''Then and Now'' is a 1973 studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artists, and father-and-son team,

Doc Watson Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. W ...

and

Merle Watson Eddy Merle Watson (February 8, 1949 – October 23, 1985) was an American folk and bluegrass guitarist. He was best known for his performances with his father, Doc Watson. Merle played and recorded albums together with his father from age 15 unti ...

. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1974. In 1984, Sugar Hill records re-issued versions—which excluded some tracks—of both ''Then and Now'' and ''Two Days in November''. BGO Records released both, with additional tracks from '' The Elementary Doctor Watson!'', in 2002. Allmusic entry for compilation release./ref>

Reception

Writing for

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

, music critic Lindsay Palmer called the Watsons' style an "inimitable blend of acoustic folk and traditional country" and wrote "Their somewhat stylized selection of material is derived not only from the traditional genres, but also from the Watsons' native southeastern United States and its rich Piedmont blues heritage. The results are uniformly brilliant..."

Track listing

# " Bonaparte's Retreat" (

Pee Wee King Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 – March 7, 2000), known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "Tennessee Waltz". Pee Wee King is credited with ...

Redd Stewart Henry Ellis Stewart (May 27, 1923 – August 2, 2003), better known as Redd Stewart, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist who co-wrote "Tennessee Waltz" with Pee Wee King in 1948. Biography He was born in Ashland Ci ...

) – 2:02 # "Milk Cow Blues" (

Kokomo Arnold James "Kokomo" Arnold (February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968) was an American blues musician. A left-handed slide guitarist, his intense style of playing and rapid-fire vocal delivery set him apart from his contemporaries. He got his ni ...

) – 2:16 # " Bottle of Wine" (

Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

) – 2:06 # "Match Box Blues" ( Blind Lemon Jefferson) – 3:33 # "

If I Needed You "If I Needed You" is a song written by Townes Van Zandt and performed on his 1972 album '' The Late Great Townes Van Zandt''. It was covered 9 years later by American country music artists Emmylou Harris and Don Williams as a duet, and was released ...

" (

Townes Van Zandt John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was an American singer-songwriter.

) – 2:36 # " Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:09 # "That's All" ( Merle Travis) – 2:58 # " Corrina, Corrina" (Traditional) – 2:49 # "Meet Me Somewhere in Your Dreams" (Cook) – 1:58 # "Old Camp Meetin' Time" (Traditional) – 2:11 # "Rain Crow Bill" (Traditional) – 1:30

Personnel

*Doc Watson –

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, harmonica, vocals *

– guitar, banjo * Norman Blake – dobro *

Vassar Clements Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and ...

– fiddle *Bobby Seymour – pedal steel guitar *Joe Allen – bass *

Kenny Malone Kenny Malone (August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021) was an American drummer and percussionist. Life and career Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoust ...

– percussion

Production notes

*Produced by Jack Clement *Executive producer – Kevin Eggers *Mastered by Paul Zinman *Design by

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*Photography by Mike Salisbury

References

External links

Doc Watson discography
{{Authority control 1973 albums Doc Watson albums Albums produced by Jack Clement Tomato Records albums Albums with cover art by Milton Glaser Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording