When American slide guitarist Billy Cardine heard Nabanita Sarkar sing this old Bluegrass tune, he couldn’t believe his ears. Originally recorded by Jimmie Rodgers, another Bluegrass star who was one of Watson’s earliest influences, ‘Miss The Mississippi And You’ was released in 1932. In the song, ‘Miss The Mississippi And You’, Watson sings, “Roaming the wide world over / Always alone and blue, so blue / Longing for my homeland, muddy water shore / Miss the Mississippi and you,” and you can hear the ache in his baritone to return to his home after 300 days on the road, every year for 26 years of his life. He lived until 89 in Deep Gap, where he was born and was rendered blind at the age of two. The American guitarist, known for his flatpicking style, went on to win seven Grammys and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Bluegrass icon Doc Watson was a late bloomer, recording his first solo album when he was 41.
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