 Doc Watson Photo courtesy of Sugar Hill Records |
Folklore
Productions
Folklore Productions is the agency that represents
Doc Watson.
Inquiries and correspondence regarding Doc can be sent to:
Folklore Productions
1671 Appian Way
Santa Monica CA 90401
Phone: (310) 451-0767
E-mail: info@folkloreproductions.com
Merlefest Home Page
Started in 1988 to remember Merle, Merlefest has
grown to become one of the largest festivals in the country.
Historic Cove Creek
School
This school in Cove Creek, NC is the home of
the Doc and Merle Watson Mountain Folk Art Museum and the annual Doc
Watson
MusicFest.
Doc & Rosa Lee Watson Musicfest
Annual festival held at the historic Old Cove
Creek School in Sugar Grove, N.C.
Jack Lawrence
An accomplished and expressive guitarist,
Jack has been Doc's touring partner since the late 1980's.
Clarence "Tom" Ashley
This site was developed by Clarence Ashley's grandson
to share his life and music with others.
Flatpicking Guitar
Magazine
A great resource for all flatpickers. Publisher
Dan Miller is the author of the Doc Watson autobiography we
feature on our website.
Southern Music
Distribution
SMD is a national distributor of independent
music based in Atlanta Georgia who has released several Doc Watson
albums
Sugar Hill
Records
Doc has been
recording under the Sugar Hill label since the mid 1980's. The focus
at Sugar Hill is music with traditional roots.
Vanguard Records
Doc's earliest recordings were released on the Vanguard label.
Peter Figen Photography
Peter is a commercial photographer from Los Angeles who took the wonderful portrait of Doc that appears on our home page. It was shot on May 16, 1986 upstairs and backstage at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica.
Jon Hancock
Photographer Jon Hancock’s work spans
every genre and environment, but one of his loves is photographing
live music.
Jim McGuire
Photographer (and music lover) Jim McGuire has done over 400 album covers during his career, including many for Doc.