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Here's the review I wrote for the Montreal Gazette...

DOC & RICHARD WATSON Third Generation Blues Sugar Hill

For four decades, Doc Watson has been one of the most influential singers and guitarists spanning the worlds of country, bluegrass and traditional folk music. For two of those decades, his collaborator was his guitar playing son Merle, who died in a 1985 tractor accident. Now Merle's son Richard takes up the coveted chair as his grandfather's second guitarist and he proves himself more than worthy to carry the Watson guitar mantle forward another generation. This album returns the good doctor to the classic sound of just voice, two guitars and a bass player, the sound that defined many of his best albums from decades past. Chesapeake bassist T. Michael Coleman, who played for many years with Doc and Merle, reprises that role here. The set is a typical program encompassing old country tunes, gospel and blues classics, folk songs and another beautiful version of Gershwin's Summertime. Doc Watson is rightly renowned for his incredible and always-tasty guitar playing, but I can also think of few vocalists who exude his expressive warmth. 9/10

Mike Regenstreif