MerleFest Live! CD - 2002

To celebrate the festival's 15th anniversary, a collection of some of the best acoustic musicians in the world took the Watson Stage on Saturday night of MerleFest 2002 for Doc's 15th Anniversary Jam. The musical collaborations of this jam, featuring Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Patty Loveless, Allison Krauss, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglass, Tim O'Brien, Blue Highway, Chris Thile, John Cowan, Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, and more has been beautifully captured and presented on this CD. Nowhere else can Americana music fans enjoy the kinds of unique musical performances presented here. If you love Americana music and the magical feeling that only roots music performed from the heart can create, you simply must own this!

Complete Play List:

They're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
Sam Bush - mandolin & vocal
Jon Randall - guitar & vocal
Byron House - upright bass
Chris Brown - drums

Midnight Moonlight
Peter Rowan - guitar & lead vocal
Tony Rice - guitar
Sam Bush - mandolin & vocal
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar
Byron House - upright bass
Larry Atamanuik - drums

Sittin' on Top of the World
Earl Scruggs - banjo & vocal
Gary Scruggs - bass & vocal
Glen Duncan - fiddle & vocal
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar
Albert Lee - electric guitar
Brad Davis - acoustic guitar
John Jorgenson - mandolin
Harry Stinson - drums

Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Doc Watson - guitar
Chris Thile - mandolin & lead vocal
Sara Watkins - fiddle & vocal
Sean Watkins - guitar & vocal
Byron House - upright bass

Freight Train Boogie
Doc Watson - guitar & lead vocal
Sam Bush - mandolin
Byron House - upright bass
Larry Atamanuik - drums
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar

Shady Grove
Doc Watson - guitar & vocal
Uwe Kruger - guitar
Jens Kruger - banjo
Joel Landsberg - resophonic bass

Sweet Georgia Brown
Doc Watson - guitar
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Sean Watkins - guitar
Chris Thile - mandolin
T. Michael Coleman - electric bass
Pete Wernick - banjo
Bill Pontarelli - clarinet
Larry Atamanuik - drums

Summertime
Doc Watson - guitar & vocal
Richard Watson - lead guitar

Patrick Meets the Brickbats
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar
Bryan Sutton - guitar
Viktor Krauss - upright bass
Larry Atamanuik - drums

Lonesome Pine
Jason Burleson - banjo
Rob Ickes - dobro (resophonic guitar)
Shawn Lane - mandolin & vocal
Tim Stafford - guitar
Wayne Taylor - upright bass & lead vocal

Shake Rattle & Roll
Doc Watson - guitar
Alan O'Bryant - vocals
T. Michael Coleman - electric bass
Sam Bush - electric guitar
Larry Atamanuik - drums
Bob Hill - keyboard
Bill Pontarelli - saxophone
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar

Mambo Banjo
Alison Brown - banjo
Mike Marshall - mandolin
Darol Anger - fiddle
Garry West - electric bass
John R. Burr - keyboard
Kendrick Freeman - drums

Leaving London
Doc Watson - guitar & lead vocal
Alan O'Bryant - banjo & vocal
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar
Jack Lawrence - guitar
T. Michael Coleman - electric bass

Amazing Grace
Doc Watson - guitar & vocal
Chris Thile - mandolin

A Good Woman's Love
John Cowan - vocals
Sam Bush - mandolin
Byron House - upright bass
Larry Atamanuik - drums
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar
Alan O'Bryant - banjo
Sean Watkins - guitar

Blue Moon of Kentucky
Doc Watson - guitar
Earl Scruggs - banjo
Alison Krauss - fiddle
Sara Watkins - fiddle
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Alan O'Bryant - harmony vocal
Byron House - upright bass
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar
Sam Bush - mandolin
Chris Thile - mandolin

A Mountaineer is Always Free
Tim O'Brien - mandolin & vocal
Kevin Burke - fiddle
Kenny Malone - percussion
John Williams - whistles
Dirk Powell - bass
John Doyle - guitar

You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Patty Loveless - lead vocal
Carmella Ramsey - fiddle
Sharon Richardson - fiddle
Thomas Britt - guitar
Pete Finney - steel guitar
Jimmy Johnson - bass
Martin Parker - drums
Joey Schmidt - keyboard

Banjo/Fiddle Medley
Doc Watson - guitar
David Holt - banjo
Brad Leftwich - fiddle
Jake Krack - fiddle

No Hiding Place
Doc Watson - guitar & vocal
Alan O'Bryant - banjo & lead vocal
Stuart Duncan - fiddle & vocal
Mike Compton - mandolin & vocal
Pat Enright - guitar & vocal
Dennis Crouch - upright bass

Doc's Medley
Doc Watson - guitar & lead vocal
T. Michael Coleman - electric bass & vocal
Joe Smothers - guitar & vocal
Bob Hill - keyboard & vocal
Richard Watson - guitar

Cora's Gone
Doc Watson - guitar & vocal
Jack Lawrence - guitar & lead vocal
T. Michael Coleman - electric bass

Cattle Call
Doc Watson - guitar
Wylie Gustafson - guitar & lead vocal
Byron House - upright bass

She's Gone Away
Doc Watson - guitar & vocal

Salt Creek
(Traditional)Doc Watson - guitar
Tony Rice - guitar
Sean Watkins - guitar

Careless Love
Doc Watson - guitar
Earl Scruggs - banjo
Byron House - upright bass
Sean Watkins - guitar

Paul and Silas
Earl Scruggs - banjo & vocal
Gary Scruggs - bass & vocal
Glen Duncan - fiddle & vocal
Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar
Albert Lee - electric guitar
Brad Davis - acoustic guitar
John Jorgenson - mandolin
Harry Stinson - drums