Doc Watson is a great musician who plays North Carolina mountain music in a way that just seems to transcend the category. So much so that he has a global audience that may have never discovered such a music genre had he not made it accessible to the masses. He’s what they call a flat picker meaning that he holds a flat pick to create the lightening fast sound he was so well known for. Doc Watson went blind at 1 year old when he got an eye infection and it wasn’t treated. He loved music from an early age and went to great lengths to get a guitar so he could see if he could make a living at playing and writing. Indeed he succeeded. Doc Watson died at North Carolina hospital today at the age of 89 after suffering a fall earlier in the month. He died of complications while undergoing abdominal surgery. For more information on Doc Watson, visit; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson