Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection
Encyclopedia
Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection (or simply Trouble in Mind) is the title of a recording by American
folk music
and country blues
artist Doc Watson
, released in 2003. It contains recordings by Watson in the country blues
style.
United States
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folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
and country blues
Country blues
Country blues is a general term that refers to all the acoustic, mainly guitar-driven forms of the blues. It often incorporated elements of rural gospel, ragtime, hillbilly, and dixieland jazz...
artist Doc Watson
Doc Watson
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded...
, released in 2003. It contains recordings by Watson in the country blues
Country blues
Country blues is a general term that refers to all the acoustic, mainly guitar-driven forms of the blues. It often incorporated elements of rural gospel, ragtime, hillbilly, and dixieland jazz...
style.
Track listing
- "Country Blues" (Traditional) – 3:32
- "Sitting on Top of the World" (Sam ChatmonSam ChatmonSam 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 VinsonWalter VinsonWalter Vinson was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"...
) – 2:38 - "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 1:59
- "Gambler's Yodel" (Alton Delmore, Rabon DelmoreThe Delmore BrothersAlton Delmore and Rabon Delmore , billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s...
) – 2:54 - "Rain Crow Bill" (Whittier) – 1:46
- "My Little Woman, You're So Sweet" (Traditional) – 2:21
- "Lost John" (Traditional) – 3:26
- "Deep River Blues" (Traditional) – 3:38
- "Georgie Buck" (Traditional) – 2:18
- "Anniversary Blue Yodel [Blue Yodel No. 7]" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:10
- "Memphis Blues" (Miller) – 1:35
- "Stackolee" (Traditional) – 3:54
- "Worried Blues" (Traditional) – 2:52
- "Spike Driver Blues" (Mississippi John HurtMississippi John HurtJohn Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt was an American country blues singer and guitarist.Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine...
) – 2:58 - "Never No Mo' Blues" (Rodgers, Williams) – 3:13
- "Honey Babe Blues" (Traditional) – 2:58
- "White House Blues" (Traditional) – 1:55
Personnel
- Doc Watson – guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals
- Merle Watson – guitar, banjo
- Arnold Watson – banjo
- Eric WeissbergEric WeissbergEric Weissberg is an American banjo player, best known for the theme from the movie Deliverance.-Biography:Eric Weissberg went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, then the Juilliard School of Music. He joined an early version of the Greenbriar Boys , but left before they made any recordings....
– bass