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RIP Arthel "Doc" Watson, 89
« on: May 29, 2012, 05:37:53 PM »
The pioneer of flatpicking, blind since age 1, died after complications from abdominal surgery in Winston-Salem NC hospital.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/folk-musician-doc-watson-dies-in-nc-hospital-at-89-style-influenced-folk-music-for-decades/2012/05/29/gJQAmOr2zU_story.html

The best damn picker I've ever seen. RIP, Doc. Hope St. Peter has made you down a pallet on his floor right now.
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