Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide

HOMESPUN
Taught By Merle Watson. with Doc Watson, second guitar
Level 3
Two CDs, includes music & tab book

Merle recorded these lessons for Homespun in 1979, and we have re-edited them and enhanced the audio for this CD release. He chose songs and instrumentals to help aspiring players build strong repertoire and technique, as well as learn the secrets of arranging fingerpicking, flatpicking and slide tunes for good duet or solo playing. Doc joined in, backing up his son and helping him demonstrate and teach their amazing "twin guitar" instrumentals.

CD One - Country Guitar Fingerpicking Solos & Duets:
"Southbound," "Candyman," "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," "Goin' Down The Road," "Make Me A Pallet On The Floor," "Nine-Pound Hammer," "The Last Thing On My Mind," "Worried Blues," "Bonaparte's Retreat," "Windy and Warm," "Blue Railroad Train," "Solid Gone," "Deep River Blues."

CD Two - Slide Guitar and Flatpicking Solos & Duets:
"Poor Boy Blues," "Daybreak Blues," "Curly Headed Baby," "Can't Be Satisfied," "Wabash Cannonball," "Minglewood Blues," "Miss The Mississippi And You," "Columbus Stockade," "Honky Tonkin'," "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," "Old Joe Clark," "Salt Creek," "Florida Blues," "Cotton-Eyed Joe," "Red-Haired Boy."

Student Review:

"The Merle work is amazing, what a player he was! His voice and anecdotes are a real pleasure. I believe he and Doc were very generous here. Loads of songs from the Memories album which is fantastic. I really love it, as challenging as it is." - Scott (France) on Homespun Forum

About Merle Watson
Eddy Merle Watson started recording and touring with his legendary father at the age of 15, and for the next two decades they made 20 albums, won four Grammy Awards, and performed throughout the world together. Although Merle had been listening to his father play the guitar all his life, he also loved the blues, and one of his first influences was Mississippi John Hurt. In 1973, inspired by the playing of Duane Allman, Merle added slide guitar to his style. Doc and Merle continued to win critical acclaim until Merle's tragic accidental death in 1985, just days before Frets Magazine named him the best fingerstyle guitarist of the year.