“Doc Watson: A Life in Music” by Eddie Huffman, University of North Carolina Press, 288 pages
In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s Blues Tent, he received a standing ovation before he began to play.
According to The Advocate’s John Wirt, although Watson was 86 years old, he demonstrated “masterful flat picking and finger style” guitar playing, and a voice that was “strong and true.” Chris Rose, of The Times-Picayune, praised Watson for “glorious acoustic blues, flavored with touches of bluegrass, gospel and old-time country.”…