon jungle.
But I have been through my share of humongous sandstorms in the ME and in China…
@ RIX:
Just do what the Saudis do -- drive over the causeway to Bahrain.
@ RIX:
Here, they just kick you out of the country.
They do execute people for drug trafficking, though.
Mike C. wrote:
If only I knew that at the time.
Hong Kong mde perfect sense for a two year posting.
Saudi Arbia, not so much.
Well, I’ve had enough fun for one day.
Off to drive through the sand…
lobo91 wrote:
Execute, huh? Different culture, but way over the top
imo.
We have an Anglophile parish priest, he loves all
things British.
He sent a letter direcrtl to the Queen expressing
his interest in attending the Jubilee ceremonies.
Fat chance that would work.
It did work! He got a relpy with VIP passes for
most of the ceremonies.
Never know what you can get just for asking.
@ RIX:
well, like i always say, ” ‘doesn’t hurt to ask”, and “what’s the worst that could happen? they could say ‘no’ but that’s not the end of the world”.
yeah, i know, never said it here, did i? that’s just in the meat world.
oh, and still cranky. stupid torn meniscus. they better do this dang surgery soon! and it better be the quick recovery like they are saying too! how do you make a mad face in here?
:_mad_: ==
without the under scores. 
@ Da_Beerfreak:
thanks!
It’s official! I’m solidly middle aged. I got a recliner.
http://www.ekornes.com/us/stressless-recliners/stressless-vision-stressless-dream-stressless-spirit/spirit
most comfortable chair EVER! just got it delivered friday.
Just back from my bike ride.
Those guys wearing the spandex & the helmets with the rearview
mirrors pass me a lot.
But, those little girls with the pink helmets & training
wheels, I blow their doors off!
@ Kirly:
The recliner is sacred.
Kirly wrote:
yep…torn meniscus AND a recliner…
RIX wrote:
That reminds me of a goofy TV commercial from a couple of months back. There’s a guy standing at the top of a hill and cyclists (festooned with their goofy bike hats) are riding down the hill. The guy (with slightly graying hair; maybe mid to late 40′s) says “You know, I used to ride down this hill without a helmet. I took incredible risks those days”. Pathetic. Riding a bike down a hill without a helmet is now considered to be an “incredible risk”. I don’t even know what the ad was for. Maybe Insure or Depends.
@ huckfunn:
No helmet for me, I wear a Sox ball cap.
If I fall off & hit my head, my wife will have
the pleasure of saying,”See I told you”
Women like that.
RIX wrote:
Nooooooooooo!
huckfunn wrote:
If it happens I will just never admit it.
That’s it, that’s the ticket.
FNC is covering the Jubilee Celebration for Elizabeth.
There is a 1,000 boat flotilla on the Thames saluting
her.
Very impressive.