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Doc and Merle : an intimate documentary / Vestapol Productions, a division of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, Inc. ; directed by Joe Murphy & Kevin Balling.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info Sparta, N.J. : Vestapol, [2013]
Copyright Notice ©2013
Description1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorWatson, Doc, performer.
Other author/creatorWatson, Merle, performer.
Other author/creatorMurphy, Joe, director.
Other author/creatorBalling, Kevin, director.
Other author/creatorStefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Inc.
Other author/creatorVestapol Productions.
Variant title Container title: Doc & Merle
Contents Nashville pickin' / arranged by Doc Watson (Doc Watson, Merle Watson, T. Michael Coleman, guitars) -- Wabash Cannonball / A.P. Carter (Doc Watson, guitar, harmonica) -- Step it up and go / Blind Boy Fuller (Doc Watson, guitar ; Jack Williams, piano) -- Black Mountain rag / arranged and adapted Doc Watson (Doc Watson, Merle Watson, guitars) -- Sally Ann / traditional ; arranged and adapted Hilltoppers (Hilltoppers) -- Daniel prayed / Ralph Stanley (Doc Watson, Fred Price, Clint Howard, a cappella) -- Fire on the mountain / arranged and adapted Doc Watson ; Clint Howard ; Fred Price (Fred Price, fiddle ; Clint Howard, Doc Watson, guitars) -- Gimme back my fifteen cents / traditional ; arranged and adapted Doc Watson (Doc Watson, guitar) -- Wandering boy / traditional ; arranged and adapted Doc Watson ; Rosa Lee Watson (Rosa Lee Watson, vocals ; Doc Watson, guitar, vocals ; Merle Watson, guitar) -- Bonaparte's retreat / traditional ; arranged and adapted Merle Watson (Merle Watson, guitar) -- Way downtown / arranged and adapted Merle Watson (Doc Watson, Merle Watson, T. Michael Watson, guitars) -- Thoughts of never / Merle Watson (Merle Watson, guitar) -- Freight train blues / traditional ; arranged and adapted Greenhill ; Smith ; Watson. Blue suede shoes / Carl Perkins. Tutti fruitti / Little Richard ; Joe Lubin ; Dorothy Lubostrie (Doc Watson, Merle Watson, T. Michael Coleman, guitars ; Jack Williams, piano) -- Lost John / traditional ; arranged and adapted Doc Watson (Doc Watson, vocal, harmonica).
Abstract A documentary which includes informal interviews, at-home picking sessions, music and rare film footage.
General note"Rounder"--Container.
General noteOriginally released in 1986.
General noteBonus material: The TV show Homewood filmed in Los Angeles, California, in 1970, featuring Doc and Merle performing: Hold the woodpile down ; Shady grove ; Peach picking time in Georgia ; Black mountain rag ; Stagolee ; Tom Dooley ; Southbound ; I don't love nobody.
CreditsProduced, edited, and camera by Joe Murphy and Kevin Balling. Black and white TV performance 1967 directed by Ron Ciro, KCTS ; produced by John S. Ullman, Seattle Folklore Society.
Performer Doc Watson, Jack Williams, Fred Price, Clint Howard, Rosa Lee Watson, Merle Watson, musicians and interviewees ; Ralph Rinzler, John Cohen, Nancy Watson, Richard Watson, interviewees ; Joe Murphy, interviewer.
Issued in other formReprint of (manifestation): Doc and Merle. Vestapol, p1995. 1 videocassette, 1/2 in.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
UPC 011671304496
Publisher number13044 Vestapol

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