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Fred Vultee is an assistant professor of journalism at Wayne State University who began playing bluegrass music as a student at the University of North Carolina in the 1970s and still has photos from the first time he saw Doc Watson. Read More

American folk and roots music performer Doc Watson died on May 29 of complications from abdominal surgery. Read More

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) ' You could hear the mountains of North Carolina in Doc Watson's music. Read More

Merle Watson has a strong set of credentials for a young musician. Read More

Guitarist Doc Watson, who died Tuesday at age 89 , leaves an extensive legacy that documents his wide-reaching influence in the world of guitar playing and folk music. Read More

Doc Watson, the pioneering folk musician who elevated and shaped guitar playing in America across genres and generations, died Tuesday in North Carolina at the age of 89. Read More

Doc Watson, a singer and guitarist who expanded the instrument's role in traditional American music and influenced generations of musicians with his playing skills, died Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was 89. Read More

Durham, NC (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 Vince Gill and his A-team acoustic band will rock the stage with a bluegrass show, Sunday, June 24 at Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, NC. Read More

(Lauren Carroll - The Winston-Salem Journal/AP) Famed folk and bluegrass musician Doc Watson is in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital after suffering a fall at his home earlier this week, the Associated Press reports. Read More

Doug Dillard has died of a lung infection in Nashville, his family said. Read More