Ballads from Deep Gap explained

Ballads from Deep Gap
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Doc Watson, Merle Watson
Cover:	BalladsFromDeepGap.jpg
Released:	1967
Genre:	Folk, country blues
Length:	35:22
Label:	Vanguard
Producer:	Jack Lothrop
Chronology:	Doc Watson
Prev Title:	Home Again!
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Strictly Instrumental
Next Year:	1967

Ballads from Deep Gap is the second studio album by American folk music artist Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1967. The title references the town Watson was born in — Deep Gap, North Carolina.

Two of the songs were co-written with fiddler Gaither Carlton, Doc's father-in-law.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jim Smith wrote of the album "The largely overlooked Ballads from Deep Gap features a great song list and some of Doc & Merle Watson's best early playing."

Track listing

1. "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" (Traditional) – 2:49
2. "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:28
3. "The Wreck of the Old Number Nine" (Carson Robison) – 2:55
4. "Gambler's Yodel" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 2:55
5. "The Cuckoo" (Traditional) – 2:46
6. "Stack-O-Lee" (Traditional) – 3:50
7. "Willie Moore" (Traditional) – 4:00
8. "Travelin' Man" (Traditional) – 3:28
9. "Tragic Romance" (Grandpa Jones) – 3:18
10. "Texas Gales" (Molly O'Day) – 1:30
11. "The Lawson Family Murder" (Walter "Kid" Smith) – 2:36
12. "Alabama Bound" (Traditional) – 2:47

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, banjo, vocals
• Merle Watson – guitar, banjo
• Eric Weissberg – bass

Production notes

• Jack Lothrop – producer
• Clalude Karczmer – engineer
• Bill Vernon – liner notes