Life's Work: A Retrospective

~ Release by Doc Watson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

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Annotation last modified on 2025-06-10 19:48 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: From the Tradition
2▶CD: On the Main Stage
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