Kit Watson’s music springs from a deeply felt emotional commitment to the American blues and English folk traditions.
His first album, Footprints, reflects the influences of Bob Dylan and Martin Carthy on his work, and contains his own composition about the mysterious death of Brian Jones entitled Elmo’s Blues.
Kit’s second album, Nashville Crossing explores the Country Music aspect of Kit’s work, and includes highly atmospheric fiddle playing by Jan Land with inventive percussion from Dave Church.
FOOTPRINTS
1 Quit your Lowdown Ways (Dylan) 2:41 2 Fixin' to Die (Bukka White) 3:03 3 In My Time of Dyin' (Trad. Arr. K. Watson) 2:22 4 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Lemon Jefferson) 4:01 5 Percy's Song (Dylan) 4:31 6 Hollis Brown (Dylan) 4:29 7 Tomorrow is Such a Long time (Dylan) 3:04 8 Waitin' for a Train (Rogers) 2:31 9 Seven Curses (Dylan) 3:11 10 Elmo's Blues (K. Watson) 4:02 11 The Ballad of Emmet Till (Dylan) 5:24 12 Tonight I'll Be Stayin' Here With You (Dylan) 2:10 13 Song to Woody (Dylan) 3:26 14 Eternal Circle (Dylan) 1:47
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NASHVILLE CROSSING
1 Hillbilly Music Ernest Tubbs 2:33 2 White Line Fever Merle Haggard 2:15 3 Lonesome Cold Wind Ron Stewart & Brendan McCameron 2:52 4 I Wanna Live & Love Always Trad. Arr. Kit Watson 2:38 5 Kind-Hearted Woman Robert Johnson 2:50 6 Our Little Town Greg Brown 3:57 7 Mr. Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker 4:50 8 Didn't He Ramble Will Handy Arr. Kit Watson 2:02 9 Hickory Wind Gram Parsons & Bob Buchanan 2:46 10 Nothin' But the Wheel John Scott Sherrill 4:13 11 Sugar Mountain Neil Young 3:17
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