Soon before Willie Watson turned 18, he met God in an apple orchard. Or at the very least, he met there a man named Ruby Love, the older friend of a high-school buddy. Also, Love had an enormous Martin guitar and a seemingly bigger understanding of the American folk songbook. Watson, a high-school dropout from upstate New York’s Finger Lakes, was existentially thirsty. Furthermore, he was fast on his way to his first heartbreak and in a first band that didn’t take itself seriously enough. Then, in that magical apple orchard, Watson and Love sang those old songs together: “Worried Man Blues” and “Tennessee Waltz.”

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Oct 6, 2024

Willie Watson With Special Guest Jack Van Cleaf · Dakota

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