''Remembering Merle'' is the title of a recording by
American
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folk music artists
Doc Watson and
Merle Watson, released in 1992. The songs were all recorded live between 1970 and 1976.
Track listing
# "Frosty Morn" (Traditional) – 3:44
# "
Omie Wise
Omie Wise or Naomi Wise (1789–1808) was an American murder victim, who is remembered by a popular murder ballad about her death.
Song
Omie Wise's death became the subject of a traditional American ballad. (Roud 447) One version opens:
In acc ...
" (Traditional) – 5:52
# "
Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:23
# "Honey Babe Blues" (Traditional) – 3:01
# "
St. James Infirmary" (
Joe Primrose
Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.
Personal
Mills was ...
, Traditional) – 3:52
# "Honey Please Don't Go" (Hodges) – 2:30
# "Nancy Rowland/Salt Creek" – 1:55
# "Miss the Mississippi and You" (Halley) – 4:20
# "Nine Pound Hammer" (
Merle Travis
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic expl ...
) – 2:46
# "
Summertime" (
George Gershwin,
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 2 ...
,
DuBose Heyward) – 3:30
# "New River Train" (Traditional) – 3:38
# "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional) – 2:39
# "Southern Lady Hill" – 3:36
# "Mama Don't Allow It" (Cahn, Davenport) – 5:02
# "
Blue Suede Shoes" (
Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennes ...
) – 2:35
# "Wayfaring Stranger" – 3:30
# "Thoughts of Never" (Watson) – 2:35
Personnel
* Doc Watson – guitar, vocals
* Merle Watson – guitar, banjo, steel guitar, vocals
*
T. Michael Coleman
Thomas Michael Coleman (born January 3, 1951) is an American bass player of bluegrass and folk music. He is best known for work with Doc Watson and the Seldom Scene.
Biography Doc Watson
Coleman grew up in Mayodan, North Carolina, graduating fr ...
– bass, harmony vocals
* Joe Smothers – guitar, harmony vocals
* Bob Hill – piano, guitar, harmony vocals
* Charles Cochran – piano
Production notes
* Produced by T. Michael Coleman
References
External links
Doc Watson discography
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1992 live albums
Doc Watson live albums
Sugar Hill Records live albums