Memories is the title of a recording by Doc Watson

Doc Watson

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded...

, released in 1975. It was originally released as a double-LP

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 by Capitol Records. It peaked at No. 47 on Billboard

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 Country Albums charts and No. 193 on the Pop Album charts.

Guy Clark

Guy Clark

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 included a reference to Watson and his performance of "Columbus Stockade Blues" in the lyrics in his song "Dublin Blues": "I have seen the David, seen the Mona Lisa too, and I have heard Doc Watson sing Columbus Stockade Blues."

Sugar Hill re-issued Memories on CD in 1993. It has also been re-issued by Gott Discs.

Track listing

1. "Rambling Hobo" (Doc Watson) – 1:55
2. "Shady Grove
   Shady Grove (song)
   "Shady Grove" is an 18th-century folk song popular in the United States. It is a standard in the repertoires of folk, Celtic and bluegrass musicians. In most traditional versions, the melody is in a minor key...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2:42
3. "Wake Up, Little Maggie" (Gaither Carlton
   Gaither Carlton
   Gaither Wiley Carlton was an American Old-time fiddle player and banjo player. He is best known for his appearances accompanying his son-in-law Doc Watson during the folk music revival of the 1960s. While not recorded before the folk revival, Carlton had been playing with some of the region's...
   
   , Doc Watson) – 2:53
4. "Peartree" (Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson) – 2:21
5. "Keep on the Sunny Side" (A. P. Carter
   A. P. Carter
   Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter , best known as A.P. Carter, was an American musician and founding member of The Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music.-Life:...
   
   , Gary Garett) – 2:09
6. "Double File and Salt Creek" (Traditional) – 1:42
7. "Curly Headed Baby" (L. Leatherman) – 2:59
8. "Miss the Mississippi and You" (Bill Halley) – 3:42
9. "Wabash Cannonball
   Wabash Cannonball
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   " (A. P. Carter) – 3:03
10. "My Rose of Old Kentucky" (Bill Monroe
    Bill Monroe
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    ) – 2:40
11. "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore
    The Delmore Brothers
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    , Alton Glover, Wayne Raney
    Wayne Raney
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    ) – 2:51
12. "Walking Boss" – 2:24
13. "Make Me a Pallet" (J. Parish) – 3:02
14. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers
    Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
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    ) – 3:30
15. "Steel Guitar Rag" (Leon McAuliffe
    Leon McAuliffe
    Leon McAuliffe , born William Leon McAuliffe, was an American Western swing musician from Houston, Texas...
    
    , Cliff Stone, Merle Travis
    Merle Travis
    Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon"...
    
    ) – 1:58
16. "Hang Your Head in Shame" (Ed G. Nelson, Steve Nelson, Fred Rose
    Fred Rose (musician)
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    ) – 2:44
17. "You Don't Know My Mind Blues" (Samuel H. Gray, Virginia Liston
    Virginia Liston
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    , Clarence Williams) – 3:11
18. "Moody River" (Gary D. Bruce) – 2:36
19. "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" (Don Gibson
    Don Gibson
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    ) – 2:48
20. "Columbus Stockade" (Jimmie Davis, Eva Sagent) – 3:18
21. "Mama Don't Allow No Music" (Traditional) – 4:15
22. "Thoughts of Never" (Merle Watson) – 2:38

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar
  Guitar
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  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , banjo
  Banjo
  In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
  
  , vocals
• Merle Watson – guitar, banjo, dulcimer
  Appalachian dulcimer
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  , slide guitar
  Slide guitar
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  , steel guitar
• Joe Allen – bass
  Double bass
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• Sam Bush
  Sam Bush
  Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
  
   – fiddle
  Fiddle
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , vocals, harmony vocals
• Courtney Johnson – banjo
• Jim Isbell – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
• Joe Smothers – guitar, harmony vocals
• Chuck Cochran – bass, piano
  Piano
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  , organ
• T. Michael Coleman – bass, background vocals

Production notes

• Produced by Chuck Cochran
• Mastering by Larry Boden
• Re-mastering by Andrew Thompson
• Photography by Jim McGuire
• Design by Beverly Parker
• Art direction by Bob Cato
• Liner notes by Merle Travis and Chet Flippo
• Engineering and mixing by Garth Fundis