The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968

The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
Greatest hits album by Doc Watson
Released	April 20, 1999
Genres	Folk, blues
Length	1:04:18
Label	Vanguard
Doc Watson chronology
Third Generation Blues (1999) The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 (1999) Foundation (2000)

The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968 is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artist Doc Watson, released in 1999. It contains tracks from Watson's early years on the Vanguard label plus four previously unreleased tracks.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Muskrat"	Merle Travis Sydna "Tex Ann" Nation Harold Hensley	2:49
2.	"Country Blues"	Dock Boggs	3:28
3.	"Rising Sun Blues"	Traditional	4:13
4.	"Tennessee Stud"	Jimmy Driftwood	3:34
5.	"Down in the Valley to Pray"	Traditional	1:59
6.	"Dill Pickle Rag"	Charles L. Johnson	1:21
7.	"Otto Wood the Bandit"	Walter "Kid" Smith	3:12
8.	"Windy and Warm"	John D. Loudermilk	2:11
9.	"Little Sadie"	Traditional	1:56
10.	"Blue Railroad Train"	Alton Delmore Rabon Delmore	2:41
11.	"Omie Wise"	Traditional	4:24
12.	"Intoxicated Rat"	Dorsey M. Dixon Wade Mainer	2:28
13.	"Tom Dooley"	Traditional	3:13
14.	"Alberta"	Huddie Ledbetter	2:40
15.	"Beaumont Rag"	Traditional	1:36
16.	"Shady Grove"	Traditional	2:55
17.	"My Rough and Rowdy Ways"	Elsie McWilliams Jimmie Rodgers	2:28
18.	"The Train That Carried My Girl from Town"	Traditional	3:43
19.	"Black Mountain Rag"	Leslie Keith	1:43

Previously unreleased tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
20.	"Grandfather's Clock"	Henry Clay Work	3:19
21.	"The Cyclone of Rye Cove"	Maybelle Carter Sara Carter A. P. Carter	3:10
22.	"Doc's Guitar"	Doc Watson	1:23
23.	"Crawdad Hole"	Traditional	3:52
Total length:			1:04:18

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Merle Watson – guitar, banjo