Down South (album) explained

Down South
Type:	studio
Artist:	Doc Watson, Merle Watson
Cover:	DownSouthWatson.jpg
Released:	1984
Recorded:	North Star Production, Todd, North Carolina
Genre:	Folk, country blues
Length:	31:53
Label:	Sugar Hill
Producer:	Merle Watson
Chronology:	Doc Watson
Prev Title:	Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Pickin' the Blues
Next Year:	1985

Down South is a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1984. It has been reissued on CD by Rykodisc and Sugar Hill.

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "Solid Gone" – 3:02
2. "Bright Sunny South" – 2:36
3. "Slidin' Delta" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 2:03
4. "Coal Miner's Blues" (Carter) – 2:30
5. "Hesitation Blues" – 2:46
6. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles C. Converse, Joseph M. Scriven) – 3:35
7. "Fifteen Cents" – 2:28
8. "Twin Sisters" – 1:39
9. "The Hobo" – 4:18
10. "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – 1:48
11. "Hello Stranger" (Carter) – 2:17
12. "Down South" – 2:35

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Merle Watson – guitar, banjo, slide guitar
• T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
• Buddy Davis – bass
• Sam Bush – fiddle

Production notes

• Produced by Merle Watson
• Engineered and mixed by Carl Rudisill

External links

• Doc Watson discography