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    • Jul 28, 2003
    PBS' "Great Performances" features bluegrass masters Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs and Doc Watson under the banner "The Three Pickers." Alison Krauss plays fiddle on three songs. Music during the night includes "What Would You Give In Exchange?," "Down On The Banks Of The Ohio" and "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms"
    Nov 26, 2003
    Doc Watson has a minor role as the movie "The Cooler" opens in American theaters. The Las Vegas tale features William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Paul Sorvino and 'N Sync member Joey Fatone
    Jan 12, 2006
    The Carter Family's "Keep On The Sunny Side," Doc Watson's "Black Mountain Rag" and The Weavers' "Goodnight Irene" are announced as new entries in the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with music by Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, The Miracles, B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix
    Apr 11, 2006
    The Library of Congress adds 50 titles to the National Recording Registry, including two key country-related projects: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and the 1952 "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Feb 11, 2007
    Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson win Best Country Instrumental Performance, for "Whiskey Before Breakfast," during the 49th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
    Jun 13, 2008
    Dolly Parton, Earl Scruggs and The Carter Family are inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, along with fiddler Tommy Jarrell, Doc Watson and bluegrass manager Ralph Rinzler
    Oct 7, 2010
    Donna Fargo, Doc Watson and songwriter Don Schlitz enter the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in Kannapolis in the same class as George Hamilton IV, Andy Griffith, Curly Seckler and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
    Oct 28, 2010
    Merle Travis ranks #16 on the Gibson.com countdown of the Top 50 Acoustic Guitarists of All-Time. Others unveiled: Leo Kottke, #11; Doc Watson, #12; Joni Mitchell, #13; Paul Simon, #18; and Ry Cooder, #20
    Mar 1, 2012
    Blooming Twig publishes "Blind But Now I See: The Biography Of Music Legend Doc Watson," written by Kent Gustavson
    May 24, 2012
    Guitarist Doc Watson undergoes colon surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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