Memories (Doc Watson album)

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1975 studio album by Doc Watson

Memories

Studio album by

Doc Watson

Released| 1975
Recorded| 1975
Studio| Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre|

* Bluegrass
* folk

Length| 61:21
Label| United Artists UA-LA423-H2 0798
Producer| Chuck Cochran
Doc Watson chronology
| Two Days in November
(1974)  | Memories
(1975)  | Doc and the Boys
(1976)

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Memories is the title of a studio album by American country music artist Doc Watson, released in 1975. It was originally released as a double-LP by United Artists Records. It peaked at No. 47 on Billboard Country Albums charts and No. 193 on the Pop Album charts.

Guy Clark included a reference to Watson and his performance of "Columbus Stockade Blues" in the lyrics in his song "Dublin Blues": "I have seen the David, seen the Mona Lisa too, and I have heard Doc Watson play Columbus Stockade Blues."

Sugar Hill re-issued Memories on CD in 1993. It has also been re-issued by Gott Discs.

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [1]
Rolling Stone| (not rated) [2]

## Track listing

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1. "Rambling Hobo" (Doc Watson) – 1:55
2. "Shady Grove" (Traditional) – 2:42
3. "Wake Up, Little Maggie" (Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson) – 2:53
4. "Peartree" (Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson) – 2:21
5. "Keep on the Sunny Side" (A. P. Carter, Gary Garett) – 2:09
6. "Double File and Salt Creek" (Traditional) – 1:42
7. "Curly Headed Baby" (Lillian Leatherman, Lucille Leatherman) – 2:59
8. "Miss the Mississippi and You" (Bill Halley) – 3:42
9. "Wabash Cannonball" (A. P. Carter) – 3:03
10. "My Rose of Old Kentucky" (Bill Monroe) – 2:40
11. "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Alton Glover, Wayne Raney) – 2:51
12. "Walking Boss" – 2:24
13. "Make Me a Pallet" (Joe Parrish) – 3:02
14. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:30
15. "Steel Guitar Rag" (Leon McAuliffe, Cliff Stone, Merle Travis) – 1:58
16. "Hang Your Head in Shame" (Ed G. Nelson, Steve Nelson, Fred Rose) – 2:44
17. "You Don't Know My Mind Blues" (Samuel H. Gray, Virginia Liston, Clarence Williams) – 3:11
18. "Moody River" (Gary D. Bruce) – 2:36
19. "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" (Don Gibson) – 2:48
20. "Columbus Stockade" (Jimmie Davis, Eva Sagent) – 3:18
21. "Mama Don't Allow No Music" (Traditional) – 4:15
22. "Thoughts of Never" (Merle Watson) – 2:38

## Personnel

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* Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, banjo, vocals
* Merle Watson – guitar, banjo, dulcimer, slide guitar, steel guitar
* Joe Allen – bass
* Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin, vocals, harmony vocals
* Courtney Johnson – banjo
* Jim Isbell – drums, percussion
* Joe Smothers – guitar, harmony vocals
* Chuck Cochran – bass, piano, organ
* T. Michael Coleman – bass, background vocals

Production notes

* Produced by Chuck Cochran
* Mastering by Larry Boden
* Re-mastering by Andrew Thompson
* Photography by Jim McGuire
* Design by Beverly Parker
* Art direction by Bob Cato
* Liner notes by Merle Travis and Chet Flippo
* Engineering and mixing by Garth Fundis

## References

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1. ^ "Memories > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
2. ^ "Memories > Review". Rolling Stone.

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Doc Watson

Studio albums|

* Doc Watson
* Doc Watson and Son
* Southbound
* Home Again!
* Ballads From Deep Gap
* Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal!
* The Elementary Doctor Watson!
* Then and Now
* Two Days in November
* Memories
* Doc and the Boys
* Lonesome Road
* Look Away!
* Red Rocking Chair
* Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album
* Down South
* Pickin' the Blues
* Riding the Midnight Train
* Portrait
* On Praying Ground
* My Dear Old Southern Home
* Docabilly
* Third Generation Blues

Collaborations|

* Strictly Instrumental
* Old-Timey Concert
* Reflections
* Doc & Dawg
* Del Doc & Mac

Live albums|

* Old-Timey Concert
* Doc Watson on Stage
* Live and Pickin'
* Songs for Little Pickers
* Remembering Merle
* Round the Table Again

Doc Watson Family|

* The Watson Family
* Treasures Untold
* Tradition
* Songs from the Southern Mountains

Compilations|

* The Essential Doc Watson
* Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962
* The Vanguard Years
* Watson Country
* The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968
* Foundation
* Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City
* Songs from Home
* Legacy
* Tennessee Stud
* Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection
* Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
* Black Mountain Rag
* Vanguard Visionaries
* Americana Master Series

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