''Lonesome Road'' is the title of a recording by

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

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, released in 1977. ''Lonesome Road'' is out-of-print and was re-issued on CD in 1998 by BGO Records. It was also released in 2002 by Southern Music packaged with ''

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Reception

Writing for

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, music critic Jim Worbois wrote of the album "Doc does the country blues as well as anything else he does and this record is filled with some fine performances."

Track listing

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) – 3:49 # "Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 2:58 # "Mean Mama Blues" (

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) – 2:51 # "Look up Look Down That Lonesome Road" (Traditional) – 4:02 # "My Creole Belle" ( J. Bodewalt Lampe) – 2:42 # "Blue Railroad Train" ( Alton Delmore) – 2:18 # "Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Traditional) – 2:45 # "Stone Wall (Around My Heart)" (Pat Twitty) – 3:26 # "I Ain't Going Honky-Tonkn' Anymore" (Ernest Tubb) – 3:02 # "Broomstraw Philosophers and Scuppernong Wine" (Larry John Wilson) – 3:17

Personnel

*Doc Watson – vocals, guitar, harmonica *

– guitar, dobro, slide guitar * T. Michael Coleman – bass *Bob Wilson – piano *Karl Himmel – drums, percussion

References

{{Authority control 1977 albums Doc Watson albums United Artists Records albums Albums recorded at Studio in the Country