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The people playing with the Dirt Band are near-legendary--Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Earle and Randy Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, and so on. Vassar Clements, whose fiddling steals the show almost whenever he appears, reveals the clear distinction between a virtuoso fiddler and a fiddler who just moves...
DAVID L TRAVIS
Doc's style grows naturally from an Appalachian bluegrass tradition. He has mastered not only breathtaking exhibitions of flat-picking, but also a remarkable finger-picking technique, using his thumb to play a moving bass-a style he picked up from Merle Travis (after whom Merle Watson is named). His...
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS of the concert included Merle Travis's "Deep River Blues," which gave Doc a chance to show off his finger-picking expertise. "He Had a Long Chain On," a ballad adapted from a Civil War legend, reemphasized his wide-ranging skills in vocal interpretation and the historical lines...
Treated were: Travis Cook, the Business School student, for injuries to the left leg and right hip; Ingrid Carlson of Tufts, for skull injuries; Nancy Rowe, also from Tufts, for chin and forehead lacerations and contusions; and Joan Synansvich of Tufts for a fractured left leg.