Home Again! (Doc Watson album)

Home Again! is the fourth studio album American folk music artist Doc Watson, released in 1966.

Home Again!
Studio album by
Released1966
GenreFolk, blues
Length40:17
LabelVanguard
ProducerRalph Rinzler
Doc Watson chronology
Southbound
(1966)
Home Again!
(1966)
Ballads from Deep Gap
(1967)

Two of the songs were co-written with fiddler Gaither Carlton, Doc's father-in-law.

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic      [1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder called the album "his most affecting folk-style record, with unexpectedly warm vocals matched to the quiet virtuosity of his playing... This album was a great showcase for Watson's voice — vaguely similar to but rougher-hewn than Burl Ives — which is often overlooked in the aura of his playing."[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Down in the Valley to Pray" (Traditional) – 2:01
  2. "Georgie" (Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson) – 2:48
  3. "The Old Man Below" (Carlton, Watson) – 2:07
  4. "Katie Morey" (Traditional) – 2:25
  5. "F. F.V." (Annie Watson, Watson) – 4:04
  6. "A-Rovin' on a Winter's Night" (Dolly Greer, Watson) – 3:25
  7. "Dill Pickle Rag" (Traditional) – 1:26
  8. "Sing Song Kitty" (Traditional) – 2:19
  9. "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" (Traditional) – 4:07
  10. "Pretty Saro" (Traditional) – 2:45
  11. "Childhood Play" (Alfred G. Karnes) – 2:00
  12. "Rain Crow Bill" (Henry Whitter) – 1:47
  13. "Matty Groves" (Dolly Greer, Doc Watson, Stewart Yonce) – 6:07
  14. "Victory Rag" (Maybelle Carter) – 1:44

Personnel edit

  • Doc Watson – guitar, 12-string guitar on track #7, vocals, banjo, harmonica solo track #12
  • Merle Watson – guitar
  • Russ Savakusbass

References edit

  1. ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Home Again! > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.