So I spent 2 hours yesterday in a little room of the old Cove Creek High School which it the home of the Doc and Merle Watson Folk Art Museum listening to Doc play for me and about 22 other people. The other gentleman in the photo is Joel Landsberg of The Kruger Brothers band who is in the lineup of people playing this weekend.
To get this shot, I crawled underneath the conference table and as you can imagine, had the best seat in the house. Doc didn't play his more popular songs like 'Shady Grove' but instead treated us to some humorous songs such as 'The Devil and My Wife', 'Don't Monkey around with my Widow When I'm Gone' and 'Freight Train Blues'.
It looks like I won't have an opportunity to listen to David Holt, Jeff Little, Wayne Henderson and friends play with Doc 'cause I just got assigned to cover the Highland Games on top of Grandfather Mountain. The games are a big deal, but come on...what would you like to do more, hear Doc sing or listen to hours of bagpipes while eating Haggis?
See Haggis recipe below:
1 Sheep's stomach, thoroughly cleaned
1 liver, heart and lights
1/2 lb beef fuet
1 onion
1 T salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne papper
1/2 tsp allspice
1 lb Oatmeal-slow cooking type
1 cup broth
This recipe makes enough to serve 6-10. If you really want the rest of the recipe, just email me.
