The Elementary Doctor Watson!


Elementary Doctor Watson! is a studio album by the American country music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1972.
It peaked at #44 on the Billboard 200 chart.

History

The Elementary Doctor Watson! is Watson's first album after leaving the Vanguard Records label for Poppy Records. It was the first of three successive Watson albums to be produced by Jack Clement. The next two won Grammy awards.
The cover art was created by one of Poppy Records' favoured artists, Milton Glaser, who also employed his font "Glaser Stencil" on the album's back cover.
Doc dedicated the song "Treasures Untold" to his wife Rosa Lee.
Sugar Hill records re-issued The Elementary Doctor Watson! on CD with four bonus tracks.

Reception

AllMusic's Jim Smith called the album "a great Sunday morning record, a genuine pleasure from start to finish."

Track listing

  1. "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" – 2:48
  2. "The Last Thing on My Mind" – 3:19
  3. "Freight Train Boogie" – 3:00
  4. "More Pretty Girls Than One" – 2:49
  5. "I Couldn't Believe It Was True" – 2:50
  6. "Summertime" – 3:25
  7. "Worried Blues" – 3:12
  8. "Interstate Rag" – 2:28
  9. "Three Times Seven" – 2:18
  10. "Treasures Untold" – 3:07
  11. :Reissue bonus tracks:
  12. "I'm Going Fishing" – 2:38
  13. "Little Beggar Man/Old Joe Clark" – 2:08
  14. "Frankie and Johnny" – 3:05
  15. "Old Camp Meetin' Time" – 2:08

Personnel

Production notes