Track Listing

1. Lynchburg Town
2. Coo Coo Bird
3. Blues Walkin' Round My Bed
4. She's So Sweet
5. On a Monday
6. Working Man Blues
7. Jimmie's Mean Momma Blues
8. Walking in Jerusalem
9. Show Bizness
10. Sincerely
11. Battle of Nashville
12. You Ain't Going Nowhere
13. C.C. Rider
14. Court on High
15. Nights in White Satin
16. Sugar Babe

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #333153 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Amazon.com
A high-spirited musical eclecticism sparks this concert recording, as virtuoso flat-picking guitarist Doc Watson teams with Frosty Morn, the group formed by Watson's late son Merle in the mid-1970s. Merle Watson started Frosty Morn to play a wider range of material than he and Doc generally performed, and the band frequently toured as the Watsons' concert opener. For this reunion, which features Doc's grandson Richard in his father Merle's spot, the selection ranges from the traditional spiritual "Walking in Jerusalem" to the pop standard "Sincerely" to the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" (Doc proclaims himself a huge fan). Mainly, though, the set showcases Doc's proficiency and the group's interplay on various other shades of blues--from Mississippi John Hurt's "CC Rider" and Mance Lipscomb's "Sugar Babe" to Merle Haggard's "Working Man Blues" and Jimmie Rodgers's "Jimmie's Mean Mamma Blues." Though Frosty Morn disbanded after Merle's fatal car accident in 1985, the storytelling and songs of their annual reunion keep his musical memory alive. --Don McLeese