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20:59  The long journey of Doc Watson  The long journey of Doc
Watson / Eric Frommer Written by Glen Herbert Rate this item (2
votes)  It's perhaps easy to underestimate the impact that Doc
Watson has had over the course of his career, in part because of
the ways we choose to express it.  We like superlatives --
first, longest, fastest, best. He's credited as the first to
play fiddle tunes on guitar, and certainly he's been influential
in that regard, though it's likely that, if not Doc, someone
else would have shepherded the fiddle repertoire onto the
flattop.  His true legacy lies not in whichever posts he may
have passed first, but in the person and the performer that he
was. Humble, talented, giving, rational. He often mentioned that
if it were not for his blindness, he likely would have become an
electrician. His love for his wife was palpable, and his
rootedness in his religion, while never cloying, was real and
deeply felt, bringing him to te