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, released in 2000. It contains instrumental tracks from Watson's 1964 to 1998 recordings.

Track listing

# "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional) – 1:31 # "Windy & Warm" (

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) – 2:15 # "June Apple" (Traditional) – 2:11 # "Doc's Guitar" (Watson) – 1:30 # "Stone's Rag" (Traditional) – 2:40 # "Victory Rag" (

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) – 1:45 # "Nashville Pickin'" (John Pilla, Doc Watson) – 1:53 # "Medley: Fiddler's Dream/Whistling Rufus/Ragtime Annie (Raggedy Ann)" (Traditional) – 2:11 # "Billy in the Low Ground" (Traditional) – 1:47 # "Rainbow" (Traditional) – 2:33 # "Dill Pickle Rag" (Traditional) – 1:25 # "Salt River/Bill Cheatham" (Traditional) – 2:28 # "Lonesome Banjo" (Watson) – 1:43 # "Texas Gales" (Molly O' Day) – 1:31 # "Tucker's Barn" (Traditional) – 2:18 # "Cannonball Rag" ( Merle Travis) – 2:03

Personnel

*Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals *Merle Watson – guitar, banjo Production notes: Re-issue *Jim Mills – compilation producer *

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– liner notes *David Glasser – mastering *Will McIntyre – photography *Sue Meyer – design *D. Kent Thompson – photography

References

{{Doc Watson 2000 compilation albums Doc Watson compilation albums Sugar Hill Records compilation albums