Life's Work: A Retrospective

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: From the Tradition
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Precious Jewel
Doc Watson1:53
2Pharaoh
Jack Williams feat. Doc Watson2:57
3I Saw a Man at the Close of the Day
Doc Watson2:40
4Rambling Hobo
Doc Watson1:38
5Darling Corey
Doc Watson2:37
6Your Long Journey
Doc Watson2:36
7The Cuckoo Bird
Doc Watson3:04
8Everyday Dirt
Doc Watson2:08
9Doc's Guitar (Tickling the Strings) / Black Mountain Rag (live at Newport Folk Festival / 1963)
Doc Watson3:31
10Storms Are on the Ocean
Doc Watson & Jean Ritchie3:27
11What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul (live)
Doc Watson & Bill Monroe4:28
12And Am I Born to Die?
The Doc Watson Family3:32
13My Little Woman, You're So Sweet
Doc Watson2:22
14Little Orphan Girl
Doc Watson, Fred Price & Clint Howard3:16
15Wanted Man
Doc Watson, Fred Price & Clint Howard2:17
16Sittin on Top of the World
Doc Watson2:37
17Intoxicated Rat
Doc Watson2:31
18Country Blues
Doc Watson3:31
19Talk About Suffering
Doc Watson2:49
20Little Omie Wise (live at the Newport Folk Festivals / 1963 & 1964)
Doc Watson4:28
21St. James Hospital
Doc Watson3:28
22Tom Dooley
guitar and harmonica:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
vocals:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
recording of:
Tom Dooley (in 1964-01)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
Doc Watson43:15
23Beaumont Rag
Doc & Merle Watson1:39
24Muskrat
Doc & Merle Watson2:53
25Weary Blues
Doc & Merle Watson2:41
26We Shall All Be Reunited
Doc & Merle Watson2:11
2▼CD: On the Main Stage
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Southbound
Doc Watson2:50
2Blue Railroad Train
Doc Watson2:44
3Walk on Boy (Vanguard version)
Doc Watson3:23
4Sweet Georgia Brown (instrumental)
Doc Watson1:55
5Alberta
double bass [string bass]:
Russ Savakus
guitar:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
vocals:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
cover recording of:
Alberta #1 (in 1966)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan)
version of:
Alberta, Let Your Hair Hang Low
Doc Watson2:44
6That Was the Last Thing on My Mind
Doc Watson2:47
7Windy and Warm (instrumental)
Doc Watson2:14
8Riddle Song
Doc Watson2:43
9Georgie
Doc Watson2:47
10Rain Crow Bill
Doc Watson1:47
11Winter's Night
Doc Watson3:24
12Matty Groves
Doc Watson6:06
13Dill Pickle Rag
Doc Watson1:24
14Willie Moore
Doc & Merle Watson4:03
15Peach Picking Time in Georgia
Doc Watson2:57
16Memphis Blues (remix)
Doc Watson2:43
17The Train That Carried My Girl From Town (Vanguard version)
Doc Watson3:47
18Lost John (live at Cornell University and Town Hall / 1970)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson3:29
19Brown's Ferry Blues (live at Cornell University and Town Hall / 1970)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson2:43
20The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away (live at Cornell University and Town Hall / 1970)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson2:50
21Life Gits Teejus Don't It (live at Cornell University and Town Hall / 1970)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson4:36
22Banks of the Ohio (live at Cornell University and Town Hall / 1970)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson3:46
23Spikedriver Blues (live at Cornell University and Town Hall / 1970)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson3:01
24Deep River Blues (live at Cornell University and Town Hall / 1970)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson3:37
3▼CD: In the Big Time
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nothing to It
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs feat. Doc Watson2:49
2Streamlined Cannonball
Earl Scruggs & Doc Watson2:26
3Tennessee Stud
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Doc Watson4:51
4Way Downtown
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band3:37
5Freight Train Boogie
Doc Watson3:03
6Summertime
Doc Watson3:27
7Peace in the Valley
Doc Watson3:01
8That's All
executive producer:
Kevin Eggers (producer)
producer:
Jack Clement
fiddle:
Vassar Clements
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
United Artists Records, Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1973)
cover recording of:
That’s All (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
Hill & Range (publisher)
Doc & Merle Watson2:57
9Match Box Blues
Doc & Merle Watson3:32
10Bottle of Wine
executive producer:
Kevin Eggers (producer)
producer:
Jack Clement
fiddle:
Vassar Clements
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
United Artists Records, Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1973)
cover recording of:
Bottle of Wine (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
Tom Paxton (US folk singer-songwriter)
publisher:
United Artists Music Co., Inc.
Doc & Merle Watson42:06
11Corrina, Corrina
executive producer:
Kevin Eggers (producer)
producer:
Jack Clement
fiddle:
Vassar Clements
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
arranger:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
United Artists Records, Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1973)
cover recording of:
Corrina, Corrina (Bob Dylan version) (in 1973)
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-04)
lyricist:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-04)
publisher:
Special Rider Music and Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases)
version of:
32‒20 Blues
version of:
Corrina (traditional song published by the Lomaxes)
version of:
Corrine, Corrina
version of:
Hellhound on My Trail
version of:
Me and the Devil Blues
version of:
Stones in My Passway
Doc & Merle Watson2:48
12Doc's Rag
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1978-11-01 until 1978-11-02)
engineer:
Ronnie Dean
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Doc's Rag (from 1978-11-01 until 1978-11-02)
composer:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
publisher:
Hillgreen Music
Doc & Merle Watson1:46
13Poor Boy Blues
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1978-11-01 until 1978-11-02)
engineer:
Ronnie Dean
producer:
Jack Clement
Doc & Merle Watson2:22
14Wake Up, Little Maggie
Doc Watson2:54
15Peartree
Doc Watson2:20
16Shady Grove
Doc Watson2:40
17Miss the Mississippi and You
Doc Watson3:40
18Steel Guitar Rag
Doc Watson1:57
19Cypress Grove Blues
Doc Watson3:58
20Wayfaring Stranger
Doc & Merle Watson3:33
21Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road
Doc & Merle Watson4:01
22Minglewood Blues
recording engineer and mixer:
William "Bleu" Evans (Louisiana‐based producer/engineer, aka Bleu Evans)
assistant engineer:
Edwin Hobgood (engineer)
assistant producer:
Merle Watson
producer:
Billy Vaughn
recorded at:
Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States
cover recording of:
Minglewood Blues (in 1977)
writer:
Noah Lewis
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (BMI)
Doc & Merle Watson3:01
23Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Doc & Merle Watson2:46
24Let the Cocaine Be (live at the Great American Music Hall, San Franciso, CA / 1978)
Doc Watson feat. Merle Watson2:30
25Don't Monkey Round My Ridder
Chet Atkins & Doc Watson3:30
4▶CD: Of the Ages