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ATDrake · 11-21-2014, 06:37 AM

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson by musician and former university professor Kent Gustavson (Wikipedia), his biography of the late Grammy Award-winning and National Medal of Arts recipient Doc Watson (Wikipedia), who I found out was a very important & influential Appalachian/bluegrass musician indeed from MR members who were themselves guitar players when this book previously popped up free a couple of years back, so it's nice to see it come around free again (although it's kind of too bad that remaining KDP Select exclusive-or-else means that average people who shop from other stores will likely never see it in a form they can easily use without having to learn how to use "the tools").

Anyway, originally out from small press Blooming Twig in 2010, and the author's Wikipedia entry says that this "won the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award for best biography and was a finalist in the 2010 book of the year awards presented by ForeWord Magazine."

Before his death at the age of 89, Doc Watson was the true voice of Appalachian music. After being discovered in 1960 by folklorist Ralph Rinzler, the blind guitarist graced thousands of American stages with his down-home wit, deep knowledge of traditional songs, and his blistering flatpicking guitar. Over 52 years in the music business, Doc influenced every musician with a pulse, from Bob Dylan to Jerry Garcia, and from Gillian Welch to Pete Seeger.

11-21-2014, 06:37 AM	#234
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon: Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson by musician and former university professor Kent Gustavson (Wikipedia), his biography of the late Grammy Award-winning and National Medal of Arts recipient Doc Watson (Wikipedia), who I found out was a very important & influential Appalachian/bluegrass musician indeed from MR members who were themselves guitar players when this book previously popped up free a couple of years back, so it's nice to see it come around free again (although it's kind of too bad that remaining KDP Select exclusive-or-else means that average people who shop from other stores will likely never see it in a form they can easily use without having to learn how to use "the tools"). Anyway, originally out from small press Blooming Twig in 2010, and the author's Wikipedia entry says that this "won the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award for best biography and was a finalist in the 2010 book of the year awards presented by ForeWord Magazine." Before his death at the age of 89, Doc Watson was the true voice of Appalachian music. After being discovered in 1960 by folklorist Ralph Rinzler, the blind guitarist graced thousands of American stages with his down-home wit, deep knowledge of traditional songs, and his blistering flatpicking guitar. Over 52 years in the music business, Doc influenced every musician with a pulse, from Bob Dylan to Jerry Garcia, and from Gillian Welch to Pete Seeger. Last edited by ATDrake; 11-21-2014 at 06:41 AM.