DOC'S ALBUMS (the ones I have...) IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

The Watson Family albums / Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's / Compilation Albums / Doc on other folks' albums / 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / TWO RATHER OBSCURE ITEMS WITH BILL MONROE

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VANGUARD ALBUMS

"DOC WATSON" (1964) (LP)

Nashville Blues (*)
Sitting On Top Of The World
Intoxicated Rat
Country Blues
Talk About Sufferin'
Six Thousand Years Ago
Black Mountain Rag (*)
Omie Wise
Georgie Buck
Doc's Guitar
Deep River Blues
St. James Hospital
Tom Dooley

with JOHN HERALD, g, on tracks marked (*)
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS

"DOC WATSON & SON" (1965)(LP)

Muskrat
Weary Blues
Fiddler's Dram
Whistling Rufus; Ragtime Annie (Raggedy Ann)(*)
Dream Of The Miner's Child (*)


Rising Sun Blues (*)
Mama Blues
We Shall All Be Reunited
Little Stream Of Whiskey
Little Sadie
Beaumont Rag (*)
Otto Wood, The Bandit
The Faithful Soldier
Memphis Blues (*)
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (*)

introducing MERLE WATSON, g, on tracks marked (*)
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS
UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, MERLE WATSON IS FEATURED ON ALL THE FOLLOWING LISTINGS UP TO "PORTRAIT" (1987)

"SOUTHBOUND" (1966) (LP/CD)

Walk On, Boy (*)
Blue Railroad Train
Sweet Georgia Brown (*)
Alberta
Southbound
Windy And Warm
Call Of The Road (*)
Tennessee Stud
The Last Thing On My Mind
Little Darling, Pal Of Mine
Nothing To It (I Don't Love Nobody)(*)
Riddle Song
Never No More Blues
Nashville Pickin' (*)

with RUSS SAVAKUS, b; JOHN PILLA, g, on tracks marked (*)
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS

"HOME AGAIN" (1967) (LP)

Down In The Valley To Pray
Georgie
The Old Man Below
Katie Morey
The F.F.V.
A-Rovin' On A Winter's Night
Dill Pickle Rag
Sing Song Kitty
Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Pretty Saro
Childhood Play
Rain Crow Bill
Matty Groves
Victory Rag

with RUSS SAVAKUS, b
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS

"GOOD DEAL -- DOC WATSON IN NASHVILLE" (1968) (LP)

Alabama Jubilee
Streamline Cannonball
Peach Picking Time In Georgia
June Apple
I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
Memphis Blues
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
Old Camp Meeting Time
Bye Bye Blues
Shady Grove
Blackberry Rag
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Rainbow
Step It Up And Go

with GRADY MARTIN, dobro/g; DON STOVER, bjo/back-up vcl; TOMMY JACKSON & BUDDY SPICHER, fiddles; SHOT JACKSON, dobro; FLOYD CRAMER, pno; JUNIOR HUSKEY, b; BUDDY HARMAN, dms
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, NASHVILLE, TN

"DOC WATSON ON STAGE" (1971) (2LP/CD)

Brown's Ferry Blues
The Wreck Of The 1262
Spike Driver's Blues
Deep River Blues
Life Gits Teejus, Don't It
Lost John
Hold The Woodpile Down
Billy In The Low Ground
I Am A Pilgrim
The Clouds Are Gwine To Roll Away
Movin' On (+)
Windy And Warm
Doc's Guitar
Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me
THE PREACHER AND THE BICYCLE
Jimmy's Texas Blues
Banks Of The Ohio
Roll On, Buddy
Southbound
Wabash Cannonball
Little Sadie
THE QUAKER'S COW
Salt River; Bill Cheatham
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

TRACK MARKED (+) OMITTED ON CD VERSION
STEREO PA RECORDINGS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY & TOWN HALL, NEW YORK, NY, 1970

"BALLADS FROM DEEP GAP" (1971) (LP)

Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
My Rough And Rowdy Ways
The Wreck Of The Old Number Nine
Gambler's Yodel
The Cuckoo
Stack O'Lee (Stagolee)
Willie Moore
Travelin' Man
The Tragic Romance
Texas Gales
The Lawson Family Murder
Alabama Bound

with ERIC WEISSBERG, b
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS

UNITED ARTISTS ALBUMS

"ELEMENTARY DOCTOR WATSON" (1973) (LP)

Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
The Last Thing On My Mind
Freight Train Boogie
More Pretty Girls Than One
I Couldn't Believe It Was True
Summertime
Worried Blues
Interstate Rag
Three Times Seven
Treasures Untold

with JOE ALLEN, b; KEN LAUBER, pno; JIM ISBEL, dms/perc; NORMAN BLAKE, dobro; VASSAR CLEMENTS, fiddle
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at JACK CLEMENT STUDIO, NASHVILLE, TN, 1972

"THEN AND NOW" (1973) (LP)

Bonaparte's Retreat
Milk Cow Blues
Bottle Of Wine
Match Box Blues
If I Needed You
Frankie And Johnny
That's All
Corrina, Corrina
Meet Me Somewhere In My Dreams
Old Camp Meeting Time
Rain Crow Bill

with JOE ALLEN, b; JIM ISBEL, dms/perc; NORMAN BLAKE, dobro; VASSAR CLEMENTS, fiddle; BOBBY SEYMOUR, steel g; KENNY MALONE, "things"; CHUCK COCHRAN, string arrangements
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at JACK CLEMENT STUDIO, NASHVILLE, TN, 1972

"TWO DAYS IN NOVEMBER" (1974) (LP)

Walk On, Boy
Poor Boy Blues
I'm Going Fishing
Kinfolks In Carolina
The Last Thing On My Mind (*)
Lonesome Moan
Little Beggar Man; Old Joe Clark
Kaw-Liga
Three Times Seven (*)
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
Snowbird
Doc's Rag

with JOE ALLEN, b; CHUCK COCHRAN, pno; JIM ISBEL, dms/perc; JIM COLVARD, g; KENNY MALONE, "things"
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at JACK CLEMENT STUDIO, NASHVILLE, TN, 1/2 Nov 1973, except tracks marked (*) (1972)

"MEMORIES" (1975) (2LP)

Rambling Hobo
Shady Grove
Wake Up, Little Maggie
Pear Tree
Keep On The Sunny Side
Double File; Salt Creek
Curly Headed Baby
Miss The Mississippi And You
Wabash Cannonball
My Rose Of Old Kentucky
Blues, Stay Away From Me
Walking Boss
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
In The Jailhouse Now
Steel Guitar Rag
Hang Your Head In Shame
You Don't Know My Mind Blues
Moody River
Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
Mama Don't Allow No Music
Thoughts Of Never

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/harmony vcl; JOE ALLEN, b; CHUCK COCHRAN, pno/b; JIM ISBEL, dms/perc; SAM BUSH, fiddle/mdln/harmony vcl; COURTNEY JOHNSON, bjo; JOE SMOTHERS, rhythm g/harmony vcl
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at JACK CLEMENT STUDIO, NASHVILLE, TN

"DOC & THE BOYS" (1976) (LP)

Darlin' Cory
Cypress Grove Blues
I Can't Help But Wonder (Where I'm Bound)
The Girl I Love
Natural Born Gamblin' Man
Little Maggie

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/harmony vcl; JOHNNY GIMBLE, fiddle; CHUCK COCHRAN, pno/keyb/b; JIM ISBELL, dms; ALLEN REYNOLDS & GARTH FUNDIS, back-up vcls
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at JACK'S TRACKS, NASHVILLE, TN

Love, Please Come Home
Spike Driver's Blues
Southbound Passenger Train
Southern Lady
Tennessee Stud

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/harmony vcl; BOB HILL, pno/g/washboard/pans/horns/bell/lead & harmony vcl; JOE SMOTHERS, g/lead & harmony vcl
STEREO PA RECORDING, "HUB PUB", WINSTON-SALEM, NC

"LONESOME ROAD" (1977) (LP)

I Recall A Gypsy Woman
Minglewood Blues
Mean Mama Blues
Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road
My Creole Belle
Blue Railroad Train
Ain't Nobody's Fault Like Mine
Stone Wall (Around My Heart)
I Ain't Goin' Honky-Tonkin' Anymore
Broomstraw Philosophers And Scuppernong Wine

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/harmony vcl; JOE ALLEN, b; KARL HIMMEL, dms/perc; BOB WILSON, pno
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at STUDIO IN THE COUNTRY, BOGALUSA, LA

"LOOK AWAY" (1978) (LP)

Florida Blues
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
My Love Come Rolling Down
Gypsy Davie
'Rangement Blues
You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often
Blues In My Mind
It's A Crazy World
Under The Double Eagle
God Holds The Future
Dixie

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/harmony vcl; JOHNNY GIMBLE, fiddle; GOVE SCRIVENOR, hca; JIM ISBELL, dms/perc; MARCIA ROUTH, PEBBLE DANIEL, LISA SILVER, back-up vcls
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at THE SOUND SHOP, NASHVILLE, TN, Jan-Feb 1978

"LIVE & PICKIN'" (1979) (LP)

Dig A Little Deeper In The Well
Milk Cow Blues
Wild Bill Jones
Memories Of You, Dear
Daybreak Blues (Blue Yodel #12)
Big Sandy; Leather Britches
Let The Cocaine Be
All I Have To Do Is Dream
Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)
St. James Hospital; Frosty Morn
Streamline Cannonball

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/harmony vcl
STEREO PA RECORDINGS, GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 11-13 Oct 1978

FLYING FISH ALBUMS

"RED ROCKING CHAIR" (1982) (LP)

Sadie


Fisher's Hornpipe; Devil's Dream
Along The Road
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
Below Freezing
California Blues
Did You Hear John Hurt
Mole In The Ground
Any Old Time
Red Rocking Chair
How Long Blues
Down Yonder

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/g/harmony vcl; HERB PEDERSEN, harmony vcl; RON TUTT, dms; GENE ESTES, perc; HANK "BONES" KAHN, bones; AL PERKINS, pedal steel; CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, hca; BYRON BERLINE, fiddle; TOM SCOTT, clt
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at CRIMSON SOUND, SANTA MONICA, CA, Dec 1980-Jan 1981

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"GUITAR ALBUM" (1983) (LP)

Sheeps In The Meadow; Stoney Fork
Talking To Casey
Liza; Lady Be Good
Black Pine Waltz
Guitar Polka
Going To Chicago Blues
Black Mountain Rag
Cotton Row
John Henry; Worried Blues
Twinkle, Twinkle
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b; MARK O'CONNOR, fiddle/mdln; PAT McINERNEY, perc
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at SCRUGGS SOUND STUDIO, NASHVILLE, TN, Dec 1982

SUGAR HILL ALBUMS

"DOWN SOUTH" (1984) (LP/CD)

Solid Gone


Bright Sunny South
Slidin' Delta
Coal Miner's Blues
Hesitation Blues
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Fifteen Cents
Twin Sisters
The Hobo
Cotton Eyed Joe
Hello, Stranger
Down South

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN & BUDDY DAVIS, b; SAM BUSH, fiddle
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at NORTH STAR PRODUCTION, TODD, NC

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ANOTHER FLYING FISH ALBUM

"PICKIN' THE BLUES" (1985) (CD)

Mississippi Heavy Water Blues


Sittin' Here Pickin' The Blues
Stormy Weather
Windy And Warm
St. Louis Blues
Jailhouse Blues
Freight Train Blues
Hobo Bill's Last Ride
Carroll County Blues
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
I'm A Stranger Here
Honey Babe Blues

with SAM BUSH, fiddle/mdln; T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, bass/back-up vcl; JOE SMOTHERS, back-up vcl
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS

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SUGAR HILL ALBUMS (CONTINUED)

"RIDING THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN" (1986) (LP)

I'm Going Back To The Old Home
Greenville Trestle High
Highway Of Sorrow
Fill My Way With Love
We'll Meet Again, Sweetheart
Riding The Midnight Train
Ramshackle Shack
Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Baby Blue Eyes
What Does The Deep Sea Say?
Let The Church Roll On
Sweet Heaven When I Die

with T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b/harmony vcl; SAM BUSH, mdl; MARK O'CONNOR, fiddle; BELA FLECK, bjo; ALAN O'BRYANT, g/harmony vcl
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at STUDIO 19, NASHVILLE, TN

"PORTRAIT" (1987) (LP)

I'm Worried Now
Nobody Knows But Me (Jailhouse Blues)
Leaving London
Stay In The Middle Of The Road
Rising Sun Blues
George Gudger's Overalls
Tucker's Barn
The Storms Are On The Ocean
Prayer Bells Of Heaven
Tough Luck Man
Blue Eyed Jane

with JACK LAWRENCE, g; T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b; MARK O'CONNOR, fiddle; JERRY DOUGLAS, dobro; SAM BUSH, fiddle/mdln; PAT McINERNEY, perc; ALAN O'BRYANT, PAT ENRIGHT, MIKE COMPTON, MARK HEMBREE & T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, harmony vcls
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at NASHVILLE SOUND CONNECTION, NASHVILLE, TN

"ON PRAYING GROUND" (1990) (CD)

You Must Come In At The Door
Precious Lord
On Praying Ground
I'll Live On
Gathering Buds
Beautiful Golden Somewhere
I'm Gonna Lay My Burdens Down
We'll Work 'Til Jesus Comes
The Ninety And Nine
Farther Along
Christmas Lullaby
Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep
Uncloudy Day

with JACK LAWRENCE, g; STUART DUNCAN, fiddle/mdln/harmony vcl; JERRY DOUGLAS, dobro; SAM BUSH, mdln; ROY HUSKEY JR. & T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b; ALAN O'BRYANT & ROLAND WHITE, harmony vcls
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at THE SOUND SHOP, NASHVILLE, TN

"SONGS FOR LITTLE PICKERS" (1990) (CD)

Talkin' Guitar (+)
Mole In The Ground (+)
Mama Blues (#)
Froggy Went A-Courtin' (+)
Shady Grove (+)
The Riddle Song (*)
Sing Song Kitty (+)
John Henry (+)
Sally Goodin' (#)
The Crawdad Song (+)
And The Green Grass Grew All Around (+)
Liza Jane (+)
The Tennessee Stud (+)

with JACK LAWRENCE, g
STEREO PA RECORDINGS
(+)=CENTRE STAGE, ATLANTA, GA, 24 Mar 1990
(*)=BEN & JERRY'S NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL, NEWPORT, RI, 21 Aug 1988
(#)=ARCHIVAL RECORDING, FOLKLORE PRODUCTIONS

"MY DEAR OLD SOUTHERN HOME" (1991) (CD)

My Dear Old Southern Home
The Ship That Never Returned
Your Lone Journey
My Friend Jim
No Telephone In Heaven
Dream Of The Miner's Child
The Wreck Of The Old Number Nine
Grandfather's Clock
Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Signal Light
That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
Life Is Like A River

with JACK LAWRENCE, g; STUART DUNCAN, fiddle/mdln; ALAN O'BRYANT, harmony vcl; JERRY DOUGLAS, dobro; SAM BUSH, mdln; ROY HUSKEY JR., MARK SCHATZ & T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, recorded at THE SOUND SHOP, NASHVILLE, TN

"REMEMBERING MERLE" (1992) (CD)

Frosty Morn
Omie Wise
Frankie And Johnny
Honey Babe Blues
St. James Infirmary
Honey Please Don't Go
Nancy Rowland; Salt Creek
Miss The Mississippi And You
Nine Pound Hammer
Summertime
New River Train
Black Mountain Rag
Southern Lady
Mama Don't Allow
Blue Suede Shoes
Wayfaring Stranger
Thoughts Of Never

DOC WATSON, vcl/g; MERLE WATSON, g/banjo/slide g/washboard; T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b; JOE SMOTHERS, vcl/g/washboard; BOB HILL, vcl/pno/g; CHARLES COCHRAN, pno
STEREO PA RECORDINGS 1970-1976 (BOGALUSA, LA; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; SAN FRANCISCO, CA; ST. LOUIS, MO; WINSTON-SALEM, NC)

"DOCABILLLY" (1995) (CD)

Shake, Rattle And Roll
Walking After Midnight
Heartbreak Hotel
My Special Angel
Just A Little Too Much
What Am I Living For
Bird Dog
Little Things Mean A Lot
Train Of Love
Thunder Road; Sugarfoot Rag
Love Is A Lonely Street
Singing The Blues

with MARTY STUART, mdln/electric g; JUNIOR BROWN, guit-steel; DUANE EDDY, electric g; MIKE AULDRIDGE, dobro/steel g; LARRY KNECHTEL, pno; PAT McINERNEY, dms; JACK LAWRENCE, g; ROY HUSKEY, JR. b; T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b; MOONDI KLEIN & ALAN O'BRYANT, harmony vcls
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, CHAMPAGNE STUDIOS, NASHVILLE, TN

DOC & RICHARD WATSON: "THIRD GENERATION BLUES" (1999) (CD)

Honey Please Don't Go
If I Were A Carpenter
House Of The Rising Sun
Gypsy Davey
St. James Infirmary
Uncloudy Day
South Coast
Milk Cow Blues
Train Whistle Blues
Moody River
Columbus Stockade Blues
Walk On Boy
Summertime
Precious Lord, Take My Hand

with RICHARD WATSON, g; T. MICHAEL COLEMAN, b
STEREO STUDIO RECORDINGS, THE LOFT, BOONE, NC, & FALLS CHURCH, VA

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