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Doc Watson - 1967 - Ballads From Deep Gap


The largely overlooked Ballads From Deep Gap features a great song list and some of Doc & Merle Watson's best early playing. This is a jaunty, exciting record, highlighted by "The Cuckoo," Doc's take on a version made famous by neighbor Clarence Ashley. There's nothing routine about anything here, though: "Stack-O-Lee" (featuring Merle on lead guitar), "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," and "Travelin' Man" are imbued with warm, rolling energy that is as invigorating as anything the pair recorded. In the end, Ballads, ironically, plays like a dance -- it's fast, fun, and slightly reckless compared to some of Doc Watson's other albums of the time. That atmosphere, though, makes it an inspired effort.





1 
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Lester Flatt
Doc Watson
2:49  
2 
My Rough and Rowdy Ways
Elsie McWilliams / Jimmie Rodgers
Doc Watson
2:28  
3 
The Wreck of the Old Number Nine
Carson Robison
Doc Watson
2:55  
4 
Gambler's Yodel
Alton Delmore
Doc Watson
2:55  
5 
The Cuckoo
Traditional
Doc Watson
2:46  
6 
Stack-O-Lee
Doc Watson
3:50  
7 
Willie Moore
Traditional
Doc Watson
4:00  
8 
Travelin' Man
Doc Watson
3:28  
9 
The Tragic Romance
Grandpa Jones
Doc Watson
3:18  
10 
Texas Gales
Molly O'Day
Doc Watson
1:30  
11 
The Lawson Family Murder
Walter "Kid" Smith
Doc Watson
2:36  
12 
Alabama Bound
Traditional
Doc Watson
2:47  



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