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Down South (album)

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Down South
Studio album by
Released1984
RecordedNorth Star Production, Todd, North Carolina
GenreFolk, country blues
Length31:53
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerMerle Watson
Doc Watson chronology
Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album
(1983)
Down South
(1984)
Pickin' the Blues
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Down South is a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1984. It has been reissued on CD by Rykodisc and Sugar Hill.

Track listing

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All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Solid Gone" – 3:02
  2. "Bright Sunny South" – 2:36
  3. "Slidin' Delta" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 2:03
  4. "Coal Miner's Blues" (Carter) – 2:30
  5. "Hesitation Blues" – 2:46
  6. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles C. Converse, Joseph M. Scriven) – 3:35
  7. "Fifteen Cents" – 2:28
  8. "Twin Sisters" – 1:39
  9. "The Hobo" – 4:18
  10. "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – 1:48
  11. "Hello Stranger" (Carter) – 2:17
  12. "Down South" – 2:35

Personnel

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  • Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
  • Merle Watson – guitar, banjo, slide guitar
  • T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
  • Buddy Davis – bass
  • Sam Bush – fiddle

Production notes

  • Produced by Merle Watson
  • Engineered and mixed by Carl Rudisill

References

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  1. ^ "Down South > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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