Doc Watson with Richard Watson & David Holt
10-11-2008 @ "Diana Wortham Theatre"
Asheville, NC

Dunebilly recordings- Recording #3

Recorded from center balcony, Row B, Seat 0103 with Edirol R-09HR @ 24/48Hz.
Edirol R-09HR> Hard disk> Hard limit & normalization via Cool Edit Pro.
Sample rate conversion/dither performed via WaveLab> SBE verification
& flac performed via TLC.

This was a very challenging show to record. I had a very difficult time setting the levels.
The first minute & a half is very low, then it kicks in right at the 1:30 mark. There are a 
couple quick cracks as I adjust the levels, but after that, everything is fine for the rest
of the show. This was my first time recording in a big theatre setting, so I wasn't sure
what to do about the loud applause. In hindsight, I probably should have began rolling 
during the beginning announcements & when the applause began for the performers I should
have set my levels according to that. I think it would have made the editing process much
more easy. What I ended up doing in the end with both sets 1 & 2 was applying a -3dB limit
& then normalized both sets with Cool Edit Pro to -6dB. This seemed to take the 
sting out of the very loud applause in between songs & stories. There was a lot of 
interesting stories, so I gave them titles & split them accordingly into tracks. Doc's voice
is soft, so you still may need to turn up the volume to hear the stories. There were a few
songs performed here, that I don't think were ever performed live. One I know for sure was
"Bye Bye Blues". I've never seen nor heard this song on any official or unofficial release
of Docs. Also David mentions that it's a song that Doc usually plays off stage. The song 
"Little Log Cabin", by Fiddlin' John Carson, is another that may have not ever been 
performed live by Doc. Also, "Train That Carried My Girl to Town" is another old mountain
tune that I was not familiar with. Also there are some gospel tunes on set 2 that may have
not ever been performed live, especially the one that Doc said he learned from his 
Grandmother.
There were 2 shows played on this day. The first, being the "early" show, which I was at
began at 3pm & then there was a "late" show that began around 6 or 7 pm. This was an
interactive program. There was a slide show behind the artists that I believe was being run
off of a laptop that was in front of David. As they played & talked images were projected
behind them of Doc at very early stages in his life. Also shown were images of various,
mountain musicians whom inspired both Doc & David. I've seen Doc once before, however this
show felt deeply personal. I'm not sure if it was because he was comfortable playing "at 
home", but Doc talked about his father, & about how he missed Merle & about his wife whom
he's been married to for 62 years! He talked about being blind & what "true faith" really
is. The stories & information here are priceless. Doc talks about the origins of different 
songs & different styles of pickin'. Also Doc told a very interesting story about the first
time he saw someone make a slide out of a glass bottle! The sentiment here is very heart
felt & Docs knowledge of music folklore is extremely facinating. I couldn't help but tear
up a few times during the show. I had goosebumps throughout the performance. It was 
indeed very moving.

Doc Watson- Guitar
Richard Watson- Guitar
David Holt- Acoustic guitar, single cone brass resonator, & tri-cone resonator guitar


Set 1

1) I wish I was A Mole In the Ground
2) Doc talks about courtin' Rosalie
3) Shady Grove
4) Doc talks about his daddy gettin' hurt, being blind & having faith
5) Traditional gospel tune
6) fiddle tune medley- Whiskey Before Breakfast & Ragtime Annie
7) Doc talks about how he learned to split wood being blind
8) Little Log Cabin *Fiddlin' John Carson
9) Doc talks about different pickin' styles, The Carter Family, Jimmy Rodgers,
Merle Travis, & The Delmore Brothers.
10) Deep River Blues
11) Bye Bye Blues *Composed by David Bennett/Chauncey Gray/Frederick Hamm/Bert Lown of Bert
Lowns Biltmore Hotel Orchestra- As far as I know this is the Only time that Doc ever
performed this song live.
12) Travelin' Man *David talks about Etta baker & "Piedmont" style blues. He says that this
song was Written by Pink Anderson but that it was also Ettas tune.
13) David & Doc talk about their first musical instruments> Harmonica medley- Fishers
Hornpipe & Rain Crow Bill
14) Doc talks about how they made slides in the old days
15) Steel Guitar Blues
16) Doc talks more about faith & missing Merle
17) Train That Carried My Girl To Town *Both Frank Hutchinson & Wade Mainer were credited
for this song


Set 2

1) Sleep Baby Sleep *Traditional
2) Nights of White Satin *Moody Blues
3) Ready For Times To Get Better
4) For The Good Times
5) I Am A Pilgrim > Enter Richard Watson
6) Summertime
7) Doc says he can't play like "brother Chet"> 9 Pound Hammer
8) T For Texas *Jimmie Rodgers
9) Funny Preacher story
10) One Cloudy Day *Traditional gospel tune that Doc learned from his grandmother
11) Enter David Holt> Walk On
12) Sittin' On Top of the World *The Mississippi Sheiks
13) Down Yonder
14) I Got the Blues and Cant be Satisfied *Mississippi John Hurt tune, Doc says that he
took the killin' out of the song, cause he didn't like it.

Encore
15) Milk Cow Blues