The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968

The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artist Doc Watson, released in 1999. It contains tracks from Watson's early years on the Vanguard label plus four previously un-released tracks.

Track listing

1. "Muskrat" (traditional) – 2:51
2. "Country Blues" (Dock Boggs) – 3:29
3. "Rising Sun Blues" (traditional) – 4:14
4. "Tennessee Stud" (Jimmy Driftwood) – 3:35
5. "Down in the Valley to Pray" (traditional) – 1:59
6. "Dill Pickle Rag" (traditional) – 1:21
7. "Otto Wood the Bandit" (Walter "The Kid" Smith) – 3:13
8. "Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:12
9. "Little Sadie" (traditional) – 1:56
10. "Blue Railroad Train" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 2:41
11. "Omie Wise" (traditional) – 4:24
12. "Intoxicated Rat" (Dorsey Dixon) – 2:29
13. "Tom Dooley" (traditional) – 3:14
14. "Alberta" (Leadbelly) – 2:40
15. "Beaumont Rag" (traditional) – 1:39
16. "Shady Grove" (traditional) – 2:55
17. "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:29
18. "The Train That Carried My Girl from Town" (traditional) – 3:44
19. "Black Mountain Rag" (traditional) – 1:43

    Previously un-released tracks:

20. "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:20
21. "The Cyclone of Rye Cove" (Maybelle Carter) – 3:10
22. "Doc's Guitar" (Doc Watson) – 1:23
23. "Crawdad Hole" (traditional) – 3:51

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Merle Watson – guitar, banjo

References