Legacy is the title of a recording by American

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 folk music

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 and country blues

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 artist Doc Watson

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, released in 2002.

This three-disc set includes two CDs of interviews with Watson interspersed with music. Watson discusses his upbringing and career as well as his musical roots. The third disc is a live recording of a concert recorded at the Diana Wortham Theater in Asheville, NC, in 2001. A 72-page booklet including song notes and rare photographs is also included.

At the Grammy Awards of 2003

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, Legacy won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album

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.

Track listing

1. "Cousin Sally Brown" (Traditional) – 1:13
2. "Interview: I Played Like the Rest of the Boys" – 2:37
3. "Interview: Dad Was a Harmonica Player" – 6:33
4. "Interview: The King's Treasure" – 6:38
5. "Deep River Blues" (Traditional) – 4:02
6. "Interview: Cat With Ten Lives " – 1:54
7. "Ruben's Train" (Traditional) – 2:29
8. "Interview: Learn to Pick It Good" – 2:32
9. "Georgie Buck" (Traditional) – 0:57
10. "Darlin' Cory" (Traditional) – 1:15
11. "Interview: Doc's First Guitar" – 2:51
12. "When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland" (Carter) – 5:52
13. "Interview: Leaving Home" – 3:14
14. "Never No Mo' Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers
    Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
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    ) – 1:41
15. "Interview: Wood Sheddin'" – 1:49
16. "Beaumont Rag" (Traditional) – 2:55
17. "Interview: Fingerstyle Guitar" – 0:55
18. "Freight Train" (Cotten) – 0:57
19. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Sam Chatmon
    Sam Chatmon
    Sam Chatmon was a Delta blues guitarist and singer. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks and may have been Charlie Patton's half brother.-Life and career:...
    
    , Walter Vinson
    Walter Vinson
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    ) – 0:50
20. "Interview: Playin' on the Street" – 2:15
21. "Down the Road" (Flatt, Scruggs
    Foggy Mountain Boys
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    ) – 2:58
22. "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (Carter) – 2:24
23. "Interview: The Woman From Wildcat" – 5:32
24. "Interview: The Legend of Tom Dooley" – 2:30
25. "Tom Dooley
    Tom Dooley (song)
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    " (Traditional) – 3:26
26. "Interview: Hitting the Road" – 6:46
27. "Interview: Going Solo" – 1:53
28. "Interview: Top of the Heap" – 4:50
29. "Tennessee Stud" (Jimmy Driftwood
    Jimmy Driftwood
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    ) – 4:37
30. "Interview: Building Bridges" – 4:08
31. "Ready for the Times to Get Better" (Reynolds) – 1:57
32. "Interview: Living the Blues" – 4:37
33. "Interview: Blessed" – 0:57
34. "Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms" – 2:35
35. "Whiskey Before Breakfast/Ragtime Annie" (Traditional) – 4:00
36. "Shady Grove" (Traditional) – 3:06
37. "Whoop 'Em Up Cindy" – 3:07
38. "Otto Wood " – 4:08
39. "Interview: Dad Taught Me to Play the Harmonica" – 0:33
40. "Old Molly Hare" (Traditional) – 0:54
41. "Home Sweet Home" (Traditional) – 3:17
42. "Railroad Bill" – 3:00
43. "Train That Carried My Girl From Town" – 5:11
44. "Walk On" (Brownie McGhee
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    ) – 2:31
45. "Interview: Bantar Vs. Gitjo" – 1:37
46. "Don't Get Weary" – 2:38
47. "Black-Eyed Susie" – 2:45
48. "The Telephone Girl Reid 2:24
49. "Stand By Me" (Ernest Tubb
    Ernest Tubb
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    ) – 2:22
50. "Just to Ease My Worried Mind" (Roy Acuff
    Roy Acuff
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    ) – 3:11
51. "Raincrow Bill/Hambone Rhythm" (Traditional) – 3:01
52. "I Got the Blues and I Can't Be Satisfied" (Traditional) – 4:24

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Richard Watson – guitar

Production notes

• David Holt – producer
• Steven Heller
  Steven Heller (composer-producer)
  Steven Heller is a producer-composer, based in Asheville, North Carolina, who has won two Grammy Awards, as well as a number of national awards for his music and recordings...
  
  – producer, engineer, mastering and mixing
• Travis Leonard – assistant engineer
• Nathan Milner – assistant engineer
• Virginia Callaway – project coordinator
• Brad Campbell – editorial assistant