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.

Doc Watson Tours & Concerts (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
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
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 28, 2011 –
May 01, 2011
MerleFest 2011
Doobie Brothers / Randy Travis / Lyle lovett / Sarah Jarosz / Jerry Douglas / The Wailin' Jennys / The Infamous Stringdusters / Crooked Still / Del McCoury Band / Corb Lund / Sonny Landreth / Tim O'Brien / Town Mountain / Donna the Buffalo / Jim Lauderdale / Rory Block / Peter Rowan / Doc Watson / Balsam Range / Neighbors / Bryan Sutton / George Hamilton IV / Scythian / Red Molly / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tony Rice Unit / Lost Bayou Ramblers / Wayne Henderson / The Krüger Brothers / The Waybacks / Jack Lawrence / Emmitt-Nershi Band / Robert Plant and the Band of Joy / Buddy Greene / Omar Hakim / Catfish Keith / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Richard Watson / Viktor Krauss / David Holt / Bill Keith / The Freight Hoppers / Casey Driessen / Happy Traum / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Paul Geremia / Bobby Hicks / Alison Brown Quartet / Sam Bush Band / Roy Book Binder / Roland White / Harper & Midwest Kind / Tut Taylor / Josh Williams Band / Snyder Family Band / Laura Boosinger / Tony Williamson / Jeff & Vida / Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks / T. Michael Coleman / Mitch Greenhill / Local Boys / Andy May / Johnson's Crossroad / Lazybirds / John Hartford String Band / Jeff Little / Bob Hill / Steve and Ruth Smith / Shana Banana / Mark Hembree / Charles Welch / Pete and Joan Wernick / Slate Mountain Ramblers / Veronika Jackson / Corey Harris and Phil Wiggins / Corklickers / Paul's Creek Band / Joe Smothers / Banknotes / Buffalo Barfield Show all bands
Wilkesboro, NC
Apr 14, 2011
Doc Watson East Tennessee State University Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
Apr 02, 2011
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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 01, 2010 –
Oct 03, 2010
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2010
The Avett Brothers / Patti Smith / Fountains of Wayne / Randy Newman / Steve Earle / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Emmylou Harris / Indigo Girls / Joan Baez / Conor Oberst / Gillian Welch / Boz Scaggs / Punch Brothers / Umphrey's McGee / Michael McDonald / Patty Griffin / Robert Earl Keen / Nick Lowe / Lucero / Carolina Chocolate Drops / The Felice Brothers / Richard Thompson / Yonder Mountain String Band / Rosanne Cash / Nathaniel Rateliff / Martin Sexton / Jonathan Richman / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Jerry Jeff Walker / Railroad Earth / Jenny and Johnny / James McMurtry / Guy Clark / Jackie Greene / The Band of Heathens / Hot Tuna / Dave Alvin / Del McCoury Band / Buddy Miller / The Subdudes / Earl Scruggs / The Flatlanders / T-Bone Burnett / Carolyn Wonderland / Doc Watson / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang / Blue Highway / Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / David Grisman Quintet / Moonalice / Peter Himmelman / The Clinch Mountain Boys / Kevin Welch / Kinky Friedman / Hazel Dickens / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Jon Langford / Mondo Cane / Keller & The Keels / The Waybacks / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Doc Watson And David Holt / Magnolia Sisters / Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / The Wronglers / The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue / Skip Gorman / Margot Leverett / The Ebony Hillbillies / Anderson Family Bluegrass / Evie Ladin / Citigrass / David Olney & Sergio Webb / Wendy Bird / Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin / Del Mccoury / kelly willis 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

Brevard Music Center Brevard, North Carolina, United States
Aug 26, 2010
Doc Watson The Birchmere Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Aug 25, 2010
Doc Watson The Birchmere Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Aug 15, 2010
Mountain Stage Radio Show
"Mountain Stage Radio Show" / Doc Watson / David Holt / Justin Townes Earle / John Doyle / Laura Boosinger / Bob Livingston
Paramount Center for the Arts Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Aug 01, 2010
Doc Watson Hart Theatre Albany, New York, United States

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Doc Watson
Aug 10, 2002
 New York, New York, United States
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Doc Watson
Aug 10, 2002
 New York, New York, United States
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Doc Watson / Seldom Scene / Hot Rize on Jul 10, 1988 [343-small]

Doc Watson / Seldom Scene / Hot Rize
Jul 10, 1988
 Vienna, Virginia, United States
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ticket stub provided by B. Smith, Doc Watson on Dec 19, 1987 [805-small]

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Doc Watson
Dec 19, 1987
 Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
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Flatt And Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Boys / Doc Watson on Aug 21, 1967 [000-small]

Flatt And Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Boys / Doc Watson
Aug 21, 1967
 Owings Mills, Maryland, United States
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Doc Watson on Oct 18, 1970 [296-small]

Doc Watson
Oct 18, 1970
 Stony Brook, New York, United States
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Doc Watson on Oct 22, 1967 [361-small]

Doc Watson
Oct 22, 1967
 Stony Brook, New York, United States
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Merlefest on Apr 30, 1999 [767-small]

Merlefest
Apr 30 - May 2, 1999
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Doc Watson on Feb 26, 1999 [329-small]

Doc Watson
Feb 26, 1999
 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Doc Watson on Nov 22, 2002 [364-small]

Doc Watson
Nov 22, 2002
 Decatur, Illinois, United States
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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 on Jun 11, 2004 [185-small]

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004
Jun 11 - 13, 2004
 Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 on Jun 11, 2004 [186-small]

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004
Jun 11 - 13, 2004
 Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2004 on Jun 11, 2004 [653-small]

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2004
Jun 11 - 13, 2004
 Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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Genres:

Folk
Singer-Songwriter
Country
Country Rock
Acoustic
Americana
Bluegrass
New Americana
Progressive Bluegrass
Old-Time
Traditional Country
Appalachian Folk
Traditional Folk
Traditional Bluegrass
American Folk Revival
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Latest Setlist (04/02/2011):

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  1. Way Downtown
  2. Soldier's Joy
  3. The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
  4. New River Train
  5. Freight Train
  6. Roll On Buddy
  7. I Feel Like Cryin'
  8. Sitting on Top of the World
  9. Steel Guitar Blues
  10. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
  11. Little Darlin' Pal of Mine
  12. Talk About Suffering
  13. Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
  14. In the Pines
  15. Frankie and Johnny
  16. Milk Cow Blues
  17. Walk On
  18. I Am a Pilgrim
  19. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

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Concerts Per Year:

2023 1 concert
2012 7 concerts
2011 22 concerts
2010 24 concerts
2009 22 concerts
2008 28 concerts
2007 38 concerts
2006 36 concerts
2005 32 concerts
2004 11 concerts
2003 6 concerts
2002 11 concerts
2001 9 concerts
2000 5 concerts
1999 5 concerts
1998 3 concerts
1997 4 concerts
1996 1 concert
1995 1 concert
1994 1 concert
1993 2 concerts
1991 1 concert
1990 2 concerts
1988 3 concerts
1987 3 concerts
1986 1 concert
1985 3 concerts
1981 1 concert
1980 2 concerts
1976 1 concert
1975 1 concert
1973 1 concert
1972 1 concert
1970 1 concert
1967 4 concerts
1966 1 concert

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Doc Watson had?

Doc Watson has had 296 concerts.

What genre is Doc Watson?

Doc Watson is most often considered to be Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Country, Country Rock, Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, New Americana, Progressive Bluegrass, Old-Time, Traditional Country, Appalachian Folk, Traditional Folk, Traditional Bluegrass, and American Folk Revival.

When was the last Doc Watson concert?

The last Doc Watson concert was on March 04, 2023 in San Francisco, California, United States.

What setlist does Doc Watson play live?

The songs that Doc Watson performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the April 02, 2011 concert at Kirby Theatre in Roxboro, North Carolina, United States:

  1. Way Downtown
  2. Soldier's Joy
  3. The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
  4. New River Train
  5. Freight Train
  6. Roll On Buddy
  7. I Feel Like Cryin'
  8. Sitting on Top of the World
  9. Steel Guitar Blues
  10. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
  11. Little Darlin' Pal of Mine
  12. Talk About Suffering
  13. Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
  14. In the Pines
  15. Frankie and Johnny
  16. Milk Cow Blues
  17. Walk On
  18. I Am a Pilgrim
  19. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

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