Watson won seven grammy awards as well as a grammy lifetime achievement award. Mississippi john hurt samples, covers and remixes whosampled. Doc watson country blues collection doc spike driver blues. Complete your jean ritchie and doc watson collection. Doc watson folsom prison blues great american music hall san francisco, ca, 04241975 set 1.
Spike driver blues lyrics doc watson john henry was a steel drivin boy but he went down yes, he went down he went down break take my hammer and give it to the captn. Read about spike driver blues from doc watson s trouble in mind and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The doc watson country blues collection or simply trouble in. Provided to youtube by universal music group spikedriver blues doc watson merle watson doc watson on stage. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment. Watson won seven grammy awards as well as a grammy lifetime achievement. Jean ritchie and doc watson at folk city by jean ritchie. Check out spike driver blues live by doc watson on amazon music. Doc watson the vanguard years music skip to main content. Spike driver s blues john hurtdave van ronk may 22, 2016 elijah wald this was the first piece dave van ronk taught me, and felt like deja vu, since its very similar to ninetynine year blues, the first fingerpicking piece my earlier guitar teacher taught me. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. As for spike driver blues, it was one of the two john hurt pieces available to the general run of new. Countryfolk master doc watson brought hurts style to wide.
But dave started all his students on spike driver, and i was there for my first lesson, so thats what he gave me. Doc watson performs deep river blues in the dvd doc s guitar. Spike driver blues was first recorded by mississippi john hurt on december 28, 1928. Got the blues cant be satisfied by doc watson and merle watson 1979. Doc watson spikedriver blues mp3 download and lyrics. Arthel lane doc watson born march 3, 1923 is an american guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. Assisted by merle watson, the program flows from lightning fast hoedowns such as browns ferry blues, where watson picks lightning fast with a dexterity that is almost unbelievable. Complete song listing of doc watson on doc watson songs list covid19. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations.
Arthel lane doc watson march 3, 1923 may 29, 2012 was an american guitarist, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. From the album doc watson 1964 doc is often seen playing in e without a capo. Watson s flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional american music are highly regarded. Doc watson spikedriver blues lyrics doc watson on stage track list. View the 6 full and accurate lyrics we have for doc watson on. Doc watson the guitar of doc watson the legacy of doc watson the songs of doc watson the songs of doc watson the earliest book on doc s playing style. We have an official deep river blues tab made by ug professional guitarists. Spike driver blues grateful dead family discography. Hard luck poppa counting his toes you can smell his feet wherever he goes lord, lord, got those browns ferry blues hard luck poppa dont do. Doc watson trouble in mind lyrics and tracklist genius. The song was performed by the new riders of the purple sage in 2010.
Doc watson country blues collection, doc watson, 2003 doc and the boyslive and pickin, doc watson, 2003. Click on a song to view its lyrics 1 browns ferry blues lyrics 2 wreck of the 1262 3 spikedriver blues 4 deep river blues lyrics 5 life gits teejus dont it. Watsons flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional american music are highly regarded. It is an adaptation of the traditional song john henry. Watch the steel wheels channel doc watson with stunning spike driver blues by.
John henry was a steel drivin boy but he went down yes, he went. Provided to youtube by smithsonian folkways recordings spike driver blues jean ritchie and doc watson jean ritchie and doc watson at folk city. View a different instruction book by picking it from this list. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues 1928 youtube. Doc watson on stage featuring merle watson doc watson. The doc watson family doc watson smithsonian folkways american roots collection various artists 50. It contains recordings by watson in the country blues style. I like a lot of his other work, liked seeing him live, loved interviewing him the one time i got to do it, and peter keane and i used his version of blue railroad train as the theme song to our live radio show. John smith hurt march 8, 1893 november 2, 1966, better known as mississippi john hurt, was an american country blues singer and guitarist raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine.
Doc played guitar in both flatpicking and fingerpicking style, but was best known for his flatpick work. One of doc watson s finest later records, doc watson on stage is a virtual travelogue of his entire career in one record, almost a greatesthits record, live. Heres an exclusive recording of doc watson playing spike driver blues in 1970. Spike driver blues lyrics doc watson cowboy lyrics.
Spike driver blues, a song by jean ritchie and doc watson. Spike driver blues music and lyrics mississippi john hurt original transcription unknown updated and augmented by jeff t mississippi john hurt would play this while tuned up a 12 step the equivalent of playing with a capo on the first fret the. Doc watson on stage featuring merle watson spike driver blues lyrics spike driver blues is found on the album doc watson on stage featuring merle watson. Watch the steel wheels channel doc watson with stunning spike driver blues paste magazine the steel wheels release the best album of their career no depression video premiere. The doc watson country blues collection or simply trouble in mind is the title of a recording by american folk music and country blues artist doc watson, released in 2003. Spike driver blues by jean ritchie and doc watson pandora. Spike driver blues live by doc watson on amazon music. A miner was leaving his home for his work when he heard his little child scream. Doc watson spike driver blues lyrics lyrics to spike driver blues by doc watson. Jean ritchie and doc watson jean ritchie and doc watson. Doc watson trouble in mind the doc watson country blues. He has won seven grammy awards as well as a grammy lifetime achievement award.
Doc watson 1964 nashville blues, sitting on the top of the world, intoxicated rat, country blues, talk about sufferin, born about six thousand years ago, black mountain rag, omie wise, georgie buck, doc s guitar, deep river blues, st. Song information for spike driver blues doc watson on allmusic. Spike driver blues, a song by jean ritchie and doc watson on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Arthel lane doc watson march 3, 1923, deep gap, north carolina may 29, 2012, winstonsalem, north carolina was a guitar player, banjo player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. Spike drivers blues john hurtdave van ronk old friends. John henry was a steel drivin boy but he went down yes, he went down he went down break take my hammer and give it to the capt. We use cookies to customize content and advertising, to provide social media features, and to analyze traffic to our site. The steel wheels spike driver blues paste studio nyc new york, ny, 06072017.
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