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Wine Rambler Music Hour: Doc Watson

Posted by Julian 02 Jul 2009

Thought it'd be nice to have some music here from time to time, to go with all that wine.

And it's my great honour to have a real legend of american music open this segment: This charming little video captures the great folk musician Doc Watson in a guitar maker's workshop, obviously trying out a new instrument.

"Telling my troubles to my old guitar" is just a harmlessly swinging Chet Atkins tune. But in Doc's off-the-cuff-version, this becomes a little marvel of thumping guitar strings and stoic perfection.

And I dare say my co-rambler Torsten will enjoy the little hint of a yodel at the end.

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Wine music

Harmless? I think this is a marvelous example of how low-key is not harmless at all. And you are right about the yodel. Not much in music beats yodel.

Now that we are talking music, I just have to post this infamous song about Chardonnay. I am not saying it is great or anything and I would also like to warn you: you might not be able to get this out of your head anytime soon. Here goes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpIZClFeotc

Posted by Torsten on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 9:51 pm.

Easy to remember, true.

Someone kept singing it in our kitchen.

It's hard to imagine that there could be a good song about Riesling.
It's a shame.

Posted by Sabine on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 pm.

be careful

there is a song called "white Riesling" by A-Sides...

Posted by Torsten on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 11:34 pm.

Blurps and beeps

are not exactly what I call a song..

Posted by Sabine on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 11:27 am.

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