Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal!
Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal! is the title of a recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson, released in 1968.
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Folk, country blues | |||
| Length | 38:06 | |||
| Label | Vanguard | |||
| Producer | Jack Lothrop | |||
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With the folk music boom on the wane, Watson traveled to Nashville. The result is a more polished sound with members of The Nashville A-Team backing him up.
Reception
    
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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote the album "The playing is more impressive than the arrangements, which have that trademark Nashville smoothness..."[1]
Track listing
    
- "Alabama Jubilee" (George Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 2:12
 - "Streamline Cannonball" (Roy Acuff) – 2:28
 - "Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:59
 - "June Apple" (Traditional) – 2:12
 - "I'm Thinking of My Blue Eyes" (A. P. Carter) – 3:28
 - "Memphis Blues" (W. C. Handy, George Norton) – 2:45
 - "The Train That Carried My Girl from Town" (Traditional) – 3:47
 - "Old Camp Meeting Time" (Traditional) – 2:50
 - "Bye Bye Blues" (Dave Bennett, Chauncy Gray, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown) – 2:44
 - "Shady Grove" (Traditional) – 2:59
 - "Blackberry Rag" (Watson) – 2:40
 - "The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band" (Cliff Carlisle, Mel Foree) – 3:24
 - "Rainbow" (Traditional) – 2:34
 - "Step It Up and Go" (Blind Boy Fuller) – 1:55
 
Personnel
    
- Doc Watson – 6 & 12 string guitars, banjo, vocals
 - Merle Watson – guitar
 - Junior Huskey – bass
 - Floyd Cramer – piano
 - Buddy Harman – drums
 - Shot Jackson – dobro
 - Grady Martin – guitar, Spanish dobro
 - Buddy Spicher – fiddle
 - Tommy Jackson - fiddle
 - Don Stover – banjo
 
Production notes
- Jack Lothrop – producer
 - Jules Halfant – art direction
 - Joel Brodsky – photography
 
References
    
- Eder, Bruce. "Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal! > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
 
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