When I was 18 yrs old I was at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention in Nashville Tennessee. I was walking down a hallway and heard this unreal guitar playing coming from a room with the door cracked open. I peeped inside and it was Doc Watson. I walked in and said hi. He was very polite and started talking to me as if he knew me. He was waiting for someone to come and get him when it was time for him to perform. I remember he was playing Windy and Warm. I told him how much I loved that song. He asked me if I had a guitar with me. I told I did I had put it by the door when I walked in. He told me to grab it and he would teach it to me. He liked the idea of a young guy wanting to learn folk and bluegrass. I jumped up like a rocket and ran to my guitar. He taught me Windy and Warm with total patience. He was so nice and down to Earth. After we had been playing for a little bit another guy walked in carrying a guitar case. He said hi to Doc and Doc called him by name so he knew this guy. The man put the guitar case down and opened it. Inside was a custom made guitar that was an exact duplicate of Jimmy Rodger's guitar. Doc picked it up and told me that the guy had made it for him. Doc hit a licks and strummed a few chords and commented on how nice it was. Then he started changing the strings. He told me he always changed the strings on a new guitar. He didn't explain why but he said he always did on all of his guitars. He took off the Big E string and I couldn't resist I asked him if he was going to throw it away. He said he was so I asked if I could have it as a keepsake from the day. He laughed and said sit was fine with him. He said I could have them all if I wanted but by this time others were in the room and they made a grab for the rest. I did get the Big E string and a song. I am 35 now and I still play Windy and Warm all the time. I think of Doc and that day everytime I play it. I recently started recording a CD and Windy and Warm was the first song I put down for the CD. I love the song but after that it took on a whole new level of fondness for me.