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Post #535898 by Babalu on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 10:18 PM

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Whoa! Some most excellent feed back :up: I'm kinda shocked really :) I wasn't expecting that.

Your right, there are many good people still keeping these sounds alive (Go Wayne the Train!)...Like Willie (mentioned above), Doc Watson is a living legend. Blind at birth, Doc's play goes way back. He and his son Merle (not in this linked video) played on stage together everywhere. Merle was extremely talented in his own right. Unfortunately, Merle was killed on the family farm by a tractor a I believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdUrg2Cqxdw&feature=related