Editing Doc Watson (section)

{{Short description|American musician (1923–2012)}}
{{About|the musician|his album|Doc Watson (album)|the baseball player|Doc Watson (baseball)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Doc Watson
| image             = Doc Watson Sugar Grove.jpg
| caption           = Watson at MusicFest 'N Sugar Grove, [[Sugar Grove, North Carolina]], 2009
| birth_name        = Arthel Lane Watson
| alias             = Doc Watson
| spouse            = Rosa Lee Carlton Watson
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1923|03|03}}
| birth_place       = [[Deep Gap, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2012|05|29|1923|03|03}}
| death_place       = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]], U.S.
| instrument        = Vocals, guitar, [[banjo]], harmonica
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]|[[Folk music|folk]]|[[Old-time music|old-time]]|[[Country music|country]]|[[Blues music|blues]]|[[Gospel music|gospel]]}}
| occupation        = Musician, singer-songwriter
| years_active      = 1953–2012
| label             = [[Folkways Records|Folkways]], [[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]], [[United Artists Records|United Artists]], [[Flying Fish Records|Flying Fish]], [[Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)|Sugar Hill]]
| website           = 
}}

'''Arthel Lane''' "'''Doc'''" '''Watson''' (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]], [[American folk music|folk]], [[Country music|country]], [[blues]], and [[gospel music]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1914571|title=Guitarist Arthel 'Doc' Watson|website=[[Fresh Air]] |date=May 28, 2004 |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> He won seven [[Grammy]] awards as well as a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. His [[Fingerstyle guitar|fingerpicking]] and [[flatpicking]] skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.docsguitar.com/index.html|title=Doc's Guitar - The Guitar of Doc Watson|publisher=Docsguitar.com|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist [[Merle Watson]], until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.<ref name="miller">{{cite web|url=http://www.flatpick.com/Pages/Featured_Artist/Doc.html|title=Doc Watson: Flatpicking Legend|last=Miller|first=Dan|date=September 1998|volume=2 |issue=6 |magazine=Flatpicking Guitar Magazine|access-date=2008-11-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122031006/http://flatpick.com/Pages/Featured_Artist/Doc.html|archive-date=January 22, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="wilkes">{{cite web
  | title = Doc Watson Biography
  | publisher = [[Wilkes Community College]]
  | year = 2005
  | url = http://www.merlefest.org/DocsIntro.htm
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090212102758/http://merlefest.org/DocsIntro.htm
  | archive-date = February 12, 2009
  | access-date = 2009-03-09}}</ref><ref name="n_and_o">
{{cite news
 |last        = Menconi
 |first       = David
 |title       = Doc of Ages
 |work        = [[The News & Observer]]<!-- This article has a quote from Doc's daughter Nancy explaining the confusion over his birth date, a result of an error in a Bluegrass Unlimited magazine article.  Nancy says the date is March 3, 1923. -->
 |location    = North Carolina
 |date        = March 2, 2003
 |url         = http://blogsarchive.newsobserver.com/beat/index.php?p=11290&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
 |access-date  = 2009-03-09
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20130129193805/http://blogsarchive.newsobserver.com/beat/index.php?p=11290&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
 |archive-date = January 29, 2013
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>