''My Dear Old Southern Home'' is the title of a recording by

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artist

Doc Watson Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His ...

, released in 1991.

Reception

Writing for

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, music critic Thom Owens wrote of the album "For some fans, My Dear Old Southern Home will seem like it lacks Watson's signature guitar work, but it's a wonderful, warm listen"

Track listing

# "My Dear Old Southern Home" (Ellsworth Cozzens,

Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers ( – ) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Country Music", he is best known for his di ...

) – 2:22 # "The Ship That Never Returned" (

Henry Clay Work Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832, Middletown – June 8, 1884, Hartford) was an American songwriter and composer of the mid-19th century. He is best remembered for his musical contributions to the Union in the Civil War—songs documenting the ...

) – 3:15 # "Your Long Journey" (Watson, Watson) – 2:45 # "My Friend Jim" (Traditional) – 3:29 # "No Telephone in Heaven" (

A. P. Carter Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (December 15, 1891 – November 7, 1960) was an American musician and a founding member of the Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music. A.P. suffered from a tremor in his right h ...

) – 4:33 # "Dream of the Miner's Child" (Andrew Jenkins) – 2:51 # "Wreck of the Old Number Nine" (

Carson Robison Carson Jay Robison ( – ) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although his impact is generally forgotten today, he played a major role in promoting country music in its early years through numerous recordings and radio appear ...

) – 2:51 # "

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" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:50 # "Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me" (Jimmie Davis, Bonnie Dodd) – 3:44 # "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53 # "Signal Light" (Davis, Neal, Watson) – 2:48 # "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (

Gene Autry Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a Crooner ...

, Jimmie Long) – 4:20 # "Life Is Like a River" (Watson) – 2:46

Personnel

*Doc Watson – guitar, autoharp, harmonica, vocals *

Jack Lawrence Jack Lawrence may refer to: * Jack Lawrence (songwriter) (1912–2009), American songwriter * Jack Lawrence (artist) (born 1975), British comic book artist and animator * Jack Lawrence (bluegrass) (born 1953), American bluegrass guitarist * Jack Law ...

– guitar *

Sam Bush Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival. ...

– mandolin * T. Michael Coleman – bass *

Stuart Duncan Stuart Ian Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school ...

– fiddle, mandolin * Roy M. "Junior" Huskey – bass *Alan O'Bryant – harmony vocals *

Mark Schatz Mark L. Schatz (born April 23, 1955) is an American double bass, bassist, banjoist, mandolinist, acoustic guitar, guitarist, clogging, clogger, and Juba dance, hambone performer who has recorded on albums for and toured with artists including Be ...

– bass *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...

- dobro Production notes *Produced by T. Michael Coleman *Engineered by Bil VornDick

References

External links

Doc Watson discography
{{Authority control 1991 albums Doc Watson albums Sugar Hill Records albums