Down South (Doc Watson album)

Down South
Studio album by Doc Watson, Merle Watson
Released	1984
Recorded	North Star Production, Todd, North Carolina
Genre	Folk, country blues
Length	31:53
Label	Flying Fish
Producer	Merle Watson
Doc Watson chronology
Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album (1983) Down South (1984) Pickin' the Blues (1985)

Down South is the title of a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1984.

It has been reissued on CD by Rykodisc and Sugar Hill.

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Track listing[]

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "Solid Gone" – 3:02
2. "Bright Sunny South" – 2:36
3. "Slidin' Delta" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 2:03
4. "Coal Miner's Blues" (Carter) – 2:30
5. "Hesitation Blues" – 2:46
6. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles C. Converse, Joseph M. Scriven) – 3:35
7. "Fifteen Cents" – 2:28
8. "Twin Sisters" – 1:39
9. "The Hobo" – 4:18
10. "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – 1:48
11. "Hello Stranger" (Carter) – 2:17
12. "Down South" – 2:35

Personnel[]

• Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Merle Watson – guitar, banjo, slide guitar
• T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
• Buddy Davis – bass
• Sam Bush – fiddle

Production notes

• Produced by Merle Watson
• Engineered and mixed by Carl Rudisill

References[]

External links[]

• Doc Watson discography