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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American musician (1923–2012)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the musician. For his album, see <a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson_(album)" title="Doc Watson (album)">Doc Watson (album)</a>. For the baseball player, see <a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson_(baseball)" title="Doc Watson (baseball)">Doc Watson (baseball)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Doc Watson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Doc_Watson_Sugar_Grove.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Watson at MusicFest 'N Sugar Grove, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, 2009"><img alt="Watson at MusicFest 'N Sugar Grove, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Doc_Watson_Sugar_Grove.jpg/220px-Doc_Watson_Sugar_Grove.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Doc_Watson_Sugar_Grove.jpg/330px-Doc_Watson_Sugar_Grove.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Doc_Watson_Sugar_Grove.jpg/440px-Doc_Watson_Sugar_Grove.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Watson at MusicFest 'N Sugar Grove, <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Grove,_North_Carolina" title="Sugar Grove, North Carolina">Sugar Grove, North Carolina</a>, 2009</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Arthel Lane Watson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Doc Watson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-03-03</span>)</span>March 3, 1923<br /><a href="/wiki/Deep_Gap,_North_Carolina" title="Deep Gap, North Carolina">Deep Gap, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 29, 2012<span style="display:none">(2012-05-29)</span> (aged 89)<br /><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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class="infobox-data role">Musician, singer-songwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Vocals, guitar, <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>, harmonica</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1953–2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Folkways_Records" title="Folkways Records">Folkways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">United Artists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flying_Fish_Records" title="Flying Fish Records">Flying Fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_(bluegrass)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Spouse</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Rosa Lee Carlton Watson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Arthel Lane</b> "<b>Doc</b>" <b>Watson</b> (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_folk_music" title="American folk music">folk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won seven <a href="/wiki/Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> awards as well as a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a>. His <a href="/wiki/Fingerstyle_guitar" title="Fingerstyle guitar">fingerpicking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flatpicking" title="Flatpicking">flatpicking</a> skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist <a href="/wiki/Merle_Watson" title="Merle Watson">Merle Watson</a>, until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wilkes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wilkes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-n_and_o_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n_and_o-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Watson was born in <a href="/wiki/Deep_Gap,_North_Carolina" title="Deep Gap, North Carolina">Deep Gap, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Watson on his three-CD biographical recording <i><a href="/wiki/Legacy_(Doc_Watson_album)" title="Legacy (Doc Watson album)">Legacy</a></i>, he got the nickname "Doc" during a live radio broadcast when the announcer remarked that his given name Arthel was odd and he needed an easy nickname. A fan in the crowd shouted "Call him Doc!", presumably in reference to the literary character <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>'s companion, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Watson">Doctor Watson</a>. The name stuck.<sup id="cite_ref-Legacy_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legacy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An eye infection caused Watson to lose his vision before his second birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended North Carolina's school for the blind, the <a href="/wiki/Governor_Morehead_School" title="Governor Morehead School">Governor Morehead School</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaufman_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaufman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 1989 radio interview with <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gross" title="Terry Gross">Terry Gross</a> on the <i><a href="/wiki/Fresh_Air" title="Fresh Air">Fresh Air</a></i> show on <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>, Watson spoke about how he got his first guitar. His father told him if he and his brother David chopped down all the small dead <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Chestnut tree">chestnut trees</a> along the edge of their field, they could sell the wood to a <a href="/wiki/Tannery" class="mw-redirect" title="Tannery">tannery</a>. Watson bought a Sears Silvertone from <a href="/wiki/Sears_Roebuck" class="mw-redirect" title="Sears Roebuck">Sears Roebuck</a> with his earnings,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while his brother bought a new suit.<sup id="cite_ref-firstguitar_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstguitar-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in the same interview, Watson mentioned that his first high-quality guitar was a <a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a> D-18.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Watson's earliest influences were country roots musicians and groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Carter_Family" title="Carter Family">Carter Family</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a>. The first song he learned to play on the guitar was "When Roses Bloom in Dixieland", first recorded by the <a href="/wiki/Carter_Family" title="Carter Family">Carter Family</a> in 1930. Watson said in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/American_Songwriter" title="American Songwriter">American Songwriter</a></i> that "<a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers" title="Jimmie Rodgers">Jimmie Rodgers</a> was the first man that I started to claim as my favorite."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watson proved to be a natural musical talent and within months was performing on local street corners playing songs from the <a href="/wiki/Delmore_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Delmore Brothers">Delmore Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louvin_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Louvin Brothers">Louvin Brothers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Monroe Brothers</a> alongside his brother Linny. By the time Watson reached adulthood, he had become a proficient acoustic and electric guitar player.<sup id="cite_ref-misterguitar_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-misterguitar-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doc_Watson_1994-4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Doc_Watson_1994-4.jpg/220px-Doc_Watson_1994-4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Doc_Watson_1994-4.jpg/330px-Doc_Watson_1994-4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Doc_Watson_1994-4.jpg/440px-Doc_Watson_1994-4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Watson performing in 1994</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1953, Watson joined the <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City, Tennessee</a>–based Jack Williams's <a href="/wiki/Country_and_western" class="mw-redirect" title="Country and western">country and western</a> <a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a> band on <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a>. The band seldom had a <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddle</a> player, but was often asked to play at <a href="/wiki/Square_dance" title="Square dance">square dances</a>. Following the example of country guitarists <a href="/wiki/Grady_Martin" title="Grady Martin">Grady Martin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Garland" title="Hank Garland">Hank Garland</a>, Watson taught himself to play fiddle tunes on his <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">Gibson Les Paul</a> electric guitar. He later transferred the technique to acoustic guitar, and playing fiddle tunes became part of his signature sound.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AG_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AG-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his time with Jack Williams, Watson also supported his family as a <a href="/wiki/Piano_tuner" class="mw-redirect" title="Piano tuner">piano tuner</a>. </p><p>In 1960, as the <a href="/wiki/American_folk_music_revival" title="American folk music revival">American folk music revival</a> grew, Watson took the advice of folk <a href="/wiki/Musicologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Musicologist">musicologist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian">Smithsonian</a> <a href="/wiki/Curator" title="Curator">curator</a> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Rinzler" title="Ralph Rinzler">Ralph Rinzler</a> and began playing acoustic guitar and <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a> exclusively.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaufman_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaufman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That move ignited Watson's career when he played on his first recording, <i>Old Time Music at <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Ashley" title="Clarence Ashley">Clarence Ashley</a>'s</i>. Also of pivotal importance for his career was his February 11, 1961, appearance at <a href="/wiki/P.S._41" class="mw-redirect" title="P.S. 41">P.S. 41</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Village" title="Greenwich Village">Greenwich Village</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then began to tour as a solo performer and appeared at universities and clubs like the <a href="/wiki/Ash_Grove_(music_club)" title="Ash Grove (music club)">Ash Grove</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. Watson eventually got his big break and rave reviews for his performance at the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Folk_Festival" title="Newport Folk Festival">Newport Folk Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a> in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watson recorded his <a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson_(album)" title="Doc Watson (album)">first solo album</a> in 1964 and began performing with his son <a href="/wiki/Merle_Watson" title="Merle Watson">Merle</a> in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> After the folk revival waned during the late 1960s, Doc Watson's career was sustained by his performance of the <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood" title="Jimmy Driftwood">Jimmy Driftwood</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Stud" title="Tennessee Stud">Tennessee Stud</a>" on the 1972 live album recording <i><a href="/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Will the Circle be Unbroken (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)">Will the Circle Be Unbroken</a></i>. As popular as ever, Doc and Merle began playing as a trio with <a href="/wiki/T._Michael_Coleman" title="T. Michael Coleman">T. Michael Coleman</a> on bass guitar in 1974. The trio toured the globe during the late seventies and early eighties, recording eleven albums between 1973 and 1985, and bringing Doc and Merle's unique blend of acoustic music to millions of new fans.<sup id="cite_ref-AG_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AG-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, Merle died in a tractor accident on his family farm. Two years later <a href="/wiki/MerleFest" title="MerleFest">Merle Fest</a> was inaugurated in remembrance of him.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DocW_Sculpture_Boone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/DocW_Sculpture_Boone.jpg/200px-DocW_Sculpture_Boone.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/DocW_Sculpture_Boone.jpg/300px-DocW_Sculpture_Boone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/DocW_Sculpture_Boone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Watson sculpture on the corner of King and Depot Streets in <a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone, North Carolina</a>. The plaque on the bench reads "Just one of the People".</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:22em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><a href="/wiki/Arlen_Roth" title="Arlen Roth">Arlen Roth</a> writes, "...we can attribute an entirely new style and a whole generation of pickers to [Watson's] inspiration. He was the first rural acoustic player to truly 'amaze' urban audiences in the early 1960s with his dazzling, fast technique, and he has continued to be a driving, creative force on the acoustic music scene."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>Doc Watson played guitar in both <a href="/wiki/Flatpicking" title="Flatpicking">flatpicking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fingerstyle_guitar" title="Fingerstyle guitar">fingerpicking</a> style, but is best known for his flatpick work. His guitar playing skills, combined with his authenticity as a mountain musician, made him a highly influential figure during the folk music revival. He pioneered a fast and flashy <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> lead guitar style including fiddle tunes and <a href="/wiki/Crosspicking" title="Crosspicking">crosspicking</a> techniques which were adopted and extended by <a href="/wiki/Clarence_White" title="Clarence White">Clarence White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Rice" title="Tony Rice">Tony Rice</a> and many others. Watson was also an accomplished banjo player and sometimes accompanied himself on harmonica as well. Known also for his distinctive and rich <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> voice, Watson over the years developed a vast repertoire of mountain <a href="/wiki/Ballad" title="Ballad">ballads</a>, which he learned via the <a href="/wiki/Oral_tradition" title="Oral tradition">oral tradition</a> of his home area in <a href="/wiki/Deep_Gap,_North_Carolina" title="Deep Gap, North Carolina">Deep Gap, North Carolina</a>. </p><p>Watson played a <a href="/wiki/C.F._Martin_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="C.F. Martin & Company">Martin</a> model D-18 guitar on his earliest recordings. In 1968, Watson began a relationship with Gallagher Guitars when he started playing their G-50 model. His first Gallagher, which Watson referred to as "Ol' Hoss", was on display at the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> before residing at the Gallagher shop until 2012, when it was auctioned through <a href="/wiki/Christie%27s" title="Christie's">Christie's</a> on November 27, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974, Gallagher created a customized G-50 line to meet Watson's preferred specifications, which bears the Doc Watson name. In 1991, Gallagher customized a personal <a href="/wiki/Cutaway_(guitar)" title="Cutaway (guitar)">cutaway</a> guitar for Watson that he played until his death and which he referred to as "Donald" in honor of Gallagher guitar's second-generation proprietor and builder, Don Gallagher.<sup id="cite_ref-callow_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-callow-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his last years, Watson played a <a href="/wiki/Dana_Bourgeois" title="Dana Bourgeois">Dana Bourgeois</a> <a href="/wiki/Dreadnought_(guitar_type)" title="Dreadnought (guitar type)">dreadnought</a> given to him by <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a> for his 80th birthday. Another of Watson's favorites was his Arnold guitar, "The Jimmie", built by luthier John Arnold as a tribute to the famous 1926 Martin 00-18 played by <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a>. </p><p>In 1994, Watson teamed with musicians <a href="/wiki/Randy_Scruggs" title="Randy Scruggs">Randy Scruggs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a> to contribute the classic song "<a href="/wiki/Keep_on_the_Sunny_Side" title="Keep on the Sunny Side">Keep on the Sunny Side</a>" to the AIDS benefit album <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_%2B_Country" title="Red Hot + Country">Red Hot + Country</a> produced by the <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Organization" title="Red Hot Organization">Red Hot Organization</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merlewatson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Merlewatson.jpg/200px-Merlewatson.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Merlewatson.jpg/300px-Merlewatson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Merlewatson.jpg/400px-Merlewatson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="382" /></a><figcaption>Merle Watson, c. 1979</figcaption></figure> <p>In his later life, Watson scaled back his touring schedule. He was generally joined onstage by his grandson (Merle's son) Richard, as well as longtime musical partners <a href="/wiki/David_Holt_(musician)" title="David Holt (musician)">David Holt</a> or <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lawrence_(bluegrass)" title="Jack Lawrence (bluegrass)">Jack Lawrence</a>. On June 19, 2007, Watson was accompanied by Australian guitar player <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Emmanuel" title="Tommy Emmanuel">Tommy Emmanuel</a> at a concert at the <a href="/wiki/Bass_Performance_Hall" title="Bass Performance Hall">Bass Performance Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>. Watson also performed, accompanied by Holt and Richard, at the <a href="/wiki/Hardly_Strictly_Bluegrass" title="Hardly Strictly Bluegrass">Hardly Strictly Bluegrass</a> festival in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> in 2009, as he had done for several previous festivals. </p><p>Watson hosted the annual <a href="/wiki/MerleFest" title="MerleFest">MerleFest</a> music festival held every April at <a href="/wiki/Wilkes_Community_College" title="Wilkes Community College">Wilkes Community College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wilkesboro,_North_Carolina" title="Wilkesboro, North Carolina">Wilkesboro, North Carolina</a>. The festival features a vast array of acoustic style music focusing on the folk, bluegrass, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and old-time music genres. It was named in honor of Merle Watson and is one of the most popular acoustic music festivals in the world, drawing over 70,000 music fans each year.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The festival has continued after his death. </p><p>Watson was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="North Carolina Music Hall of Fame">North Carolina Music Hall of Fame</a> in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1947, Watson married Rosa Lee Carlton, the daughter of popular fiddle player <a href="/wiki/Gaither_Carlton" title="Gaither Carlton">Gaither Carlton</a>. The couple had two children, <a href="/wiki/Merle_Watson" title="Merle Watson">Eddy Merle</a> (named after country music legends <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merle_Travis" title="Merle Travis">Merle Travis</a>) in 1949 and Nancy Ellen in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaufman_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaufman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Docwatson-fls.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Docwatson-fls.jpg/220px-Docwatson-fls.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Docwatson-fls.jpg/330px-Docwatson-fls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Docwatson-fls.jpg/440px-Docwatson-fls.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="551" /></a><figcaption>Watson's last performance, 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 29, 2012, Watson performed with the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Bluegrass_Band" title="Nashville Bluegrass Band">Nashville Bluegrass Band</a> on the Creekside Stage at MerleFest. It was an annual tradition for Watson to join the Nashville Bluegrass Band for a gospel set on the festival's Sunday morning. It would be his final performance. </p><p>On May 21, 2012, Watson fell at his home. He was not seriously injured in the fall, but an underlying medical condition prompted surgery on his colon.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watson died on May 29, 2012, at <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Baptist_Medical_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center">Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of complications following the surgery at the age of 89.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is buried in the Merle and Doc Watson Memorial Cemetery, Deep Gap with his wife and son.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, High Windy Audio released a multi-CD biographical album of Watson's work, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Legacy_(Doc_Watson_album)" title="Legacy (Doc Watson album)">Legacy</a></i>. The collection features audio interviews with Watson interspersed with music, as well as a complete recording of a live performance at the Diana Wortham Theatre in <a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collection won the 2002 <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Traditional_Folk_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album">Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Blooming Twig Books published a comprehensive biography of Watson, written by <a href="/wiki/Kent_Gustavson" title="Kent Gustavson">Kent Gustavson</a>. The book, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Blind_But_Now_I_See:_The_Biography_of_Music_Legend_Doc_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson">Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson</a></i>, features never before published content regarding Watson's life and career, gleaned from interviews with Watson's friends and collaborators including <a href="/wiki/Norman_Blake_(American_musician)" title="Norman Blake (American musician)">Norman Blake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bush" title="Sam Bush">Sam Bush</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/Seeger_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Seeger family">Seeger family</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Shocked" title="Michelle Shocked">Michelle Shocked</a>, and many others. The book also covers the life, supporting role, and untimely death of <a href="/wiki/Merle_Watson" title="Merle Watson">Merle Watson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An updated edition was released by Sumach-Red Books in March 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-nd_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nd-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-book2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-book_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013, Open Records released a multi-disc collection of unreleased recordings by Watson. The collection, titled <i>Milestones</i>, features 94 songs as well as stories, remembrances, and over 500 photographs. The collection was created by Watson's daughter, Nancy, and is being produced by <a href="/wiki/ETSU" class="mw-redirect" title="ETSU">ETSU Bluegrass</a> and ETSU professor Roy Andrade.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The popularity of the <a href="/wiki/Flatpicking" title="Flatpicking">flat picking</a> style of guitar playing has been partially credited to Doc Watson and bluegrass bands have incorporated it widely including artist such as <a href="/wiki/Billy_Strings" title="Billy Strings">Billy Strings</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson_discography" title="Doc Watson discography">Doc Watson discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, Watson received the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Award" title="North Carolina Award">North Carolina Award</a> and in 1994 he received a <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Folk_Heritage_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Folk Heritage Award">North Carolina Folk Heritage Award</a>. He is a recipient of a 1988 <a href="/wiki/National_Heritage_Fellowship" title="National Heritage Fellowship">National Heritage Fellowship</a> awarded by the <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a>, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, Watson was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_Bluegrass_Music_Hall_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor">International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor</a> in <a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro, Kentucky</a>. In 1997, Watson received the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a> from U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nea_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nea-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree from <a href="/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" title="Berklee College of Music">Berklee College of Music</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a sign on <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_421_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 421 in North Carolina">U.S. Route 421</a> near Deep Gap (Watson's birthplace) with the inscription, "Doc and Merle Watson Highway", where that part of the highway is named for both Doc Watson and his son.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1974#Folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1974">1973 Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (Including Traditional Blues)</a>: Doc Watson for <i>Then and Now</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1975#Folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1975">1974 Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording</a>: Merle Watson and Doc Watson for <i>Two Days in November</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1980#Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1980">1979 Best Country Instrumental Performance</a>: Doc Watson and Merle Watson for "Big Sandy/Leather Britches"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1987#Folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1987">1986 Best Traditional Folk Recording</a>: Doc Watson for <i>Riding the Midnight Train</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1991#Folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1991">1990 Best Traditional Folk Recording</a>: Doc Watson for <i>On Praying Ground</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Grammy_Awards#Folk" class="mw-redirect" title="45th Grammy Awards">2002 Best Traditional Folk Album</a>: Doc Watson and David Holt for <i><a href="/wiki/Legacy_(Doc_Watson_album)" title="Legacy (Doc Watson album)">Legacy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="47th Grammy Awards">2004</a> <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Lifetime Achievement Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Grammy Awards">2006 Best Country Instrumental Performance</a>: Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson for "Whiskey Before Breakfast" track from <i>Not Too Far from the Tree</i> by <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Sutton" title="Bryan Sutton">Bryan Sutton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doc_Watson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="https://www.prairiehome.org/shows/57979.html">October 23, 1999 broadcast with Doc Watson, Jack Lawrence, and the Fairfield Four</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prairiehome.org/shows/57473.html">February 14, 2004 broadcast with Sam Bush and Doc Watson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134628/http://www.ncfolkloresociety.org/journals/ncfj562.pdf">"A History of Bluegrass Guitar in Western North Carolina"</a> by John Martin in <i>North Carolina Folklore Journal</i>, Volume 56, Number 2 (Fall–Winter 2009): Article on Doc Watson and other western NC guitar players</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Doc-Watson">Doc Watson</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Philip Hanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Carlisle" title="Kitty Carlisle">Kitty Carlisle Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Primus" title="Pearl Primus">Pearl Primus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texaco" title="Texaco">Texaco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Horne" title="Marilyn Horne">Marilyn Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Houser" title="Allan Houser">Allan Houser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Saudek" title="Robert Saudek">Robert Saudek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)" title="Robert Shaw (conductor)">Robert Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Venturi" title="Robert Venturi">Robert Venturi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denise_Scott_Brown" title="Denise Scott Brown">Denise Scott Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Acheson_Wallace" title="Lila Acheson Wallace">Lila Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Annenberg" title="Walter Annenberg">Walter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonore_Annenberg" title="Leonore Annenberg">Leonore Annenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cabell "Cab" Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bess_Lomax_Hawes" title="Bess Lomax Hawes">Bess Lomax Hawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kunitz" title="Stanley Kunitz">Stanley Kunitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Merrill" title="Robert Merrill">Robert Merrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg" title="Robert Rauschenberg">Robert Rauschenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Styron" title="William Styron">William Styron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Taylor_(choreographer)" title="Paul Taylor (choreographer)">Paul Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Cruz" title="Celia Cruz">Celia Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_DeLay" title="Dorothy DeLay">Dorothy DeLay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erick_Hawkins" title="Erick Hawkins">Erick Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Filene_Shouse" title="Catherine Filene Shouse">Catherine Filene Shouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Thiebaud" title="Wayne Thiebaud">Wayne Thiebaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wilbur" title="Richard Wilbur">Richard Wilbur</a></li> <li>Young Audiences</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Licia_Albanese" title="Licia Albanese">Licia Albanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks" title="Gwendolyn Brooks">Gwendolyn Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Gerald_Cantor" title="B. Gerald Cantor">B. Gerald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iris_Cantor" title="Iris Cantor">Iris Cantor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Diamond_(composer)" title="David Diamond (composer)">David Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ingo_Freed" title="James Ingo Freed">James Ingo Freed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein" title="Roy Lichtenstein">Roy Lichtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Mitchell_(dancer)" title="Arthur Mitchell (dancer)">Arthur Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li>Urban Gateways</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Caldwell" title="Sarah Caldwell">Sarah Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Callahan_(photographer)" title="Harry Callahan (photographer)">Harry Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelda_Fichandler" title="Zelda Fichandler">Zelda Fichandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalo_Guerrero" title="Lalo Guerrero">Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Lewitzky" title="Bella Lewitzky">Bella Lewitzky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Vera List">Vera List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sendak" title="Maurice Sendak">Maurice Sendak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boys_Choir_of_Harlem" title="Boys Choir of Harlem">Boys Choir of 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