Doc Watson 1976-1977

Time for a little bluegrass by one of the masters of both the flatpicking and fingerpicking styles...

So far, I have never seen these two (probably partial) shows (FM sourced) being torrented anywhere, so I decided to transfer my aging cassettes. Both shows fit nicely onto one CD.

Note: I received these way back then as a trade from a fellow who taped off FM onto C-60 (30 minutes each side) cassettes -- my copies are 1st generation off his "master" -- unfortunately, there is a tape flip around 30 minutes in each case, resulting in an unknown amount (probably minor) of music (or talk) being lost. I have transferred these not using any "cleaning up" of any kind, so there IS a some tape hiss as well as some FM static/crackles (all flaws inherent in source tapes, major flaws indicated in setlist). For an impression of the over-all quality, I'll post some mp3 samples from each of the two shows.

Lineage: Unknown date/station FM Broadcasts->chrome cassettes (C-60, probably 2nd generation)->digital transfer/normalising to 98% (Mar 25, 2007) with Terratec Phono Preamp Studio/Soundforge 8.0->tracks created with CD Wave Editor->Flac Level 8 conversion/fingerprints in Flac Frontend

Tracks 01-11 (76watson_rochester01-11):
Doc & Merle Watson with "Frosty Morn"
Unknown Venue, Rochester, NY, probably 1976 (exact date unknown)

01 Intro
02 Wabash Cannonball
03 The Cuckoo
04 Spikedriver Blues
05 Nancy Rowland/Salt Creek
06 Miss The Mississippi And You
07 Intro of "Frosty Morn"
08 Freight Train Boogie
09 Sugar Baby
10 (TAPE FLIP) Deep River Blues
11 Soutbound Passenger Train

Tracks 12-25 (77docwatson_oakland01-14)
Doc Watson & T. Michael Coleman
(according to Doc, Merle is sick with a broncho-pneumonia/ear infection)
Paramount, Oakland, CA, 1977 (exact date unknown)

12 Intro
13 Long Journey Home
14 Doggone My Time
15 Deep River Blues
16 Bill Cheatham (slight cut/skip in intro)
17 Natural Born Gamblin' Man
18 Nine Pound Hammer
19 Doc talks about Merle's sickness
20 Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
21 Stone Wall (Around My Heart)
22 Salty Dog Blues
23 (TAPE FLIP) Black Mountain Rag (slightly cut at start)
24 Tennessee Stud
25 Old Time Preachin' Prayin' Shoutin' Singin' (Encore)