Down South (album)

Down South
Studio album by Doc Watson, Merle Watson
Released	1984
Recorded	North Star Production, Todd, North Carolina
Genre	Folk, country blues
Length	31:53
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Merle Watson
Doc Watson chronology
Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album (1983) Down South (1984) Pickin' the Blues (1985)

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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