Doc Watson, Blind Guitar Wizard Who Influenced Generations, Dies at 89

By Michael Martinez CNN (CNN) — Doc Watson, the bluegrass music legend from Appalachia who was renowned for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the acoustic guitar, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, according to Mary Katherine

By Anna Oakes (anna.oakes@mountaintimes.com) Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson, an eight-time Grammy Award winner, National Medal of Arts honoree and recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship, died Tuesday, May 29, at Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem

The music world yet lost another legend this evening with the passing of guitar virtuoso Doc Watson, who was 89. The eight-time Grammy winner died shortly after 7:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in

The great guitarist Doc Watson, who started his career in a rockabilly band then found an appreciative audience playing at folk festivals, has died at age 89. Listen, relish, mourn: If you don't have any of his recordings, a good

Bluegrass legend Doc Watson has died following complications from colon surgery, according to CNN.com. He was 89. The North Carolina native was blinded shortly after birth, but was undeterred from becoming one of the