# The Best Doc Watson Guitar Solos

> The 10 best Doc Watson guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Black Mountain Rag (1964), then Windy and Warm and Deep River Blues. Every video starts at the solo.

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Doc Watson turned fiddle tunes into flatpicked guitar showpieces and made the acoustic guitar a lead instrument in bluegrass and old-time music. His clean, rapid crosspicking and effortless Travis-style fingerpicking set the template every flatpicker since has studied.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Doc Watson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson), [Wikipedia - Doc Watson discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson_discography), [Wikipedia - Flatpicking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatpicking)

1. [Black Mountain Rag](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-black-mountain-rag/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964
2. [Windy and Warm](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-windy-and-warm/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1966
3. [Deep River Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-deep-river-blues/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964
4. [Doc's Guitar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-docs-guitar/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964
5. [Tennessee Stud](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-tennessee-stud/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1970
6. [Nashville Pickin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-nashville-pickin/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1967
7. [Big Sandy/Leather Britches](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-and-merle-watson-big-sandy-leather-britches/) — Doc & Merle Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1979
8. [Southbound](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-southbound/) — Doc Watson · solo by Merle Watson · 1966
9. [Sitting on Top of the World](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-sitting-on-top-of-the-world/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964
10. [Riding the Midnight Train](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-riding-the-midnight-train/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1986

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