Glimpse of hunting pouch/horn at Doc Watson residence

[EricEwing]

Only for a few seconds, but thought someone else might like this.
from a BBC documentary  "3 days with Doc Watson".  Around the 25:44 mark, a glimpse of hunting pouch and horn on the wall along with a few other items. Doc was blind from early childhood so I doubt it belonged to him...

[mr. no gold]

Fun stuff! If you look behind grandpa when he and the lady are dancing, there appears to be a long rifle on the top of the rack. A banjo hangs down below that somewhat. So, must be the whole outfit. Thanks for btinging us to the party.
Dick

[Bible Totin Gun Slinger]

THANK you for posting that.

[Marcruger]

I copied this image of the Watson family horn below off the video.  I am sorry it isn't better, but pictures from video aren't always the best.

For you North Carolina horn folks, what do you think?  It looks to me to be of the NC sort.  Convex base plug.  Looks like large headed tacks around base.  The dark band are what?  Horn color or witness marks that bands were once on it?  I cannot tell how the strap is held.  I would guess a knob, but the strap seems to attach off-center.  Maybe a staple? 

Best wishes,   Marc

[Vomitus]

     Wow! what a great musician and lyricist! (I'm not much of a bluegrass guy)...but this guy was GREAT!

[Bob Roller]

If you like good bluegrass music,type in "Call me the breeze"by Eddie Adcock.
Eddie and his wife Martha are friends and his banjo playing is something to hear.
If you like a potent mandolin,type in "The inimitable John Duffey".Hit the "Search"
button and enjoy these guys.Eddie and Martha will be having their evening meal with us on 10 May
and then go to the Mountaineer Opry House for a concert.

Bob Roller

[RonC]

Doc Watson was a wonderful musician who transcended playing styles. He could do Bluegrass, Old Time, Folk, Country - anything he did was well done.

I must agree with Bob Roller about Eddie and Martha Adcock. They not only are fine musicians, but also fine people. When I lived in Charlottesville, VA many years ago, I told Eddie Adcock that I had a crush on his wife, Martha. He took it well and didn't clobber me with his banjo.
There is a video on Youtube of Eddie having electrodes placed in his brain while he plays the banjo. When they had the right spot for the electrical stimulation, his tremors stopped and he could play. If they moved the electrodes slightly, he couldn't play. The video is really quite dramatic.

Oh, and I have to confess to being a Bluegrass banjo player. I do it for fun, not a profession. (There goes my reputation! )
Ron

[Bob Roller]

Eddie Adcock has been called
The Bionic Banjo Player"after that implant.
We plan to see Eddie and Martha on the 10th
of this month when they stop here for a visit with
us at our son and daughter in laws home for a
rest and a good meal.
They travel in a restored 1990 Chevy Cavalier
and I have been trying to get them to find a
low mileage Lincoln Town car.Our Town Car does
27 MPG in quiet,roomy comfort and the Cavalier
does about the same with all the comforts of a
small town jail.Eddie looked at ours closely the last
time they were here but made no comment.

Bob Roller

[Mike R]

Thanks for that posting.  My wife [now] and I had the great luck of meeting Doc years ago when we were in college.  He gave a one man concert at Penn State back in the 60s and almost no one showed up!!! about a dozen of us crowded around him and made as much noise as we could because we were embarassed that so few attended. What a great performance it was and a lasting memory for us.

[EricEwing]

Thanks for that posting.  My wife [now] and I had the great luck of meeting Doc years ago when we were in college.  He gave a one man concert at Penn State back in the 60s and almost no one showed up!!! about a dozen of us crowded around him and made as much noise as we could because we were embarassed that so few attended. What a great performance it was and a lasting memory for us.

I know the feeling. I've always liked a lot of music that would considered relatively obscure to the average person and had the opportunity to see a lot of live music in my 20's.
I first heard Doc Watson when my mom picked up the CD "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band when I was about 13 or 14. It has Doc, Maybelle Carter, Jimmy Martin and others playing their old songs (note that Bill Monroe is conspicuously absent). Before that I hadn't heard too much of what you would call real old time bluegrass or country music. I liked it a lot. I wish I could have seen any of them live.
Anyway back to the pouch and horn. It seems like a very nice set, I wonder who made it, who used it, and where it ended up. I wonder if there are any more pictures of it out there.

[Bob Roller]

Will the circle be unbroken.The best version of that I ever heard was by
the Country Gentlemen from a 1961 Folkways album.John Duffey's mandolin
is ringing like a bell on this one.

Bob Roller