Arthel "Doc" Watson is one of the most beloved performers on the American music scene. Born and raised in the foothills of the GReat Smoky Mountains, Doc blends his Appalachian folk music roots with blues, country, gospel, and bluegrass to create his unique style and expansive repertoire. Doc has spent his lifetime making music and is considered by fans and critics to be one of the world's most accomplished traditional musicians. After dozens of albums, four Grammys, numerous awards and countless live performances, Doc remains a "national treasure," a true master of traditional guitar styles.

Doc Watson has been astonishing and delighting audiences for more than forty years, playing his flat top guitar with technical virtuosity and impeccable tone and timing. This DVD captures Doc in a special guitar workshop, teaching the most requested fingerpicking and flatpicking songs and instrumentals in his vast repertoire. Accompanied by some legendary musical friends, Doc provides an intimate look at the guitar technique, musical philosophy and fine musicianship for which he is known and loved throughout the world.

Learning guitarists will see and hear Doc's guitar playing slowed-down in close-up detail, with split-screen images to help you easily watch both his hands. With his characteristic good humor, his clear explanations and dazzling demonstrations, he'll soon have you playing his definitive arrangements of Deep River Blues, Bluebell, Southbound, Black Mountain Rag, Georgie, Way Downtown, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Blue Railroad Train, Windy And Warm, Beaumont Rag, East Tennessee Rag and The Cuckoo.