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Come Hear NC On Songs We Love: Doc & Merle Watson

WUNC | By Eric Hodge,
Brian Burns
Published April 26, 2019 at 9:00 AM EDT
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Doc & Merle Watson

We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. This week, Chatham County Line's Dave Wilson tells us why he loves 'Southbound' by Doc & Merle Watson.

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"It encapsulates everything about music in North Carolina, its got virtuosity, its got storytelling, its just an amazing folk sound that that father and son duo did."

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This weekend MerleFest will be taking place in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The "traditional plus" music festival is celebrating it's 32nd year with performances by The Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Chatham County Line, and lots more.

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Eric Hodge
Eric Hodge hosts WUNC’s broadcast of Morning Edition, and files reports for the North Carolina news segments of the broadcast. He started at the station in 2004 doing fill-in work on weekends and All Things Considered.
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Brian Burns is the WUNC music reporter
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