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    • Feb 27, 1980
    Doc Watson & Merle Watson win Best Country Instrumental Performance, for the track "Big Sandy/Leather Britches," during the 22nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
    Feb 24, 1987
    Doc Watson's "Riding The Midnight Train" wins Best Traditional Folk Recording during the 29th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
    Feb 22, 1989
    "A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly" wins the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Recording. Among its contributors: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Brian Wilson, Doc Watson, Little Richard, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris
    Feb 20, 1991
    The Doc Watson album "On Praying Ground" wins Best Traditional Folk Recording during the 33rd annual Grammy Awards in New York
    Sep 30, 1993
    Tanya Tucker, Doc and Merle Watson and Connie Smith are added to the Walkway of Stars at the Country Music Hall Of Fame
    Sep 29, 1997
    Guitarist Doc Watson is awarded a National Medal of Arts by president Bill Clinton at a White House event
    Nov 6, 1997
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band snares its first RIAA-certified platinum album, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," featuring Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Merle Travis, Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Doc Watson
    Oct 1, 2002
    Capitol releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III." Guests include Willie Nelson, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam, Alison Krauss, Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Emmylou Harris and others
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III" is the centerpiece of a PBS taping in Nashville for "Farther Along." Guests include Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, Taj Mahal, Doc Watson, Alison Krauss and Iris DeMent, among others
    Feb 23, 2003
    Doc Watson & David Holt win Best Traditional Folk Album, for "Legacy," during the 45th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York
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