Doc Watson: 1923-2012

Master flatpicker Doc Watson talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C., on March 15, 2000, The Grammy-award winning folk musician, whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died on May 29, 2012, at a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to a hospital spokeswoman and his management company. He was 89.

Doc Watson performs at the annual Merlefest at Wilkes Comunity College in Wilkesboro, N.C., on April 28, 2001.

Doc Watson, center, performs with the Watson Family on the opening night of the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., July 24, 1963.

Recording artists Richard Watson (Doc's Grandson) T. Michael Coleman and Doc Watson perform at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2009, in New Orleans.

Recording artists T. Michael Coleman and Doc Watson perform at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2009, in New Orleans.

Recording artist Doc Watson performs at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2009, in New Orleans.

Recording Artist Doc Watson performs at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2009, in New Orleans.