Doc's the Man. Always has been. Happy birthday indeed.

Last week on CBC radio this so-called musicologist Adrian Shumann (who has probably never seen a steel-string guitar in his sheltered life) managed to confuse the identities of Doc Watson, Merle Watson and Merle Travis in a kind of three-way switch. I sent him a sternly-worded e-mail requesting a correction--and god knows he has a lot to answer for! Didn't know it was so timely. Any Canadian--Ontario types, if you listen to Fresh Air early Sunday morning on CBC Radio One, (6:30, ouch) check it out this week.

Yours for accuracy in radio...
Willie-O

P.S. Jack Lawrence is considerably more than a journeyman guitarist. He's Doc's second guitarist, so obviously no slouch...