Meanderings and Muses: Doc Watson

Friday, February 5, 2016

Here's me reading Charlaine Harris' "Midnight Crossroad" to Doc Watson while he plays guitar for me.

Read about it at my friend Jen Forbus's blog. Jen's Book Thoughts -http://www.jensbookthoughts.com/

Doc Watson - "Just One of the People"by Alex Hallmark, Sculptor

This statue commemorates the Grammy Award-winning artist and Watauga County (Deep Gap) native Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson. It is located at the Northeast corner of North Depot and West King streets in downtown Boone, N.C and depicts Watson sitting on a bench, playing a model of his favorite guitar, a customized Gallagher.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Doc Watson

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson

March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012

In 2011, a life-size statue of Watson was dedicated in Boone, N.C., at the spot where Watson had played decades earlier for tips to support his family, according to the Folklore statement. At Watson's request the inscription read, "Just One of the People."

Books Read in 2026

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill
The Charmed Library by Jennifer Moorman
The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen *
The Creek, The Crone, and the Crow by Leah Weiss *
The Final Target by Nora Roberts *
The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris by Mark Pryor
Peachtree Road by Ann Rivers Siddons (re-read) * *
Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher **
Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews
A Study in Secrets by Jefftey Siger
More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams
Writer in Residence by Rhonda McKnight *
Where the Wildflowers Grow by Terah Shelton Harris
A Thousand Painted Hours by Barbara O'Neal *
Fear the Reaper by David Housewright
The Seance Garden by Juliet Blackwell
Murder Unabridged by P.J. Nelson
Kin by Tayari Jones
Saoirse by Charlene Hurtubise
Five-Star Summer by Sarah Morgan
The Villa of Secrets by Emma Burstall
Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen
Curses, Critters, and Other Complications by Kat Farrow *
The Secret Thread by Eve Chase *
A Perfect Summer in Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson
The Tearoom Inheritance by Hannah Langdon
Fury in Death by J. D. Robb * *
The Painting by Sheila Myers
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe (re-read) ***
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli
The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung
God's Country by William Kent Krueger
Between Greek Balconies by Francesca Catlow
The Valencia Expat Club by June Patrick
Those Who Are Gone by Laurie R. King

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Friday, February 5, 2016

Me, Charlaine Harris, Doc Watson and Jen Forbus - What do we all have in common?

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Doc Watson