DOC WATSON - Doc Watson two-piers-records The Guardian

The Guardian

‘Back Between Places’

On July 20

a 1954 quintet date featuring Wynton Kelly on piano

the tracks map Los Angeles as a fractured yet hypnotic landscape suspended between glamour and violence

DOC WATSON - Doc Watson two-piers-records The GuardianThe 1964 solo debut record from Doc Watson didnt just define guitar flat picking for his generation and those to come, check Black Mountain Rag, but it also straddled American music traditions with amazing aplomb. Just try classifying this record: is it folk? Country? Bluegrass? The truth is, its all of those things, and more. Its hilarious (Intoxicated Rat), mournful (Little Omie Wise), defiantly joyful (Sittin on Top of the World), starkly