Merle Watson

Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide

Release date June, 2000

Tracklist

1
Opening Tune and Greeting
1:06
1:06
2
Spike Driver's Blues - Played
1:03
1:03
3
Southbound - Played
0:58
0:58
4
Southbound - Techniques
0:24
0:24
5
Southbound - Played slowly
0:44
0:44
6
Southbound - Pull-offs on D part explained
0:39
0:39
7
Southbound - D part variation
0:54
0:54
8
Southbound - C position variations
0:23
0:23
9
Southbound - Played at speed
1:29
1:29
10
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played
1:20
1:20
11
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played slowly
1:30
1:30
12
Candy Man - Played
1:42
1:42
13
Candy Man - Techniques and fingerings - 1st part
1:54
1:54
14
Candy Man - Techniques and fingerings - 2nd part
0:48
0:48
15
Candy Man - 2nd part to end - played slowly
0:36
0:36
16
Candy Man - Played at speed
1:06
1:06
17
Goin' Down the Road - Played
1:00
1:00
18
Goin' Down the Road - Tuning and techniques
2:29
2:29
19
Goin' Down the Road - Fingerings and techniques
2:19
2:19
20
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Played
0:58
0:58
21
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Fingerings and techniques
1:21
1:21
22
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Played with vocal
2:15
2:15
23
Nine-Pound Hammer - Played
0:58
0:58
24
Nine-Pound Hammer - Played slowly
0:38
0:38
25
Nine-Pound Hammer - Techniques
0:53
0:53
26
Nine-Pound Hammer - Played with vocal
2:16
2:16
27
The Last Thing On My Mind - Played
1:38
1:38
28
The Last Thing On My Mind - Played Slowly
2:20
2:20
29
Worried Blues - Open D tuning
1:12
1:12
30
Worried Blues - Played
1:37
1:37
31
Bonaparte's Retreat - Open G tuning
0:53
0:53
32
Bonaparte's Retreat - Played
1:51
1:51
33
Bonaparte's Retreat - 1st part - played slowly
0:33
0:33
34
Bonaparte's Retreat - 2nd part - techniques
0:43
0:43
35
Bonaparte's Retreat - 3rd part - played slowly
0:54
0:54
36
Bonaparte's Retreat - Played at speed
2:32
2:32
37
Windy and Warm - Played
2:21
2:21
38
Windy and Warm - Merle's 1st part - played
0:34
0:34
39
Windy and Warm - Merle's 1st part - techniques
1:05
1:05
40
Windy and Warm - Doc's 1st part - harmony techniques
0:46
0:46
41
Windy and Warm - Doc's 2nd part - techniques
1:45
1:45
42
Windy and Warm - Doc's major part - played
0:18
0:18
43
Windy and Warm - Doc's major part - techniques
1:19
1:19
44
Windy and Warm - Merle's 'A' position lead
1:13
1:13
45
Windy and Warm - 'A' major part - techniques
1:04
1:04
46
Blue Railroad Train - Played with vocal
1:50
1:50
47
Blue Railroad Train - Merle's 1st part - lead techniques
0:19
0:19
48
Blue Railroad Train - Merle's 1st part - played
0:41
0:41
49
Blue Railroad Train - Doc's 1st part - harmony techniques
1:06
1:06
50
Blue Railroad Train - Flatpicking part
0:48
0:48
51
Blue Railroad Train - Bass run
0:33
0:33
52
Solid Gone - Played with vocal
1:30
1:30
53
Solid Gone - Merle's lead - played slowly
0:54
0:54
54
Solid Gone - Doc's harmony played
1:25
1:25
55
Deep River Blues - Played
1:17
1:17
56
Deep River Blues - Chords and techniques
1:13
1:13
57
Deep River Blues - Merle's lead version #1
0:21
0:21
58
Deep River Blues - Merle's lead version #2
0:40
0:40
59
Deep River Blues - Doc's harmony part - techniques
1:31
1:31
60
Intro
0:34
0:34
61
Slide talk
0:54
0:54
62
Tuning
0:42
0:42
63
Slide techniques
1:19
1:19
64
Poor Boy Blues - Played
0:36
0:36
65
Poor Boy Blues - Techniques
0:38
0:38
66
Poor Boy Blues - Right-hand techniques
1:25
1:25
67
Poor Boy Blues - Positions and chords
0:56
0:56
68
Day Break Blues - Talk
0:28
0:28
69
Day Break Blues - Played
0:59
0:59
70
Day Break Blues - Techniques
0:39
0:39
71
Day Break Blues - Chords and positions
0:36
0:36
72
Day Break Blues - Turnaround
0:36
0:36
73
Day Break Blues - Played with accompaniment
1:08
1:08
74
Curly Headed Baby - Played
0:47
0:47
75
Curly Headed Baby - Chords and positions
0:30
0:30
76
Curly Headed Baby - Played slowly
0:38
0:38
77
Can't Be Satisfied - Played
0:32
0:32
78
Can't Be Satisfied - Pull-offs - played and explained
2:05
2:05
79
Wabash Cannonball - Played
1:03
1:03
80
Wabash Cannonball - Played Slowly
0:41
0:41
81
Wabash Cannonball - Fingerings and techniques
1:16
1:16
82
Wabash Cannonball - Played at speed - with backup
0:44
0:44
83
Minglewood Blues - Played
1:19
1:19
84
Minglewood Blues - 1st part - lead played
0:59
0:59
85
Minglewood Blues - 2nd part - lead played
0:44
0:44
86
Minglewood Blues - Played with bass
1:14
1:14
87
Minglewood Blues - Techniques
1:11
1:11
88
Miss the Mississippi And You - Played slowly
0:36
0:36
89
Miss the Mississippi And You - Played at speed - with backup
1:15
1:15
90
Miss the Mississippi And You - Talk and technique
1:20
1:20
91
Columbus Stockade Blues - Talk
0:47
0:47
92
Columbus Stockade Blues - Played slowly
1:08
1:08
93
Columbus Stockade Blues - Played with vocal
1:24
1:24
94
Columbus Stockade Blues - Intro
1:16
1:16
95
Columbus Stockade Blues - Techniques
2:14
2:14
96
Columbus Stockade Blues - Bridge (D minor part)
0:46
0:46
97
Honky Tonkin' - Played
1:30
1:30
98
Honky Tonkin' - Played slowly
1:06
1:06
99
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played with vocal
1:51
1:51
100
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played slowly
0:50
0:50
101
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Played again
1:30
1:30
102
Old Joe Clark - Played
1:20
1:20
103
Old Joe Clark - Merle's lead part - played
0:37
0:37
104
Old Joe Clark - Flatpicking techniques
1:05
1:05
105
Old Joe Clark - Doc's harmony techniques
2:27
2:27
106
Salt Creek - Played
1:21
1:21
107
Salt Creek - Merle's lead - played slowly
0:40
0:40
108
Salt Creek - Doc's back-up part
0:54
0:54
109
Salt Creek - Doc's harmony part - played
1:27
1:27
110
Florida Blues - Played
1:51
1:51
111
Florida Blues - Doc's 1st part - lead
1:01
1:01
112
Florida Blues - Merle's blues riffs
0:58
0:58
113
Florida Blues - Doc's improvised lead
1:08
1:08
114
Cotton-Eyed Joe - Played
0:54
0:54
115
Cotton-Eyed Joe - Merle's lead part
0:45
0:45
116
Cotton-Eyed Joe - Doc's harmony part
0:50
0:50
117
Red-Haired Boy - Played
1:28
1:28
118
Red-Haired Boy - Merle's lead - played
0:38
0:38
119
Red-Haired Boy - Doc's backup part
0:26
0:26
120
Red-Haired Boy - Harmony parts
1:16
1:16
121
Blow Your Whistle Freight Train - Played
1:54
1:54