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    • Mar 2, 1923
    Doc Watson is born in Deep Gap, North Carolina. A blind acoustic guitarist, he joins The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on its album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and collects seven Grammy awards
    Jan 25, 1964
    Bill Monroe performs "Uncle Pen" and "Mule Skinner Blues" on ABC's "Hootenanny," which also features Doc Watson, Homer & Jethro and The Geezinslaw Brothers
    Aug 11, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band records with Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Merle Travis at Nashville's Woodland Sound. The day's output includes the title track for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Oct 2, 1972
    United Artists releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The project features Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Junior Huskey, Norman Blake and Bashful Brother Oswald
    May 25, 1973
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band earns its first gold album from the RIAA, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The two-record set features guests Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, Junior Huskey and Bashful Brother Oswald
    Mar 2, 1974
    Doc Watson wins Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording, for the album "Then And Now," during the 16th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
    Mar 1, 1975
    Merle Watson & Doc Watson win Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording, for the album "Two Days In November," during the 17th annual Grammy Awards at the Uris Theater in New York
    Nov 16, 1975
    "Banjoman," a full-length movie celebrating the career of Earl Scruggs, premieres at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Also featured: The Byrds, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Merle Watson, David Bromberg, Tracy Nelson and Ramblin' Jack Elliott
    Jun 28, 1978
    "Convoy," a movie based on C.W. McCall's hit, opens in theaters with Kris Kristofferson starring. The soundtrack includes Crystal Gayle, Billie Jo Spears, Doc Watson, Merle Haggard, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, Gene Watson and Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Jul 7, 1979
    Barbara Mandrell and The Oak Ridge Boys are booed off stage in favor of more traditional acts Roy Clark and Doc Watson at the first Montreux Country Festival in Switzerland. Irby Mandrell calls the crowd "a bunch of barbarians"
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