Doc Watson (989 views)

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Arthel Lane Watson (3 March 1923 - 29 May 2012)
Vocal Range: E♭2 - A4

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{Album Ranges}
Doc Watson (1964): E♭2 - E4 - F4
Southbound (1966): E2 - D4 - G♯4
Home Again (1967): E2 - D4 - G4
What’s Up Doc? (1967): E2 - E4
Memories (1975): E2 - F♯4 - A4
Riding The Midnight Train (1986): A2 - F4

Significant High Notes:
A4 (“You Don’t Know My Mind Blues”)
G♯4 (“Curly Headed Baby”, “Never No More Blues”)
G4 (“Froggie Went-A-Courtin’”, “Good Old Mountain Dew” live 1981, “In The Jailhouse Now”)
F♯4 (“In The Jailhouse Now”, “Miss The Mississippi and You”, “Wabash Cannonball”)
F4 (“Deep River Blues”, “Highway of Sorrow”)
E4 (“Georgia Buck”, “In The Jailhouse Now”, “Liza Jane”, “Mama Don’t Allow No Music”, “Midnight on The Stormy Deep”, “My Rose Kentucky”, “Never No More Blues”, “Riding That Midnight Train”, “Summertime”, “Wabash Cannonball”, “You Don’t Know My Mind Blues”)
E♭4 (“Country Blues”, “Hang Your Head In Shame”, “Highway of Sorrow”, “House of the Rising Sun”, “Nashville Blues”, “Sittin On Top of The World”)
D4 (“Alberta”, “Down in The Valley to Pray”, “Fill My Way With Love”, “Georgia Buck”, “Good Old Mountain Dew” live 1981, “Greenville Trestle High”, “Highway of Sorrow”, “In The Jailhouse Now”, “Keep On The Sunny Side”, “Liza Jane”, “Midnight on The Stormy Deep”, “Miss The Mississippi and You”, “Muskrat”, “My Rose Kentucky”, “The Old Home”, “Riding That Midnight Train”, “St. James Hospital”, “Walking Boss”, “We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart”)
C♯4 (“Curly Headed Baby”, “Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles”, “F.F.V.”, “Georgie”, “In The Jailhouse Now”, “Little Omie Wise”, “Little Stream of Whiskey”, “Miss The Mississippi and You”, “Nashville Blues”, “That Was The Last Thing On My Mind”, “Tom Dooley”, “Wabash Cannonball”, “Way Downtown” live 1978, “Worried Blues”, “You Don’t Know My Mind Blues”)
C4 (“Am I Born to Die?”, “Born About Six Thousand Years Ago”, “Country Blues”, “Deep River Blues”, “Doc’s Talking Blues”, “Down in The Valley to Pray”, “Fill My Way With Love”, “Froggie Went-A-Courtin’”, “Greenville Trestle High”, “Hang Your Head In Shame”, “Highway of Sorrow”, “House of the Rising Sun”, “In The Pines”, “Intoxicated Rat”, “Keep On The Sunny Side”, “Mama Don’t Allow No Music”, “Matty Groves”, “My Rose Kentucky”, “The Old Home”, “Shady Grove”, “Sittin On Top of The World”, “Talk About Suffering”, “Tennessee Stud”, “Tom Dooley”, “Wake Up, Little Maggie”, “Walk On Boy”, “Walking Boss”, “We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart”, “What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul?”)

Significant Low Notes:
C3 (“Am I Born to Die?”, “Columbus Stockade”, “Country Blues”, “Deep River Blues”, “Fill My Way With Love”, “Froggie Went-A-Courtin’”, “Greenville Trestle High”, “Hang Your Head In Shame”, “Highway of Sorrow”, “House of the Rising Sun”, “In The Pines”, “Intoxicated Rat”, “Katie Money”, “Keep On The Sunny Side”, “Matty Groves”, “The Old Home”, “Shady Grove”, “Southbound”, “Talk About Suffering”, “Tennessee Stud”, “Wake Up, Little Maggie”, “Walk On Boy”, “Walking Boss”, “What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul?”)
B2 (“Alberta”, “Blue Railroad Train”, “Columbus Stockade”, “Curly Headed Baby”, “Down in The Valley to Pray”, “F.F.V.”, “Georgie”, “Good Old Mountain Dew” live 1981, “Hang Your Head In Shame”, “Little Darling Pal of Mine”, “Little Omie Wise”, “Little Stream of Whiskey”, “Make Me a Pallet”, “Miss The Mississippi and You”, “Moody River”, “Never No More Blues”, “Riddle Song”, “St. James Hospital”, “Summertime”, “That Was The Last Thing On My Mind”, “Way Downtown” live 1978, “Worried Blues”)
B♭2 (“Country Blues”, “Greenville Trestle High”, “Highway of Sorrow”, “House of The Rising Sun”, “Katie Money”, “Muskrat”, “Sittin On Top of The World”, “Wake Up, Little Maggie”, “Walk On Boy”)
A2 (“Alberta”, “Am I Born to Die?”, “Born About Six Thousand Years Ago”, “Call of The Road”, “Columbus Stockade”, “Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles”, “Froggie Went-A-Courtin’”, “Georgie”, “Greenville Trestle High”, “Hang Your Head In Shame”, “In The Jailhouse Now”, “I Row In On a Winter’s Night” live 1981, “Little Darling Pal of Mine”, “Little Omie Wise”, “Little Stream of Whiskey”, “Make Me a Pallet”, “Mama Don’t Allow No Music”, “Matty Groves”, “Riddle Song”, “St. James Hospital”, “Shady Grove”, “Southbound”, “Summertime”, “Talk About Suffering”, “Tennessee Stud”, “That Was The Last Thing On My Mind”, “Winter’s Night”, “You Don’t Know My Mind Blues”)
G♯2 (“Call of The Road”, “That Was The Last Thing On My Mind”)
G2 (“Alberta”, “Born About Six Thousand Years Ago”, “Doc’s Talking Blues”, “Froggie Went-A-Courtin’”, “Katie Money”, “My Rose Kentucky”, “Sing Song Kitty”, “Walk On Boy”)
F♯2 (“Little Darling Pal of Mine”, “I Row In On a Winter’s Night” live 1981, “Riddle Song”, “St. James Hospital”, “Tennessee Stud”, “Walk On Boy” Third Generation Blues version)
F2 (“Froggie Went-A-Courtin’”, “Intoxicated Rat”)
E2 (“Call of The Road”, “Columbus Stockade”, “Doc’s Talking Blues”, “Froggie Went-A-Courtin’”, “In The Jailhouse Now”, “Never No More Blues”, “Winter’s Night”, “Worried Blues”, “You Don’t Know My Mind Blues”)
E♭2 (“Sittin On Top of The World”)

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{Questionable Notes}
E2 (“Summertime”[1])
B♭1 (“Walk On Boy”[1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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