"Doc Watson: A Life in Music” by Eddie Huffman, University of North Carolina Press, 288 pages

In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's Blues Tent, he received a standing ovation before he began to play.

According to The Advocate’s John Wirt, although Watson was 86 years old, he demonstrated “masterful flat picking and finger style” guitar playing, and a voice that was “strong and true.” Chris Rose, of The Times-Picayune, praised Watson for “glorious acoustic blues, flavored with touches of bluegrass, gospel and old-time country."

This audience enthusiasm came from loyal fans Watson had attracted in Louisiana during the six previous times he had performed at Jazz Fest, going back to 1977. For two of these years, he shar

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