Doc Watson

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风格: #传统乡村　#牛仔　#蓝草　#传统民谣　#当代民谣　#民谣
地区: United States of America 美国

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北京时间5月30日，当地时间5月29日，美国音乐传奇Doc Watson因病去世，享年89岁。Doc Watson自幼失明，却是20世纪后期美国乐坛最伟大吉它手之一，他在民谣音乐领域活跃了50年，曾获“美国国家艺术勋章”，共有格莱美奖肯定。

Doc Watson--二十世纪后期美国乡村乐界最伟大吉它手之一!乡村音乐史上最重要的弹拔手!在60年代民间音乐复兴热潮中被发现的的Doc Watson是一个传奇人物，他把植根于阿巴拉契亚的民间音乐与布鲁斯音乐、乡村音乐、福音和布鲁格拉斯音乐交融一体，形成他自己独特的音乐风格，建立他自己丰富的音乐宝库。他在民谣音乐领域活跃了50年，对原声吉他演奏的贡献也许比任何一位吉他手都要大。印象中在吉他弹奏中有一种以他名字命名的“Doc Watson指法”.Doc Watson自幼双目失明，但他能为任何一位音乐家做出色的伴奏，他的音乐理念和清晰完美的音色让人惊叹。Doc Watson在各处的崇者们都认为他在音乐上取得的成就是出类拔萃的。在 Doc Watson 将近五十年的音乐生涯中，共获得了七座葛莱美奖的肯定。

by David Vinopal

In the latter half of the 20th century there were three pre-eminently influential folk/country guitar players: Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Arthel Doc Watson, a flat-picking genius from Deep Gap, NC. Unlike the other two, Watson was in middle age before gaining any attention. Since 1960, though, when Watson was recorded with his family and friends in Folkways Old Time Music at Clarence Ashleys, people have remained in awe of this gentle blind man who sings and picks with a pure and emotional authenticity. The present generation, folkies and country pickers alike, including Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, the late Clarence White, Emmylou Harris, and literally hundreds of others, acknowledge their great debt to Watson. Watson has provided a further service to folk/country by his encyclopedic knowledge of many American traditional songs. While Travis and Atkins started on acoustic guitars and moved to electric, before Watsons discovery during the folk revival in the early 60s, he played electric in a local all-purpose band that played current rock, swing, country, and of course folk music. He gained recognition gradually, first from the Clarence Ashley album, which led to a rave performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963. Folkways soon recorded an album of Watson, followed in 1964 by a series of albums by Vanguard, nearly one a year through the decade. No sooner had interest in folk music waned than Watson was back in great demand because of the three-disc Will the Circle Be Unbroken, a watershed album in 1972 that was created by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It featured Watson, Travis, Roy Acuff, and a whos who of country greats. Merle, Watsons son and a talent in his own right, began appearing with his father regularly. The result was good enough for them to win two Grammys for traditional music, in 1973 and 1974. Father and son played beautiful music together for over 15 years, until Merle died tragically on the family farm in 1985. Following his sons death, Doc continued with his appearances, showcasing his beautiful voice, his great instrumental talent, and his mastery of traditional material. He is an American treasure.

Early in his childhood in Deep Gap, Watson was struck by an illness that restricted the bloodflow to his eyes, resulting in his blindness at an early age. As a child, he was surrounded by music and was given a new harmonia every Christmas. When he was ten, his father gave him a homemade fretless banjo, which Doc played consistently for the next three years. Around the same time he picked up the banjo, Watson began attending the School for the Blind in Raleigh, NC. At the age of 13, Doc began playing guitar after being introduced to the instrument by his cousin. Six months after receiving his guitar, Doc and his older brother Linney began busking on street corners, singing traditional numbers. By his late teens, Watson had learned how to finger-pick from his neighbor Olin Miller.

In 1941, Watson joined a band that had a regular radio program in Lenoir, NC. It was at this show that he earned his nickname, once one of the announcers referred to the guitarist as Doc during the broadcast. For the next six years he played around North Carolina. In 1947, he married Rosa Lee Carlton, the daughter of fiddler Gaither W. Carlton. Though his father-in-law taught him a number of traditional songs, Doc didnt play any traditional material publically during the 40s, preferring to concentrate on country instead; to pay the bills, he also worked as a piano tuner. Watson joined the supporting band of a local pianist and railroad worker named Jack Williams in 1953. With Williams, Doc played electric guitar and perfromed a variety of music, from country to rock and pop. After staying with Jack for eight years, Watson joined the Clarence Ashley String Band and traveled with the group to New York in order to appear at a Friends of Old-Time Music concert. His performance at the concert was a resounding success, and he was invited to perform at Gerdes Folk City in Greenwich Village.

The invitation to perform in New York was an indication that the folk boom of the early 60s was beginning to gain momentum, and Doc became one of the major benefactors of the revival. Young college students began to follow his music and he soon switched to acoustic guitar on the advice of Ralph Rinzler. During 1961, Watson made his recording debut on Clarence Ashleys Old Time Music at Clarence Ashleys, a performance which earned him considerable acclaim. Two years later, his solo spot at the Newport Folk Festival stole the show; that same year he released his first solo album, Doc Watson & Family. In 1964, Doc began giving concerts accompanied by his son Merle on second guitar. From that point on, Doc and Merle were constant collaborators and one of the most popular performers on the folk and traditional music circuit. Even when the folk boom of the 60s died down toward the end of the decade, Watson retained his audience, and when he was spotlighted on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Bands breakthrough 1972 album Will the Circle Be Unbroken, he earned another generation of new fans. In 1974, his album Then and Now won the Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording; the following year, he and Merle took home the same award for their Two Days in November.

Doc and Merle continued to perform and record successfully during the early 80s, giving numerous successful concerts each year and earning many awards, including another Grammy in 1979 (Best Country Instrumental Performance for Big Sandy/Leather Britches). In 1985, Merle tragically died in a tractor accident on his home farm. Following his sons death, Doc stopped performing for a short time, yet he made a comeback supported by guitarist Jack Lawrence and bassist T. Michael Coleman, who had played with Watson since 1974. Throughout the 80s and 90s, Doc continued to perform and record to enthusiastic audiences. During that time he won two more Grammys — Best Traditional Folk Recording for both 1986s Riding the Midnight Train and 1990s On Praying Ground — as well as a North Carolina Award in Fine Arts. Home Sweet Home followed in 1998 and Third Generation Blues in 1999.

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Doc Watson 达克·沃森

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Doc Watson　达克·沃森