# Doc Watson discography

Doc Watson's discography includes principal albums as a solo artist, as well as with his son Merle Watson, The Watson Family and as collaborator with other artists.

## Studio and live albums

| Year | Album | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Year | Album | US Country | US |
| 1964 | Doc Watson | | |
| 1965 | Doc Watson & Son | | |
| 1966 | Southbound | | |
| 1966 | Home Again! | | |
| 1967 | Ballads From Deep Gap | | |
| 1968 | Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal! | | |
| 1971 | Doc Watson on Stage (live) | | |
| 1972 | The Elementary Doctor Watson! | 44 | |
| 1973 | Then and Now | 44 | |
| 1974 | Two Days in November | | |
| 1975 | Memories | 47 | 193 |
| 1976 | Doc and the Boys | 41 | |
| 1977 | Lonesome Road | | |
| 1978 | Look Away! | | |
| 1979 | Live and Pickin' (live) | | |
| 1981 | Red Rocking Chair | | |
| 1983 | Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album | | |
| 1984 | Down South | | |
| 1985 | Pickin' the Blues | | |
| 1986 | Riding the Midnight Train | | |
| 1987 | Portrait | | |
| 1990 | On Praying Ground | | |
| 1990 | Songs for Little Pickers (live) | | |
| 1991 | My Dear Old Southern Home | | |
| 1992 | Remembering Merle | | |
| 1995 | Docabilly | | |
| 1999 | Third Generation Blues | | |
| 2002 | Legacy | | |
| 2002 | Round the Table Again (live) | | |
| 2017 | Bear's Sonic Journals: Never the Same Way Once (live) | | |

## With The Watson Family or The Doc Watson Family

| Year | Album |
| 1964 | Treasures Untold (live) |
| 1977 | Tradition (live) |
| 1990 | The Watson Family Archived 2012-05-18 at the Wayback Machine(1990 Reissue of Folkways 2366 from 1963. SFW40012 (Cassette, CD). |
| 1994 | Songs from the Southern Mountains (live) |

## Collaborations

| Year | Album | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Year | Album | US Bluegrass | US Country | US |
| 1961 | Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 1 (live) | | | |
| 1963 | Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 2 (live) | | | |
| 1967 | Old-Timey Concert (with Clint Howard and Fred Price) (live) | | | |
| 1967 | Strictly Instrumental (with Flatt and Scruggs) | | | |
| 1972 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken (with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | #1 | #4 | #8 |
| 1980 | Reflections (with Chet Atkins) | | | |
| 1990 | Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City Archived 2012-05-18 at the Wayback Machine(1990). Reissue of FA2426 from 1963. SFW40005 (Cassette, CD). | | | |
| 1993 | Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 (with Bill Monroe) Archived 2012-05-18 at the Wayback Machine(1993) SFW40064 (Cassette, CD). | | | |
| 1994 | Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962 Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine(1994) SFW40029 (Cassette, CD). | | | |
| 1997 | Doc & Dawg (with David Grisman) | | | |
| 1998 | Del Doc & Mac (with Del McCoury and Mac Wiseman) | | | |
| 2003 | The Three Pickers (with Earl Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs) | 2 | 24 | 179 |

## Compilations

| Year | Album | Chart positions |
| Year | Album | US Bluegrass |
| 1973 | The Best of Doc Watson | |
| 1973 | The Essential Doc Watson | |
| 1983 | Favorites | |
| 1994 | Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962 | |
| 1995 | The Vanguard Years | |
| 1996 | Watson Country | |
| 1996 | Then and Now/Two Days in November | |
| 1997 | Elementary Doctor Watson!/Then and Now | |
| 1998 | Home Sweet Home | |
| 1999 | The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968 | |
| 2000 | Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964–1998 | |
| 2001 | Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City (live) | |
| 2002 | Then and Now/Two Days in November | |
| 2002 | 14 Fabulous Tracks | |
| 2002 | Lonesome Road/Look Away! | |
| 2002 | Songs from Home | |
| 2003 | Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection | |
| 2003 | Doc and the Boys/Live and Pickin' | |
| 2003 | Tennessee Stud | |
| 2004 | Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues | |
| 2006 | Black Mountain Rag | |
| 2007 | Vanguard Visionaries | |
| 2008 | Americana Master Series: Best of Doc Watson | |
| 2013 | The Definitive Doc Watson | 13 |

## Singles

| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
| 1973 | "Bottle of Wine" (with Merle Watson) | 71 | Then and Now |
| 1978 | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (with Merle Watson) | 88 | Look Away! |