Doc Watson, Fred Price & Clint Howard 1978 Mountain City, Tennessee (Audio)

One of the all-time gems of Doc's recordings. An old-time music show, with Doc and his friends and family (wife, mom, unlce, cousins, others) at this small event. Doc's good friends Fred Price on fiddle and Clint Howard on guitar accompany Doc for the second part of the set in what is a real entertaining excursion into the songs of yester-year that weren't common on Doc's set list. Because Merle had gone fishing for the weekend, it provided the opportunity for this rare jam. Some tape hiss shouldn't take away too much from enjoying this.

00:00 Rollin In My Sweet Baby's Arms
02:38 Daybreak Blues (Jimmie Rodgers)
06:52 Deep River Blues (Delmore Brothers)(Merle Travis)
10:40 Wild Bill Jones
14:25 Shady Grove
19:15 I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
21:59 Uncle Willard Watson talks with Doc and jokes
23:32 Salty Dog ((Uncle Willard dances)
25:20 Doc introduces his mother and wife Rosalee
31:30 Doc introduces Fred Price & Clint Howard
32:56 Way Down Town
36:26 I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
40:00 Fire On The Mountain
43:48 Rubin's Train
47:25 On The Bank's Of Ol' Tennessee
51:00 New River Train
55:28 Walkin' In The Streets
58:08 Homesick For Heaven
01:02:22 Mountain Dew joke
01:03:46 Mountain Dew
01:08:40 Pretty Little Pink
01:12:09 The Crawdad Song

Source: SBD - ? - Cassette (SONY Metal ES90)
Transfer: Tascam 112 MKII - M-Audio 2496 - Soundforge 8.0 Wav @ 44.1kHz/16 bit - (T. Proctor 2006)

In May 1925, an Old Time Fiddler's Convention was organized in Mountain City, Tennessee. This was the first big event of its kind, and the biggest names in early country music traveled from far and wide to compete for over $50 in prize money. The Old High School auditorium was filled to capacity and the floor nearly collapsed under the press of the crowd. The nearby courthouse and elementary school were opened to accommodate the overflow. This was the early days of radio and Tony Alderman of the Hill Billies set up a small, portable radio station to broadcast the event. Dud Vance and Charlie Bowman both took home prize money that day. The $20 gold piece offered by Buster Brown Shoe Company would have been worth more than $1000 today. Several legendary musicians were inspired to begin their recording careers by this watershed event. Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Bertie Jenkins, Walt Bacon, Argil Bowman, Uncle "Am" Stuart, John Rector, Fiddlin' John Carson, Al Hopkins, Fiddlin' Powers, G. B. Grayson , and Henry Whitter all went on to create records, and the original Hillbillies gave one of their earliest performances here. The old abandoned auditorium was renovated in the '90s by a community group under the leadership of Evelyn Cook, and now once again serves as Johnson County's performing arts venue, Heritage Hall. High quality and affordable performances are scheduled nearly every weekend. There is a mural depicting the musicians from the Historic 1925 Fiddler's Convention across the street on the Johnson County Center for the Arts building.

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