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    I don't remember exactly when I discovered Doc Watson and his flat-pickin' bluegrass music, but it was decades ago. They've been a joy to me ever since.
     Sadly, this virtuoso of the guitar, Arthel Lane Watson, died this week in a North Carolina hospital at age 89. The newspaper says he influenced guitarists around the world for a half-century and that he could play so fast that he actually intimidated some.
    . I believe that.
    .When Doc was playing a headlong romp like "Beaumont Rag," it was hard to believe a man's fingers could fly like that  But then, after just such a clap of musical thunder, he'd let down with a swingy tuneful bit like "Way Downtown" that would have you tapping your foot and singing right along:
           " Way downtown, foolin' around,
              Took me to the jail.
               It's oh me, and it's oh my;
               No one to go my bail."
     Some folks you'll always miss..