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Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival

North Wilkesboro, NC
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05/01/1988
New Grass Revival
78037
Set 1County Clair
Reach
Good Woman’s Love
Can’t Stop Now
I Can’t Stop Now
You Don’t Knock, You Just Walk On In
Set 2Dedication Of The Garden Of Senses In Memory Of Merle Watson
Garden Dedication
A Word From Pete Towns

Festival Band:
Song For Merle > Will The Circle Be Unbroken
CommentBand: Sam Bush, John Cowan, Bela Fleck, Pat Flynn

This is a little piece of history in the first year of Merle Fest, as the community honors the late Merle Watson.
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04/28/1989
New Grass Revival
Set 1County Claire
Calling Baton Rouge
Friday Night In America
Plant Your Fields
Revival
Do What You Gotta Do
When The Storm Is Over
Big Foot
No Woman No Cry
Roving Gambler
Singing The Blues
Get In The Wind
You Don’t Knock, You Just Walk On In
I Can’t Stop Now
Crowd, Band Intros
Encore:
Steam Powered Areoplane
– Enter Wayne Hayes and Doc Watson –
Tribute To Merle Watson
CommentBand:
Sam Bush – Mandolin, Fiddle
Béla Fleck – Banjo
Pat Flynn – Guitar
John Cowan – Bass

Guests:
Peter Rowan - Guitar
Wayne Hayes – Guitar
Doc Watson – Guitar
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05/01/1993
Seldom Scene
Set 1Sittin’ On Top OF The World
Raised by the Railroad Line
Hickory Wind
House Of The Rising Sun > Walk Don’t Run
Highway Of Pain
She More To Be Pitied
The Smell Of Cheap Whiskey And The Sound Of Goodbye
Lord Have Mercy On My Soul
Working On A Building
I Know You Rider

Encore:
House Of Gold

Enter Doc Watson & Wayne Hayes -
Tribute To Merle
CommentJohn Duffey – Mandolin
John Starling – Guitar
Mike Auldridge – Dobro
Ben Eldridge – Banjo
T. Michael Coleman - Bass
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05/01/1993
Midnight Jam
80724
Set 1- Tony Rice Unit -
Cold On The Shoulder
Salt Creek
Crazy Blues
Maiden’s Prayer
Instrumental
White Dove
Old Train
Nine Pound Hammer
- Peter Rowan Solo -
Before The Streets Were Paved
The Harvest
– Enter Victor Krauss, Tony Rice, Tim O’Brien –
Walls Of Time
On The Wings Of Horses
Meadow Green
Lowdown Blues
– Enter Tish Hinojosa, Marvin Dykehouse -
Leyerona (The Weeping Woman)
The Ranchita
- Exit Tish Hinojosa, Marvin Dykehouse
Enter Jack Lawrence, Jimmy Gaudreau
Howling At The Moon
- Exit Peter Rowan -
Instrumental
Enter T. Micheal Coleman, Mike Auldrigde, Moondi Klein
- Chesapeake -
Always On A Mountain
Columbus Stockade
Morning Blues
Black Jack Davey
- Exit Chesapeake -
CommentTony Rice Guitar
Wyatt Rice Guitar
Ronnie Simpkins Bass
Ricky Simpkins Fiddle
Jimmy Gaudreau Mandolin
Peter Rowan Guitar
Victor Krauss Bass
Tim O’Brien Mandolin
Tish Hinojosa Vocal
Marvin Dykehouse Guitar
Jack Lawrence Guitar
T. Micheal Coleman Bass
Mike Auldridge Dobro, Pedal Steel Guitar
Moondi Klein Guitar
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05/01/1993
Merle Watson Memorial Midnight Jam
Set 1Cold On The Shoulder
Salt Creek
Crazy Blues
Maiden’s Prayer
Instrumental
White Dove
Old Train
Nine Pound Hammer
- Peter Rowan Solo -
Before The Streets Were Paved
The Harvest
– Enter Victor Krauss, Tony Rice, Tim O’Brien –
Walls Of Time
On The Wings Of Horses
Meadow Green
Rocky Road Blues
– Enter Tish Hinojosa, Marvin Dykehouse -
Leyerona (The Weeping Woman)
The Ranchita
- Exit Tish Hinojosa, Marvin Dykehouse
Enter Jack Lawrence, Jimmy Gaudreau
Howling At The Moon
- Exit Peter Rowan -
Instrumental
Enter T. Micheal Coleman, Mike Auldrigde, Moondi Klein
- Chesapeake -
Always On A Mountain
Columbus Stockade
Morning Blues
Black Jack Davey
Comment
Tony Rice Guitar
Wyatt Rice Guitar
Ronnie Simpkins Bass
Ricky Simpkins Fiddle
Jimmy Gaudreau Mandolin
Peter Rowan Guitar
Victor Krauss Bass
Tim O’Brien Mandolin
Tish Hinojosa Vocal
Marvin Dykehouse Guitar
Jack Lawrence Guitar
T. Micheal Coleman Bass
Mike Auldridge Dobro, Pedal Steel Guitar
Moondi Klein Guitar
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05/02/1993
Tony Rice & Friends
Set 1Nine Pound Hammer
Orphan Annie
Salt Creek
On A Winters Night
Tabby On The Turnpike
Home From The Forrest
Cincinnati Rag
-Enter Peter Wernick-
Blue Ridge Cabin Home
Groundspeed
White House Blues
Cold On The Shoulder
Arkansas Traveler
Freeborn Man

Encore:
Blue Railroad Train
John Hardy
CommentBand:
Tony Rice Guitar
Sam Bush Mandolin
Jerry Douglas Dobro
Ronnie Simpkins Bass
Mark O’Connor Fiddle
Peter Wernick Banjo
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05/02/1993
Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg & Edgar Meyer
Set 1Intro
Why Don’t You Go Back To The Woods
Our Time
From Ankara To Izmir
Fiddle Tune Trio
Early Morning
Pushed Too Far
Through The Gates
Keep It Up > Prince Charlie
Open Arms
Emphysema Two Step
– Enter Maura O’Connell and Richard McLaurin –
Train From Sligo
Summerfly
unknown title
Helpless Heart
Crazy Dreams
I Don’t Know How You Do It But You Do
CommentJerry Douglas – Dobro
Russ Barenberg – Guitar, Mandolin
Edgar Meyer – Double Bass

Guests:
Maura O’Connell - Vocal
Richard McLaurin – Guitar
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05/02/1993
Crucial Country
Set 1- Sam & Jerry -

Sailin’ Shoes > Crossroads > Sailin' Shoes

– Enter Peter Rowan, Gene Libbea, Larry Atumaniuk -

Last Train
All On A Rising Day
Freedom Walkabout
Concrete Jungle

Encore:

- Chris Rowan, Peter Rowan and Lorin Rowan -

Lone Pilgrim

– Doc Watson & Wayne Hayes -

Tribute To Merle
festival farewell
CommentWatson Stage

In Order of Appearance:
Jerry Douglas – Dobro
Sam Bush – Mandolin, Fiddle
Peter Rowan – Guitar
Gene Libbea – Bass
Larry Atumaniuk – Drums
Chris Rowan - Vocal
Lorin Rowan - Vocal
Doc Watson - Guitar
Wayne Hayes - Guitar
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05/02/1993
Wayne Henderson & Friends
Set 1Instrumental
I Don’t Love Nobody (Nothing To It)
Hey Good Lookin’
Sally
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04/14/1994
Tim O'Brien
Set 1Church Steeple
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Hey Joe
A Perfect Place to Hide
Time To Learn
Smack Dab In The Middle
He Had A Log Chain On
Mark On Clogging, Fiddle tunes

- Enter Doc Watson -
California Blues
The Dream Of The Miner’s Child
- Exit Doc -

Hold To A Dream
CommentWatson Stage

Band:
Tim O’Brien – Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki
Scott Nygaard – Guitar
Mark Schatz – Bass
Jerry Douglas – Dobro
Mollie O’Brien – Vocals
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04/27/1996
Sam Bush
83631
Set 1Whayasay
Same Ol’ River
All Night Radio
Missippi Delta Home
Stringray
Spider John
Great Day To Be Alive
Ol' Joe Clark
Baton Rouge
One Night In Old Galway
CommentBand:
Sam Bush: Mandolin, Fiddle, Guitar
Bela Fleck: Banjo
Darrell Scott: Guitar
John Cowan: Bass
Larry Atumaniuk: Drums
Jerry Douglas: Dobro
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04/27/1996
David Grier
83256
Set 1East Tennessee Blues
Evening Prayer Blues
Midnight On The Water
Miller’s Reel
That’s Just Perfect
Soldier’s Joy
Commentwith Butch Baldassari
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04/27/1996
Doc Watson & Friends
83181
Set 1Tuning
I’m Going Back To The Old Home
Band Intros
Your Old Used To Be
Riding The Midnight Train
Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Doc’s joke about the trip to the doctor
Bay Blue Eyes
Sweet Heaven When I Die
Bluegrass Breakdown
Scotland
Tribute for Merle Watson - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

CommentBand:
Doc Watson – Guitar
Jack Lawrence – Guitar
T. Michael Coleman - Bass
Rolland White - Mandolin
Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Bela Fleck – Banjo
Peter Rowan - Mandolin
Sam Bush – Mandolin
Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
Richard Greene – Fiddle
Allen O’Bryant – Banjo
Wayne Hayes - Guitar
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05/02/1999
All-Star Jam
Set 1Way Downtown
Leather Britches
Florida Blues
Wild Bill Jones
Red Haired Boy
Big Sciota
Smith Chapel
John Hardy
Tribute to Merle Watson – Will The Circle Be Unbroken
CommentIn Order of Appearance:
Doc Watson – Guitar
David Holt – Banjo
Ralph Blizzard & The New Southern Ramblers
Mark Schatz – Bass & Clogging
Tim O’Brien – Mandolin, Fiddle
Todd Phillips - Bass
Chris Thile - Mandolin
Sara Watkins - Fiddle
Sean Watkins – Guitar
Sam Bush - Mandolin
David Grier – Guitar
Bill Matheson - Guitar
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