Carolina Quotes
By that time, he was a budding musician. I mean, he was coming along, just about to blossom out good. And he said, ‘Dad, it hurt my feelings, but go ahead and do it. Our career is at a low ebb right now, and it’ll get us heard in audiences where we’ve never been heard before.’ And it sure did. He had a lot of good sense. You have to think ahead in your career, and I let my hurt feelings override that.
Doc Watson Carolinian
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Telephone interview from his home in Deep Gap with David Hill, Westword, July 25, 2002
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