Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks good, moderate scuffing, creasing and surface impressions (front/back); surface abrasions near front top left/back top right. Inner-sleeve is original (UA ads); three seams partially split. Spine is somewhat readable with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge with significant wear along bottom edge. Some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of use and divots. (Top-right corner is cut.)
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson 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 fingerpicking and flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded. Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm. Merle was widely recognized as one of the best flat-picking and slide guitarists of his generation. MerleFest, one of the world's largest and most-prestigious folk music festivals, is held annually in Wilkesboro, NC and is named in his honor.