Doc Watson Concert History

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923, Deep Gap, North Carolina – May 29, 2012, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was a guitar player, banjo player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music.

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Past Doc Watson Tours & Concerts (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 17, 2011
Doc Watson Blue Ridge Music Ctr. Galax, Virginia, United States
Jun 05, 2011
Doc Watson / David Holt

Doc Watson / David Holt at Keswick Theatre

Keswick Theatre Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States
Jun 03, 2011
Doc Watson Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States
May 28, 2011
"Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Festival" / Doc Watson / Old Crow Medicine Show / Frontier Ruckus / Chatham County Line

Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Festival

Hippodrome North Augusta, South Carolina, United States
May 01, 2011
MerleFest
"MerleFest" / Robert Plant and the Band of Joy / Doc Watson / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Alberti Flea Circus / Roy Book Binder / Alison Brown / Buffalo Barfield / Mitch Greenhill / George Hamilton IV / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Veronika Jackson / The Kruger Brothers / Jeff Little / Red Molly / Scythian / Shana Banana / Happy Traum / Banknotes / T Michael Coleman / Johnson's Crossroad / Jack Lawrence / Local Boys / Tut Taylor / Pete & Joan Wernick / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / David Holt / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Neighbors (NC) / Tim O'Brien / Paul's Creek Band / The Sigmon Stringers / The Infamous Stringdusters / Pete Wernick / Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks / Laura Boosinger / The Corklickers / The Freight Hoppers / Wayne Henderson / Rusty Knox / Bill Mathis / Bryan Sutton Band / Crooked Still / ToneBlazers / Jim Lauderdale Show all bands
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Apr 30, 2011
Laura Boosinger / "MerleFest" at Wilkes Community College
Laura Boosinger / "MerleFest" / Phil Wiggins / Corey Harris / Doc Watson / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Alberti Flea Circus / Roy Book Binder / Buffalo Barfield / Alison Brown / Mitch Greenhill / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Veronika Jackson / The Kruger Brothers / Jeff Little / Red Molly / Scythian / Shana Banana / Happy Traum / Banknotes / T Michael Coleman / Johnson's Crossroad / Jack Lawrence / The Infamous Stringdusters / Rory Block / Cadillac Sky / Donna the Buffalo / Emmitt Nershi Band / George Hamilton IV / Paul Geremia / Harper / Bob Hill / Jeff & Vida / Jim Lauderdale / Catfish Keith / Andy May / Joe Smothers / The Waybacks / Josh Williams Band / Tony Williamson / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Casey Driessen / Charles Welch / John Hartford String Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / David Holt / The Neighbors (NC) / Tim O'Brien / Snyder Family Band / Town Mountain / Paul's Creek Band / The Sigmon Stringers / Sinai Mountain Ramblers / Crooked Still / Steve and Ruth Smith / Sarah Jarosz / Pete Wernick / Peter Rowan / The Tony Rice Unit / Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks / Ken Crouse / The Freight Hoppers / Buddy Greene / Wayne Henderson / Lyle Lovett / Rusty Knox / Bill Mathis / Slate Mountain Ramblers / Bryan Sutton Band / Tut Taylor / ToneBlazers / Pete & Joan Wernick / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / Local Boys / Joan Osborne Show all bands
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 29, 2011
MerleFest
The Doobie Brothers / Doc Watson / Phil Wiggins / Corey Harris / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Alberti Flea Circus / Roy Book Binder / Alison Brown / Buffalo Barfield / Mitch Greenhill / George Hamilton IV / The Interactive Theater Of Jef / Veronika Jackson / Kruger Brothers / Jeff Little / Scythian / Shana Banana / Happy Traum / Balsam Range / Corb Lund / Banknotes / Johnson's Crossroad / T Michael Coleman / Rory Block / Jack Lawrence / Donna the Buffalo / Emmitt Nershi Band / Paul Geremia / Jim Lauderdale / Harper / Bob Hill / Catfish Keith / Jeff & Vida / Andy May / The Waybacks / Josh Williams Band / Joe Smothers / Red Molly / Tony Williamson / Sonny Landreth / Del McCoury Band / Lost Bayou Ramblers / Snyder Family Band / Town Mountain / Paul's Creek Band / The Sigmon Stringers / Peter Rowan / The Tony Rice Unit / Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks / Laura Boosinger / Ken Crouse / The Freight Hoppers / Buddy Greene / Wayne Henderson / Bobby Hicks / Bill Keith / Rusty Knox / Local Boys / Bill Mathis / The Neighbors (NC) / Steve and Ruth Smith / Tut Taylor / ToneBlazers / The Wailin' Jennys / Roland White / John Cowan / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts Show all bands
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Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 28, 2011
MerleFest
Randy Travis / Zac Brown Band / The Wailin' Jennys / Balsam Range / Corb Lund / Banknotes / T Michael Coleman / Johnson's Crossroad / Jack Lawrence / Snyder Family Band / Town Mountain / The Sigmon Stringers / Pete Wernick / Wayne Henderson / Local Boys / Lost Bayou Ramblers / The Neighbors (NC) / Scythian / Tut Taylor / Bill Mathis / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / Rusty Knox / ToneBlazers / Doc Watson / Del McCoury Band Show all bands
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 28, 2011 –
May 01, 2011
MerleFest 2011
The Doobie Brothers / Jerry Douglas / Del McCoury Band / The Infamous Stringdusters / Tony Rice Unit / Bryan Sutton / Doc Watson / Robert Plant and the Band of Joy / Sam Bush Band / Alison Brown Quartet
Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Apr 14, 2011
Doc Watson East Tennessee State University Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
Apr 02, 2011
Doc Watson
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Kirby Theatre Roxboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 01, 2011
Doc Watson Dunn Center For The Performing Arts Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
Feb 26, 2011
Doc Watson Newton-Conover Auditorium Newton, North Carolina, United States
Jan 15, 2011
Doc Watson Newberry Opera House Newberry, South Carolina, United States
Dec 11, 2010
Doc Watson Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Nov 12, 2010
Doc Watson Meymandi Concert Hall Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Oct 16, 2010
Doc Watson Miami University Middletown, Ohio, United States
Oct 15, 2010
Doc Watson / David Holt Midland Theatre Newark, Ohio, United States
Oct 03, 2010
Doc Watson

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 01, 2010 –
Oct 03, 2010
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2010
Rosanne Cash / Keller & The Keels / Margot Leverett / Del Mccoury / Michael McDonald / Punch Brothers / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Yonder Mountain String Band / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang / Boz Scaggs / Evie Ladin / David Olney & Sergio Webb / The Ebony Hillbillies / The Felice Brothers / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / Blue Highway / T-Bone Burnett / Doc Watson And David Holt / Kinky Friedman / Carolyn Wonderland / Moonalice / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Subdudes / Lucero / Jon Langford / Anderson Family Bluegrass / Jerry Jeff Walker / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Nathaniel Rateliff / The Band of Heathens / The Flatlanders / Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin / Citigrass / Mondo Cane / Hazel Dickens / Emmylou Harris / James McMurtry / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / The Wronglers / Magnolia Sisters / The Clinch Mountain Boys / The Waybacks / Wendy Bird / Kevin Welch / Gillian Welch / Dave Alvin / Skip Gorman / Del McCoury Band / Guy Clark / Jenny and Johnny / Randy Newman / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Railroad Earth / The Avett Brothers / Patti Smith / Fountains of Wayne / Steve Earle / Indigo Girls / Joan Baez / Conor Oberst / Umphrey's McGee / Patty Griffin / Robert Earl Keen / Nick Lowe / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Richard Thompson / Martin Sexton / Jonathan Richman / Jackie Greene / Hot Tuna / Buddy Miller / Earl Scruggs / Doc Watson / David Grisman Quintet / Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes / The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue / Kelly Willis / Peter Himmelman Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 10, 2010
"Mountain Song Festival" / Doc Watson / Steep Canyon Rangers / Shannon Whitworth

Mountain Song Festival

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Brevard Music Center Brevard, North Carolina, United States

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Aug 10, 2002
 New York, New York, United States
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 New York, New York, United States
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Doc Watson / David Bromberg on Oct 28, 1973 [418-small]

Doc Watson / David Bromberg
Oct 28, 1973
 Buffalo, New York, United States
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Doc Watson / David Bromberg on Oct 28, 1973 [481-small]

Doc Watson / David Bromberg
Oct 28, 1973
 Buffalo, New York, United States
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Doc Watson on Mar 22, 1996 [414-small]

Doc Watson
Mar 22, 1996
 Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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Doc Watson on Apr 27, 2000 [507-small]

Doc Watson
Apr 27 - 30, 2000
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Doc Watson / Vassar Clements Band on Jul 26, 1981 [058-small]

Doc Watson / Vassar Clements Band
Jul 26, 1981
 Devon, Pennsylvania, United States
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Bill Monroe / Allison Krause & Union Station / Doc Watson on Oct 27, 1995 [682-small]

Bill Monroe / Allison Krause & Union Station / Doc Watson
Oct 27, 1995
 Devon, Pennsylvania, United States
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Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt / Doc Watson on Apr 20, 1975 [409-small]

Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt / Doc Watson
Apr 20, 1975
 Long Beach, California, United States
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MerleFest 2010 on Apr 29, 2010 [760-small]

MerleFest 2010
Apr 29 - May 2, 2010
 Wilkesboro, NC
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MerleFest 2010 on Apr 29, 2010 [761-small]

MerleFest 2010
Apr 29 - May 2, 2010
 Wilkesboro, NC
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Doc Watson / Willis Alan Ramsey on Oct 7, 1977 [318-small]

Doc Watson / Willis Alan Ramsey
Oct 7, 1977
 Portland, Oregon, United States
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Merlefest on Apr 27, 2001 [656-small]

Merlefest
Apr 27 - 29, 2001
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Doc Watson @ Ash Grove - 11.17.67, tags: Doc Watson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Los Angeles, California, United States, Advertisement, Ash Grove - Doc Watson on Nov 17, 1967 [788-small]

Doc Watson @ Ash Grove - 11.17.67

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Nov 17, 1967
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Genres:

Folk
Singer-Songwriter
Country
Country Rock
Bluegrass
Americana
Acoustic
Newgrass
New Americana
Progressive Bluegrass
Traditional Country
Christian Bluegrass
Traditional Folk
Country Blues
Old-Time
Appalachian Folk
American Folk Revival
Traditional Bluegrass
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1999 8 concerts
1998 11 concerts
1997 5 concerts
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1988 14 concerts
1987 8 concerts
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