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On this week’s encore edition of Mountain Stage you’ll hear from legendary flat picking guitarist Doc Watson. He performs a set of his longtime favorites, some of which are included in his 3-disc interview/performance collection “Legacy.” 

The show was recorded in Bristol TN/VA, the historic border town where in 1927, Ralph Peer recorded what would become the first successful country music songs of the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and the Stoneman family. Now the town is formally recognized as the Birthplace of Country Music.

This makes our Song of the Week, Watson singing Jimmie Rodgers’ “T For Texas,” all the more special.

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Also featured on the broadcast is Grammy Award-winning American folk artist David Holt. Holt performs a unique acoustic set with songs from his various releases, including “Daybreak in Dixie” off his album David Holt and the Lightning Bolts with part-time Lightning Bolts Laura Boosinger and Josh Goforth, who can also be heard later in the episode.

Also heard this week is Justin Townes Earle. He brings songs from his latest album Harlem River Blues. 

Irish-American singer-songwriter John Doyle takes the stage with his traditional Irish music. His latest, Exiles Return, is a collaboration with his former Solas partner, Karan Casey.

North Carolina’s own Laura Boosinger, and Texas musical ambassador to the world Bob Livingston join us as well.

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