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Doc Watson: Nicest Man in Show Business?

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Went with the family to see Doc Watson play at the Woodland Park Zoo last night. The zoo hosts concerts featuring some pretty great mid-level touring bands every summer on the North Meadow, and, since we live a block away, we go to most every show. It's a really kid-friendly scene; I think my son Søren was 4 days old when he saw his first show there (Suzanne Vega). Watson was great, as always, and the kids loved dancing to the familiar music.

At one point Watson fielded a request from the audience with what must be the most polite refusal since Bartleby worked as a scrivener. I'm paraphrasing:

"Well ma'am, thank you for making a request, but I've played that song about 3500 times with Merle, and probably 4000 times since. If it's alright with you I'd prefer not to play it tonight." Jeff Tweedy he ain't.

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