Doc & Merle

Wonderful documentary on this folk music legend (and his son) - FIRST TIME on home video
Guitar player Stefan Grossman has been releasing videos for years (first on VHS, and now on DVD) for many years on his Vestapol label. To date most fall in one of two categories: Instructional videos (which do include full performances of songs between the lessons) and performance videos (for the non-musician). To my knowledge this is the first "documentary" he has released. And,this is the first time that this 1986 documentary directed by Kevin Balling (a lecturer in the Department of Communications at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC) and Joe Murphy (a professor at ASU) has been made available on DVD. (It was released on VHS over 15 years ago but there were no "chapter stops then and no "bonus 1970 Concert). The 58-minute "film" (shot on video) takes front-and-center on this DVD and it's just wonderful! The two teachers followed the legendary Doc Watson (who we, sadly, lost last year) and his son, Merle (who died in a tractor accident in 1985) for a few days and capture...





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