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mannish · 01-09-2003, 10:37 AM

Ok you don't really have to answer. Having seen them both up front first row
drooling like a wannabe guitar player. I can't really choose. I am glad I don't have to. I been listening to the 4 CD set DW Vanguard Years wow good stuff.
That danged Chet Atkins could play any style smile the whole time like it was no sweat.

Man he was terrific. I listen to Doc far more than I listen to Chet. Doc can inspire/influence me. Chet just makes me wanna put the guitar up.

I like Chet and Kophler playing together. I like the Chet & Lester recording,
I like the live Doc Watson & Merle Travis stuff also.

sd_smoker · 01-09-2003, 10:46 AM

I was listening to a Dan Crary album that features Doc Watson on one song. It was a song that Doc had heard as a kid on one of those old cylinder records (don't know what they're called). A guy named Whistlin Rufus had whistled this entire song and Doc transcribed it for guitar from memory. The track has Doc playing the first verse, and then Crary comes in. Two of the best guitarists ever playing on the same song. Very cool.

In case you couldn't tell, I choose Doc.

Aahzz · 01-09-2003, 10:58 AM

Two absolute masters. If I had to choose, I'd go for Doc, merely because his playing is more to my general taste. I'm on a big Doc kick lately....

7070 · 01-09-2003, 11:03 AM

I prefer Doc - saw him and Merle in concert once (John Hartford was also there)

BTW, Doc and Chet made an album together in 1979 that's pretty good - it was the only one they ever did together.

mannish · 01-09-2003, 11:09 AM

You know what is amazing, Doc being blind of course did all the electrical wiring of his home. It passed inspection and the power company or ???
wrote an article about it. It was years and years ago when he was much younger.

sd_smoker · 01-09-2003, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mannish

You know what is amazing, Doc being blind of course did all the electrical wiring of his home. It passed inspection and the power company or ???
wrote an article about it. It was years and years ago when he was much younger.

I'm not sure if that says something about Doc or the inspector!

That man is amazing!

pogophiles · 01-09-2003, 11:20 AM

I really admire Chet's playing but I'd rather listen to Doc...

"Lord there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud..."

01-09-2003, 10:37 AM	#1
mannish Herf God Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Springville, AL USA Posts: 15,792	Doc Watson or Chet Atkins Ok you don't really have to answer. Having seen them both up front first row drooling like a wannabe guitar player. I can't really choose. I am glad I don't have to. I been listening to the 4 CD set DW Vanguard Years wow good stuff. That danged Chet Atkins could play any style smile the whole time like it was no sweat. Man he was terrific. I listen to Doc far more than I listen to Chet. Doc can inspire/influence me. Chet just makes me wanna put the guitar up. I like Chet and Kophler playing together. I like the Chet & Lester recording, I like the live Doc Watson & Merle Travis stuff also.

01-09-2003, 10:46 AM	#2
sd_smoker Club Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: OKC Posts: 4,336	I was listening to a Dan Crary album that features Doc Watson on one song. It was a song that Doc had heard as a kid on one of those old cylinder records (don't know what they're called). A guy named Whistlin Rufus had whistled this entire song and Doc transcribed it for guitar from memory. The track has Doc playing the first verse, and then Crary comes in. Two of the best guitarists ever playing on the same song. Very cool. In case you couldn't tell, I choose Doc. __________________ "Personal charisma is a force that undermines institutions as often as it sustains them. Political institutions need the more reliable buttresses of tradition and duty. Mass emotionalism and celebrity-worship are hostile to any constitutional system."

01-09-2003, 10:58 AM	#3
Aahzz Club Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Union, KY USA Posts: 2,690	Two absolute masters. If I had to choose, I'd go for Doc, merely because his playing is more to my general taste. I'm on a big Doc kick lately.... __________________ I want music, sex, and cookies JLOH #42

01-09-2003, 11:20 AM	#7
pogophiles World Cup Champion Herf Meister Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Okefenokee Nashville, TN Posts: 7,636	I really admire Chet's playing but I'd rather listen to Doc... "Lord there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud..." __________________ Time marches on, you say? Ah, but no, It is not time, But we, who go.

01-09-2003, 11:03 AM	#4
7070 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,348	I prefer Doc - saw him and Merle in concert once (John Hartford was also there) BTW, Doc and Chet made an album together in 1979 that's pretty good - it was the only one they ever did together.

01-09-2003, 11:09 AM	#5
mannish Herf God Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Springville, AL USA Posts: 15,792	You know what is amazing, Doc being blind of course did all the electrical wiring of his home. It passed inspection and the power company or ??? wrote an article about it. It was years and years ago when he was much younger.