Released 1967 Producer Jack Lothrop Label Vanguard Records | Length 35:22 Release date 1967 Genres Folk music, Country blues | |
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Ballads from Deep Gap
(1967) Strictly Instrumental
(1967) Artists Doc Watson, Merle Watson, Doc & Merle Watson Similar Merle Watson albums, Country blues albums, Other albums | ||
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Ballads from Deep Gap is the second studio album by American folk music artist Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1967. The title references the town Watson was born in — Deep Gap, North Carolina.
Contents
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- Travelin man doc watson s version from ballads from deep gap
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Two of the songs were co-written with fiddler Gaither Carlton, Doc's father-in-law.
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Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jim Smith wrote of the album "The largely overlooked Ballads from Deep Gap features a great song list and some of Doc & Merle Watson's best early playing."
Track listing
- "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" (Lester Flatt) – 2:49
- "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:28
- "The Wreck of the Old Number Nine" (Carson Robison) – 2:55
- "Gambler's Yodel" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 2:55
- "The Cuckoo" (Traditional) – 2:46
- "Stack-O-Lee" (Traditional) – 3:50
- "Willie Moore" (Traditional) – 4:00
- "Travelin' Man" (Traditional) – 3:28
- "The Tragic Romance" (Grandpa Jones) – 3:18
- "Texas Gales" (Molly O'Day) – 1:30
- "The Lawson Family Murder" (Walter "Kid" Smith) – 2:36
- "Alabama Bound" (Traditional) – 2:47
Personnel
Production notes
Songs
1Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms2:49
2My Rough and Rowdy Ways2:28
3The Wreck of Old Number 92:55
References
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