Deep Gap News

In this April 28, 2001 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson performs at the annual Merlefest at Wilkes Comunity College in Wilkesboro, N.C. Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at a hospital in ... (more)

WFMY-TV in North Carolina reports folk music legend Doc Watson died Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, where he was listed in critical condition last week after a fall in his home.

Doc Watson, right, and his son Merle brought their brand of country music out of the hollers of Deep Gap, N.C. during the folk revival of the 1960s, May 29, 1974 in Nashville.

Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson remained in critical condition on Friday but had regained some strength after undergoing colon surgery at a North Carolina hospital, according to his management team.

Master flatpicker Doc Watson was in critical condition Thursday at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week.

News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.

Operation Medicine Cabinet volunteers, including representatives from Boone Drug, Watauga County Sheriff's Office and the Watauga office of the N.C. Cooperative Extension, man a collection center at a previous event.

Jim and Sue Taylor are working to create KAMPN, a weeklong camp for children with autism and their families.

Mack Brown was a Southern gentleman known for his generosity and community spirit.

Yet another meth lab dump site was found in Watauga County on Thursday, making the third in three weeks.