In this March 15, 2000 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C. (AP Photo/Karen Tam, File)
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In this April 28, 2001 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson performs at the annual Merlefest at Wilkes Comunity College in Wilkesboro, N.C. Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to a hospital spokeswoman and his management company. He was 89. (AP Photo/Alan Marler, File)
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In this July 24, 1963 file photo, Doc Watson, center, performs with the Watson Family on the opening night of the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I. Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to a hospital spokeswoman and his management company. He was 89. (AP File Photo)
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Richard Watson, top, hands his grandfather Doc Watson, a guitar pick, as the two play on the back porch of Doc's home in Deep Gap, N.C., March 15, 2000. (AP Photo/Karen Tam)
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Legendary bluegrass guitarist Doc Watson, left, and his grandson, Richard Watson, practice Wednesday March 15, 2000, on the back porch of Watson's home in Deep Gap, N.C.
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President and Mrs. Clinton present bluegrass performer Doc Watson of Deep Gap, N.C. with a 1997 National Medal of Arts award, Monday Sept. 29, 1997 at the White House. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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