Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

Doc Watson Setlists

All music is for trade only, not for sale!!!

I can only tape to DAT format!!!

Format: DAT
Source: DSBD
Generation: 0
Length: 20
Date: ?
Location: Newport, RI
Set list:
Title: Philadelphia Folk Festival
Format: CD
Source: SBD>A?
Generation: 0
Length: 60
Date: 1/23/65
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Set list:
  1. ~intro~
  2. Walkin' Cane
  3. Life Gets Tasteless
  4. Gambler's Yodel (My Mama's Gone)
  5. Little Stream Of Whiskey
  6. Sad And Mournful Story
  7. ?They Drove Him Up The Holler - Farewell
  8. Faithful Soldier
  9. Arkansas Traveler
  10. When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland
  11. Windy And Warm
  12. Medley: Fiddler's Dram/Whistling Rufus/Ragtime Annie (Raggedy Ann)
  13. Brown's Ferry Blues
  14. Born About Six Thousand Years Ago
  15. The Wreck Of The 1262
  16. John Lewis
  17. Instrumental
  18. ~stage announcements~
Format: DAT
Source: ASBD
Generation: 0
Length: 70
Date: 3/1/73
Location: Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC
Set list:
  1. Freight Train Boogie
  2. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
  3. Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
  4. Milk Cow Blues
  5. Black Mountain Rag
  6. Black Jack County Chain
  7. Tennessee Stud
  8. Windy And Warm
  9. 3x7
  10. If I Need You
  11. Match Box Blues
  12. Billboard Song
  13. St. James Infirmary
  14. Brown's Ferry Blues
  15. Music Around Here
Note: w/ Merle Watson.
Format: CD
Source: SBD
Generation: 0
Length: 75
Date: 7/12/80
Location: Great Gorge Ski Resort, Vernon Valley, NJ
Set list:
  1. Streamline Cannonball
  2. Make Me A Pallet (Fix Me A Pallet)
  3. Milk Cow Blues
  4. Sweet Georgia Brown
  5. If I Needed You
  6. Deep River Blues
  7. Black Mountain Rag
  8. Lay My Burden Down
  9. Nothing To It
  10. Arrangement Blues
  11. Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
  12. Tennessee Stud
  13. Dixie
  14. Whole Lotta Shakin'
Note: w/ Merle Watson & T. Michael Coleman.
Title: Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival
Format: DAT
Source: Aud
Generation: 0
Length: 65
Date: 9/19/87
Location: Winfield, KS
Set list:
Format: DAT
Source: SBD
Generation: 0
Length: 50
Date: 10/27/88
Location: O.T. Price's, Santa Cruz, CA
Set list:
  1. Fifteen Cents
  2. Shady Grove
  3. Stranger Blues
  4. Instrumental
  5. Doc's Talkin'
  6. Blue Eyed Jane
  7. Ten Miles To Deep Gap
  8. John Hardy
  9. Southbound
  10. Instrumental
  11. Greenville Trestle High
  12. Windy And Warm
  13. Nine Pound Hammer
  14. Brown's Ferry Blues
Note: w/ Jack Lawrence.
Format: DAT
Source: DSBD
Generation: 0
Length: 105
Date: 2/14/90
Location: The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
Set list:
  1. Corrina, Corrina
  2. Make Me A Pallet (Fix Me A Pallet)
  3. Stranger Blues
  4. Instrumental
  5. Cora Is Gone
  6. Ten Miles To Deep Gap
  7. Blue Eyed Jane
  8. In The Jailhouse Now
  9. Life Is Like A River
  10. Come In At The Door
  11. Florida Blues
  12. Deep River Blues
  13. Nothing To It
  14. * Salty Dog
  15. * Step It Up & Go
  16. * ?
  17. Eastbound Freight Train
  18. Stoney Creek
  19. Leaving London
  20. Windy And Warm
  21. Nine Pound Hammer
  22. 3 X 7
  23. Sleep Baby Sleep
  24. Summertime
  25. Instrumental
  26. Black Mountain Rag

    Encore:

  27. * Sally Goodin
  28. * Cripple Creek
Note 1: w/ Jack Lawrence.
Note 2: * = Doc solo.
Format: DAT
Source: SBD
Generation: 0
Length: 65
Date: 5/12/90 - early show
Location: The Hearth, Pipersville, PA
Set list:
Format: DAT
Source: SBD
Generation: 0
Length: 70
Date: 5/12/90 - late show
Location: The Hearth, Pipersville, PA
Set list:
Title: Merlefest
Format: DAT
Source: DSBD
Generation: 0
Length: 75
Date: 4/25/92
Location: Wilkesboro, NC
Set list: Note: w/ Frosty Morn.
Format: DAT
Source: FM
Generation: 0
Length: 60
Date: 7/24/94
Location: Raleigh, NC
Set list:
  1. Fifteen Cents
  2. Make Me A Down Pallet
  3. Milk Cow Blues
  4. Blue Eyed Jane
  5. In The Jailhouse Now
  6. Georgia
  7. Travelin' Man
  8. Florida Blues
  9. You Must Come In At The Door
  10. Windy And Warm
  11. Tennessee Stud
Format: DAT
Source: FM
Generation: 0
Length: 60
Date: 7/25/94
Location: Raleigh, NC
Set list:
  1. Fifteen Cents
  2. Pretty Saro
  3. Stranger Blues
  4. Instrumental
  5. Eastbound Freight Train
  6. Ten Miles To Deep Gap
  7. Deep River Blues
  8. Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me
  9. Shiek Of Araby
  10. Keep On The Sunny Side
Title: Dahlonega Bluegrass Festival
Format: DAT
Source: DAud
Generation: 0
Length: 120
Date: 6/24/95 - early (55) & late (60) shows
Location: Dahlonega, GA
Filler: Doc Watson & Tony Rice, Dahlonega, GA 6/24/95 (10)
Set list:
  1. No Setlist Entered.

    Filler: Doc Watson & Tony Rice, Dahlonega, GA 6/24/95:

  2. Deep River Blues
  3. Red Haired Boy
Note: w/ friends.
Format: DAT
Source: DSBD
Generation: 0
Length: 145
Date: 10/28/95 - early & late shows
Location: Bottom Line, New York, NY
Set list: Note: w/ Jack Lawrence.
Format: DAT
Source: DAud: CSC > D8
Generation: 0
Length: 105
Date: 10/18/97
Location: ? On The Plaza, Kansas City, MO
Set list:
  1. Solid Gone (missing beginning)
  2. East Tennessee Rag
  3. Cora Is Gone
  4. Ten Miles To Deep Gap
  5. George Gudger's Overalls
  6. In The Jailhouse Now
  7. Aggravatin' Beauty Lulu Wall
  8. ... more songs here ... (phone call), including:
  9. Keep On The Sunny Side

    Encore:

  10. White House Blues (w/ Steve ?)
  11. possibly another song
Note: w/ Jack Lawrence.
Format: DAT
Source: DAud: Omni mics
Generation: 0
Length: 105
Date: 5/9/98
Location: North Shore Center For The Performing Arts, Skokie, IL
Set list:
    *** Set I ***
  1. Way Downtown
  2. I'll Rise When The Rooster Crows
  3. I'm A Stranger Here
  4. Instrumental
  5. Cora Is Gone
  6. Stoney Creek
  7. Train Whistle Blues
  8. In The Jailhouse Now
  9. Blue Railroad Train
  10. ~Doc tells some jokes~
  11. A-Roving On A Winter's Night
  12. Aggravatin' Beauty Lulu Wall

    *** Set II ***

  13. Make Me A Pallet (Fix Me A Pallet)
  14. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
  15. C.C. Rider
  16. Instrumental - Flatpickers?
  17. Eastbound Freight Train
  18. Treasures Untold
  19. Instrumental (Rag)
  20. Deep River Blues
  21. ?how can you tell a story that has no end - cherry??
  22. Southbound
  23. Instrumental
  24. Nine Pound Hammer

    *** Encore ***

  25. Instrumental
Note: w/ Jack Lawrence.
Format: DAT
Source: DAud: DPA 4061 > D8 w/ Oades pre-mod
Generation: 0
Length: 125
Date: 3/26/99
Location: Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Set list: Note 1: w/ David Grisman & Jack Lawrence.
Note 2: last 30 seconds cut.
Format: DAT
Source: DAud: Omni mics
Generation: 0
Length: 110
Date: 5/21/99
Location: Keswick Theater, Glenside, PA
Set list: Note: w/ Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
Title: Prairie Home Companion
Format: DAT
Source: DFM
Generation: 0
Length: 30
Date: 10/23/99
Location: Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN
Set list:
    *** Set I ***
  1. Nine Pound Hammer
  2. I'll Rise When The Rooster Crows
  3. Cora Is Gone
  4. ~Powdermilk Biscuits ad~
  5. In The Jailhouse Now

    *** Set II ***

  6. Storms Are On The Ocean
  7. Ready For The Times To Get Better

    *** Show Closer ***

  8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (w/ The Fairfield Four, Garrison Keillor
    & the Guys All-Star Shoe Band)
Note 1: w/ Jack Lawrence.
Note 2: See Prairie Home Companion.
Format: CD
Source: DAud: AT 933 > D8
Generation: 0
Length: 115
Date: 1/26/01
Location: The Chelsea Center, Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Set list:
    *** CD 1/Set I ***
  1. Way Downtown
  2. Shady Grove
  3. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
  4. Instrumental
  5. Eastbound Freight Train
  6. Ten Miles To Deep Gap
  7. Frankie And Johnny
  8. Deep River Blues
  9. ~Doc tells jokes~
  10. Aggravatin' Beauty Lulu Wall
  11. Sweet Georgia Brown

    *** CD 2/Set II ***

  12. Brown's Ferry Blues
  13. In The Jailhouse Now
  14. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
  15. East Tennessee Rag
  16. Cora Is Gone
  17. I'll Never See My Home Again
  18. Blue Eyed Jane
  19. Windy And Warm
  20. Ready For The Times To Get Better
  21. Instrumental
  22. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
  23. Eight More Miles To Louisville
  24. Florida Blues
  25. Keep On The Sunny Side
  26. Tennessee Stud
Setlist Index
Tradelist: Geocities