WATCH: MerleFest In Five Minutes
MerleFest is an annual "traditional plus" music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on the campus of Wilkes Community College.
Doc Watson
Legendary Musicians Share The Makings Of MerleFest
Over the years, MerleFest has become an annual homecoming for both music fans and the artists who perform there. Two of the musicians who return every year and who knew the Watsons well spoke with WFDD's David Ford about Doc, Merle, and the festival that bears his name.
Richard Watson, Guitarist and Grandson of Doc Watson, Dies
A member of one of North Carolina's first families of traditional music has died. Richard Eddy Watson died Monday.