name	Windy
cover	Windy by The Association single cover.jpg
artist	The Association
from album	Insight Out
b-side	"Sometime"
released	1967
genre	Sunshine pop |
length	2:53
label	Warner Bros.
writer	Ruthann Friedman
last single	No Fair At All(1967)
this single	Windy(1967)
next single	Never My Love(1967)
misc	}}

name	Windy
artist	Wes Montgomery
from album	A Day in the Life
b-side	"Watch What Happens"
released	1967
format	7" single
genre	Jazz instrumental
length	2:20
label	A&M;/CTI
writer	Ruthann Friedman
this single	Windy(1967)
next single	Wind Song(1968) }}

"Windy" is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by The Association. Released in 1967, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of that year. Later in 1967, an instrumental version by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery became his biggest Hot 100 hit when it peaked at #44. "Windy" was The Association's second U.S. number-one, following "Cherish" in 1966.

According to rumor, the original lyrics by Ruthann Friedman were about a man and The Association changed them to be about a woman.

"There are many explanations of who Windy actually was in Ruthann's life. She would have you know, she being me, Ruthann Friedman, that none of them are true. Windy was indeed a female and purely a fictitious character who popped into my head one fine day in 1967...

During the recording session the Association members, sure that they were in the middle of recording a hit, called the song writer, me again, in to sing on the fade at the end. I can be heard singing a blues harmony as the song fades out..."

Session musician Hal Blaine was brought in to play drums.

Covers

Gary Lewis and the Playboys released the song in 1968 on their album, ''Gary Lewis Now!''

The band Betty covered the song on their 1996 album ''Limboland.''

Barry Manilow and The Association covered this song along with "Cherish" on the 2006 album ''The Greatest Songs of the Sixties''. This song was also recorded by Astrud Gilberto on her album ''Windy''.

In popular culture

A version of the song was used as the theme tune on the nightly ''Today'' program broadcast on Thames Television from 1968 to 1977.

On March 25, 2009, ''Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)'' featured this song in the episode "Everyone Knows It's Windy."

On June 6, 2010, television show ''Breaking Bad'', at the start of the episode "Half Measures" (season 3, episode 12), has Wendy the prostitute turning tricks at the Crossroads Motel to the sounds of "Windy."

References

Category:1967 singles Category:The Association songs Category:Gary Lewis & the Playboys songs Category:Barry Manilow songs Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

name	Wes Montgomery
landscape	Yes
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	John Leslie Montgomery
born	March 06, 1923Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
died	June 15, 1968Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
instrument	Guitar
genre	Jazz, soul jazz, crossover jazz, mainstream jazz, hard bop
occupation	Musician, songwriter
label	Riverside, Verve, A&M;
notable instruments	Gibson L-5 CES }}

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, Russell Malone, Emily Remler, Kenny Burrell, Pat Metheny, and Jimi Hendrix. DigitalDreamDoor named Montgomery the greatest jazz guitarist of all time.

Biography

Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He came from a musical family; his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone and piano), were jazz performers. The brothers released a number of albums together as the Montgomery Brothers. Although he was not skilled at reading music, he could learn complex melodies and riffs by ear. Montgomery started learning guitar at the relatively late age of 19, by listening to and learning the recordings of his idol, guitarist Charlie Christian. He was known for his ability to play Christian's solos note for note and was hired by Lionel Hampton for this ability.

Many fellow jazz guitarists consider Montgomery the greatest influence among modern jazz guitarists. Pat Metheny has praised him greatly, saying "I learned to play listening to Wes Montgomery's Smokin' at the Half Note." In addition, Metheny stated to the New York Times in 2005 that the solo on "If You Could See Me Now," from this album is his favorite of all time. Joe Pass said, "To me, there have been only three real innovators on the guitar—Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, and Django Reinhardt," as cited in James Sallis's The Guitar Players and in his Hot Licks instructional video. Kenny Burrell states, "It was an honor that he called me as his second guitarist for a session." In addition, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Jimi Hendrix, David Becker, Joe Diorio, Steve Lukather and Pat Martino have pointed to him numerous times as a great influence. Lee Ritenour, who recorded the 1992 album ''Wes Bound'' named after him, cites him as his most notable influence; he also named his son Wesley.

Following the early work of swing/pre-bop guitarist Charlie Christian and gypsy-jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, Wes joined Tal Farlow, Johnny Smith, Jimmy Raney, and Barney Kessell to put guitar on the map as a bebop / post-bop instrument. While these men generally curtailed their own output in the 1960s, Montgomery recorded prolifically during this period, lending guitar to the same tunes contemporaries like John Coltrane and Miles Davis were recording. While many Jazz players are regarded as virtuosos, Montgomery had a very wide influence on other virtuosos who followed him, and in the respect he earned from his contemporaries. To many, Montgomery's playing defines jazz guitar and the sound that learners try to emulate.

Dave Miele and Dan Bielowsky claim, "Wes Montgomery was certainly one of the most influential and most musical guitarists to ever pick up the instrument....He took the use of octaves and chord melodies to a greater level than any other guitarist, before or since....Montgomery is undoubtedly one of the most important voices in Jazz guitar that has ever lived-or most likely ever will live. A discussion of Jazz guitar is simply not thorough if it does not touch upon Wes Montgomery." (Jazz Improv Magazine, vol 7 # 4 p. 26).

"Listening to [Wes Montgomery's] solos is like teetering at the edge of a brink," composer-conductor Gunther Schuller asserted, as quoted by Jazz & Pop critic Will Smith. "His playing at its peak becomes unbearably exciting, to the point where one feels unable to muster sufficient physical endurance to outlast it." Wes received many awards and accolades: Nominated for two Grammy Awards for ''Bumpin''', 1965; received Grammy Award for ''Goin' Out of My Head'' as Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by Large Group or Soloist with Large Group, 1966; nominated for Grammy Awards for "Eleanor Rigby" and "Down Here on the Ground", 1968; nominated for Grammy Award for ''Willow, Weep for Me'', 1969. Wes' second album, ''The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery'', earned him Down Beat magazine's "New Star" award in 1960. In addition, he won the Down Beat Critic's Poll award for best Jazz guitarist in 1960, '61, '62,'63, '66, and 1967. (NPR.org, September 26, 2007).

Montgomery toured with Lionel Hampton early in his career, however the combined stress of touring and being away from family brought him back home to Indianapolis. To support his family of eight, Montgomery worked in a factory from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm, then performed in local clubs from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am. Cannonball Adderley heard Montgomery in an Indianapolis club and was floored. The next morning, he called record producer Orrin Keepnews, who signed Montgomery to a recording contract with Riverside Records. Adderley later recorded with Montgomery on his Pollwinners album. Montgomery recorded with his brothers and various other group members, including the Wynton Kelly Trio which previously backed up Miles Davis.

John Coltrane asked Montgomery to join his band after a jam session, but Montgomery continued to lead his own band. ''Boss Guitar'' seems to refer to his status as a guitar-playing bandleader. He also made contributions to recordings by Jimmy Smith. Jazz purists relish Montgomery's recordings up through 1965, and sometimes complain that he abandoned hard-bop for pop jazz towards the end of his career, although it is arguable that he gained a wider audience than for his earlier work with his soft jazz from 1965–1968. During this late period he would occasionally turn out original material alongside jazzy orchestral arrangements of pop songs. In sum, this late period earned him considerable wealth and created a platform for a new audience to hear his earlier recordings.

He didn't have very long to live to enjoy his commercial success, however; on June 15, 1968, while at home in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, he woke one morning, remarked to his wife that he "Didn't feel very well," and minutes later collapsed, dying of a heart attack within minutes. Montgomery's home town of Indianapolis has named a park in his honor. He is the grandfather of actor Anthony Montgomery.

Technique

According to Jazz guitar educator Wolf Marshall, Montgomery often approached solos in a three-tiered manner: He would begin a repeating progression with single note lines, derived from scales or modes; after a fitting number of sequences, he would play octaves for a few more sequences, finally culminating with block chords. He had little knowledge of scales or modes, let alone musical theory. He used mostly superimposed triads and arpeggios as the main source for his soloing ideas and sounds. .

The use of octaves (playing the same note on two strings one octave apart) for which he is widely known, became known as "the Naptown Sound". Montgomery was also an excellent "single-line" or "single-note" player, and was very influential in the use of block chords in his solos. His playing on the jazz standard Lover Man is an example of his single-note, octave- and block-chord soloing. ("Lover Man" appears on the Fantasy album ''The Montgomery Brothers''.)

Instead of using a guitar pick, Montgomery plucked the strings with the fleshy part of his thumb, using downstrokes for single notes and a combination of upstrokes and downstrokes for chords and octaves. Montgomery developed this technique not for technical reasons but for his wife. He worked long hours as a machinist before his career began and practiced late at night while his wife was sleeping. He played with his thumb so that his playing would be softer and not wake her. This technique enabled him to get a mellow, expressive tone from his guitar. George Benson, in the liner notes of the ''Ultimate Wes Montgomery'' album, wrote, "Wes had a corn on his thumb, which gave his sound that point. He would get one sound for the soft parts, and then that point by using the corn. That's why no one will ever match Wes. And his thumb was double-jointed. He could bend it all the way back to touch his wrist, which he would do to shock people."

He generally played a Gibson L-5CES guitar. In his later years he played one of two guitars that Gibson custom made for him. In his early years, Montgomery had a tube amp, often a Fender. In his later years, he played a solid state Standel amp with a speaker.

Recording career

Montgomery toured with vibraphonist Lionel Hampton's orchestra from July 1948 to January 1950, and can be heard on recordings from this period. Montgomery then returned to Indianapolis and did not record again until December 1957 (save for one session in 1955), when he took part in a session that included his brothers Monk and Buddy, as well as trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who made his recording debut with Montgomery. Most of the recordings made by Montgomery and his brothers from 1957–1959 were released on the Pacific Jazz label.

From 1959 Montgomery was signed to the Riverside Records label, and remained there until late 1963, just before the company went bankrupt. The recordings made during this period are widely considered by fans and jazz historians to be Montgomery's best and most influential. Two sessions in January 1960 yielded ''The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery'', which was recorded as a quartet with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath. The album featured two of Montgomery's most well-known compositions, "Four on Six" and "West Coast Blues."

Almost all of Montgomery's output on Riverside featured the guitarist in a small group setting, usually a trio (and always with his organist from his Indianapolis days, Melvin Rhyne), a quartet, or a quintet, playing a mixture of hard-swinging uptempo jazz numbers and quiet ballads. The lone exception, ''Fusion'', telegraphed his post-Riverside career: it was his first recording with a string ensemble. One of the more memorable sets involved a co-leadership collaboration with vibraphone virtuoso and Modern Jazz Quartet mainstay Milt Jackson, whom producer Orrin Keepnews has said insisted on a collaboration with Montgomery as a condition for signing a solo recording deal with Riverside.

In 1964 Montgomery moved to Verve Records for two years. His stay at Verve yielded a number of albums where he was featured with an orchestra—brass-dominated (''Movin' Wes''), string-oriented (''Bumpin''', ''Tequila''), or a mix of both (''Goin' Out of My Head'', ''California Dreamin''').

But he never abandoned jazz entirely in the Verve years, whether with a few selections on most of the Verve albums, or by such sets as 1965s ''Smokin' at the Half Note'' (showcasing two memorable appearances at the famous New York City club with the Wynton Kelly Trio) or a pair of albums he made with jazz organ titan Jimmy Smith, ''The Dynamic Duo'' and ''Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes''). He continued to play outstanding live jazz guitar, as evidenced by surviving audio and video recordings from his 1965 tour of Europe.

As a considered founder of the Smooth Jazz school the album "Bumpin'" (1965) represents a model from which many modern recording are derived: as the liner notes to the CD remaster issue note, after being unable to produce the desired results by the guitarist and orchestra playing together, arranger Don Sebesky suggested Montgomery record the chosen music with his chosen small group, after which Sebesky would write the orchestral charts based on what Montgomery's group had produced. Longer clips from all of the tracks on "Bumpin'" and other Wes Montgomery albums are found on Verve Records website.

By the time Montgomery released his first album for A&M; Records, he had seemingly abandoned jazz entirely for the more lucrative pop market, though as in his Verve period he played his customary jazz in small group settings in live appearances. The three albums released during his A&M; period (1967–68) feature orchestral renditions of famous pop songs ("Scarborough Fair", "I Say a Little Prayer", "Eleanor Rigby", etc.) with Montgomery reciting the melody with his guitar. These records were the most commercially successful of his career, but featured the least jazz improvisation.

Wes and Buddy, along with Richard Crabtree and Benny Barth, formed "The Mastersounds", and recorded "Jazz Showcase Introducing The Mastersounds" and a jazz version of "The King and I", both released by World Pacific Records. They first played together at Seattle, particularly working up the set for "The King and I", at a club called Dave's Fifth Avenue. The composers were so impressed by the jazz version of "The King & I" that they pre-released the score of "Flower Drum Song" to the quartet to allow simultaneous release with the sound track album.

Discography

Riverside ( 1958–1963 )

Wes' recordings for Riverside/Milestone Records, including those made with The Montgomery Brothers are on the 12CD Box ''The Complete Riverside Recordings''.

1958: ''Fingerpickin'''

1958: ''Far Wes''

1959: ''The Wes Montgomery Trio''

1959: ''Yesterdays''

1959: ''Pretty Blue''

1960: ''The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery''

1960: ''Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners''

1960: ''Movin' Along''

1961: ''So Much Guitar''

1961: ''Wes and Friends''

1961: ''Bags Meets Wes!'' (with Milt Jackson)

1962: ''Full House''

1963: ''Fusion!: Wes Montgomery with Strings'' (strings arranged by Jimmy Jones)

1963: ''Boss Guitar''

1963: ''Portrait of Wes''

1963: ''Guitar on the Go''

1963: ''The Alternative Wes Montgomery'' (alternate takes for previously issued albums)

Verve ( 1964–1966 )

1964: ''Movin' Wes''

1965: ''Bumpin''' (arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky)

1965: ''Smokin' at the Half Note''

1965: ''Goin' Out of My Head'' (arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson)

1966: ''California Dreaming'' (arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky)

1966: ''Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes'' (with Jimmy Smith)

1966: ''Tequila'' (arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman)

1966: ''Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo'' (with Jimmy Smith)

1969: ''Willow Weep for Me'' (unused takes from the ''Smokin' at the Half Note'' session; overdubbed woodwinds and brass arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman)

1970: ''Eulogy''

A&M; ( 1967–1968 )

1967: ''A Day in the Life'' (arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky) (A&M; Records/CTI Records)

1968: ''Down Here on the Ground'' (arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky) (A&M;/CTI)

1968: ''Road Song'' (arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky) (A&M;/CTI)

As sideman

1960: ''Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners'' (leader: Cannonball Adderley)

1960: ''West Coast Blues!'' (leader: Harold Land)

1960: ''Work Song'' (leader: nat adderley)

References

External links

Official Wes Montgomery site

"Wes Montgomery Unedited" by Jim Ferguson, compiled from his ''Guitar Player Magazine'' article on Wes Montgomery (August 1993), his ''JazzTimes'' article "The Genius Of Wes Montgomery" (August 1995), and his essay in his liner notes to ''Wes Montgomery—The Complete Riverside Recordings'' (1992).

Wes Montgomery discography

GP2 – Guitar Player Magazine Interview – June 1973

Wes Montgomery guitar tabs

Wes Montgomery Park (Indianapolis)

Biography and tribute by grandson Anthony Montgomery

Wes Montgomery tribute

The Work of Claus Ogerman – extensive pictorial discography includes album scans, liner notes and more regarding Claus Ogerman's involvement in two Wes Montgomery albums.

Find-A-Grave profile for Wes Montgomery

Discography

Discography

Guitar Planet Wes Montgomery Tribute

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Birth name	Bradley H. Gerstenfeld
Birth date	April 14, 1960
Birth place	Woodland Hills, California, US
Occupation	Actor, comedian, voice actor, puppeter(Bear in the Big Blue House)
Years active	1984–present }}

Bradley "Brad" Garrett (born Bradley H. Gerstenfeld; April 14, 1960) is an American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, and professional poker player. He is best known for playing Robert Barone on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' and Eddie Stark on '''Til Death''. He is easily recognized by his tall stature (6 feet 8½ inches; 204 cm) and deep voice.

Early life

Garrett was born Bradley H. Gerstenfeld in Woodland Hills, California, the son of Barbara (née Colton), a homemaker, and Al Gerstenfeld, a hearing aid salesman. He has two older brothers, Jeff and Paul. He attended George Ellery Hale Middle School in Woodland Hills and graduated from El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills. He attended UCLA for less than two months before dropping out to pursue his comedy career.

Career

In one of his earliest public appearances, Garrett can be seen on the cover of the Electric Light Orchestra album ''Discovery'' released in 1979. In this Garrett is seen dressed in middle-eastern traditional clothing akin to that of the fictional character Aladdin.

Garrett started out at various improv clubs in Los Angeles, including The Improv in Hollywood and The Ice House in Pasadena. In 1984, he became the first $100,000 grand champion winner in the comedy category of the TV show ''Star Search''. This led to his first appearance, at age 23, on ''The Tonight Show'' starring Johnny Carson, making him one of the youngest comedians ever to perform on the show. His appearance with Carson brought Garrett a lot of national attention, and soon he was appearing as an opening act for such headliners as Diana Ross and Liza Minnelli. He also opened in Las Vegas for Frank Sinatra, David Copperfield, Smokey Robinson, Sammy Davis, Jr., the Beach Boys, the Righteous Brothers and Julio Iglesias.

After achieving a strong measure of success with stand-up comedy, Garrett decided to change gears and try his luck with performing on TV. He was the voice of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan for the cartoon series ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling'', He was featured on ''Family Feud'' during Ray Combs's tenure in a "Funny Men vs. Funny Women Week" during November sweeps. He also appeared for a week on the game show ''Super Password'' in 1987. He also appeared on Hollywood Squares including a memorable moment when he impersonated Bill Cosby during a question about Jell-o. He then appeared in the short-lived summer comedy ''First Impressions'' (CBS, 1988), in which he was a divorced father who makes a living doing impressions, in a one-time spot as a bank loan officer on ''Roseanne'' (ABC), and ''The Pursuit of Happiness'' (NBC, 1995–96), in which he was the hero's gay best friend. Though prior to these roles, Garrett had also had a minor part on ''Transformers'', voicing the Decepticon base Trypticon in season three and as an ill-fated thug in ''Suicide Kings''. He soon won the role of Ray Romano's brother Robert Barone on the long-running sophisticated but family-oriented comedy hit ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Garrett has also made an appearance on ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' playing a hitman who attempts to kill Will Smith's character.

Garrett's distinctive deep voice has landed him prolific work as a voice actor, such as on the animated series the ''Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series'', ''2 Stupid Dogs'', ''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper'', ''Project Geeker'', ''Steven Spielberg Presents: Toonsylvania'', ''A Bug's Life'' as Dim the Rhino Beetle, ''Asterix and the Vikings'', Superman the Animated Series and ''Justice League Unlimited'' As Lobo , ''Finding Nemo'', Disney's One Saturday Morning and as Auguste Gusteau in Pixar's ''Ratatouille''. His role on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' won him five Emmy nominations, and the 2002, 2003 and 2005 Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy.

In 1990, Garrett appeared as a semi-regular panelist on the revival of ''Match Game''. On the May 2, 1996 episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld'', called "The Bottle Deposit", Garrett played a deranged auto mechanic who steals Jerry Seinfeld's car.

In 2003, he was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for ''Gleason''. With his ''Raymond'' castmates, he won the 2003 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He won the fifth season championship of ''Celebrity Poker Showdown'', and played in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 World Series of Poker. Garrett was hoping to do a spinoff with his character Robert Barone from ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' when the show ended its nine-year run on TV in 2005, but he withdrew in October 2005 due to inaction from CBS that led to a number of the writers from "Raymond" leaving and taking other jobs.

In 2005, Garrett appeared on Broadway playing Murray the Cop in the revival of Neil Simon's ''The Odd Couple'' with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. He understudied Lane in the role of Oscar Madison, and substituted for him in January, 2006, during Mr. Lane's illness. In 2006, Fox network announced they would pick up a new sitcom called '''Til Death'' starring Brad Garrett in the lead role. The plot revolves around a long married couple whose new next door neighbors are a pair of feisty newlyweds. Joely Fisher plays Garrett's wife in the series. He also appeared onstage on ''American Idol'' Season 6 during judging on week 11, to which Ryan Seacrest said, "And the next person off ''American Idol'' is—Brad, you're out."

In the fall of 2008, Garrett starred and executive produced an online reality show called ''Dating Brad Garrett''. In 2008, Garrett hosted a celebrity roast of Cheech & Chong, which was aired on TBS. In 2009, Garrett entered the main event at the World Series of Poker, losing on the second day of the event. Garrett has starred in commercials for 7-Up, where he portrays a more happy, cheerful version of himself because of the soda.

In June 2010, he opened Brad Garrett's Comedy Club in the Tropicana Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In December 2010, he was the reader for two day's performances of the Candlelight Processional at Disney's EPCOT.

In June 2011, ''I Kid with Brad Garrett'', a candid kids show, premiered on TLC.

Personal life

Garrett is Jewish. In 1998, he proposed to his then-girlfriend Jill Diven on the set of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', and they were married on May 18, 1999. Their first child Maxwell Bradley Garrett was born on October 14, 1998; their second child, daughter Hope Violet Garrett, was born in January 2000. Garrett and Diven separated in 2005, and Diven filed for divorce in July 2006.

Although he portrays a very deep, husky voice in ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' and most of his voice-acting work, he has a higher-pitched natural voice, as heard in the show ''Til' Death'', during ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' outtakes and bloopers, and his various appearances as himself (such as on the game show ''Hollywood Squares'').

In 2007, Garrett struck a TMZ photographer's camera, which the photographer claimed hit him in the face. The Los Angeles District Attorney declined to file assault charges against Garrett for the incident.

Garrett was the grand marshal for the Auto Club 500 on February 24, 2008.

Garrett appeared on ''Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'' and played for his charity, the Maximum Hope Foundation (named after his kids). He answered every single question correctly winning $25,000 and walked away with that after being asked to play for $250,000 with the bonus subject being U.S. History.

Filmography

Film

''Jetsons: The Movie'' (1990)

''Porco Rosso'' (1992)

''Casper'' (1995)

''A Delicatessen Story'' (1996)

''Spy Hard'' (1996)

''George B.'' (1997)

''Suicide Kings'' (1997)

''Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World'' (1998)

''Postal Worker'' (1998)

''A Bug's Life'' (1998)

''Hercules: Zero to Hero'' (1999)

''Sweet and Lowdown'' (1999)

''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' (2000)

''Façade'' (2000)

''Stuart Little 2'' (2002)

''The Country Bears'' (2002)

''Bleacher Bums'' (2002)

''Finding Nemo'' (2003)

''The Trailer'' (2003)

''Garfield'' (2004)

''The Amateurs'' (2005)

''The Pacifier'' (2005)

''Tarzan II'' (2005)

''Asterix and the Vikings'' (2006)

''Night at the Museum'' (2006)

''Music and Lyrics'' (2007)

''Underdog'' (2007)

''Ratatouille'' (2007)

''Christmas Is Here Again'' (2007)

''Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008)

''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian'' (2009)

''Tangled'' (2010)

''Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil'' (2011)

Television

''The Transformers'' (1984–1987) (voice of Trypticon)

''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling'' (1985–1987) (voice of Hulk Hogan)

''First Impressions'' (1988) (canceled after 8 episodes)

''Where's Waldo?'' (1991–1992) (voice of Wizard Whitebeard)

''Roseanne'' (1991) (Doug)

''Eek! The Cat'' (1992–1997) (voice)

''Goof Troop'' (1992–1993) (Guest voice)

''Mighty Max'' (1993) (voice of Spike)

''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1993) (voice of Goliath)

''Biker Mice from Mars'' (1993–1996) (voice of Grease Pit)

''Bonkers'' (1993–1994) (voice of Louie the Louse)

''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' (1994) (John 'Fingers' O'Neill)

''2 Stupid Dogs'' (1993–1995) (voice of Big Dog)

''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' (1993) (voice)

''Seinfeld'' (1993 and 1995) (Uncredited as a Kramer tryout, and again as Tony, the insane mechanic)

''Tales from the Crypt'' (1996) (voice of Drinky Pig)

''Bump in the night'' (Animated TV series) (Voice of Big Mike)

''The Pursuit of Happiness'' (1995) (canceled after 13 episodes)

''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper'' (1996) (voice of Fatso until the end of Season 2)

''Earthworm Jim'' (1996) (voice of the Lord of Nightmares)

''The Tick'' (1996) (voice)

''Project G.e.e.K.e.R.'' (1996–1997) (voice of Noah)

''Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series'' (1996–1997) (voice of Grin)

''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005)

''King Of Queens''

''Nightmare Ned'' (1997) (canceled after 25 episodes) (voice)

''Don King: Only in America'' (1997)

''Bear in the Big Blue House'' (1997) (voice of Small Possum)

''Toonsylvania'' (1998) (voice of Phil)

''The Batman/Superman Movie'' (1998) (voice)

''Superman: The Animated Series'' and ''Justice League'' (voice of Lobo)

''Mickey Mouse Works'' (1999–2000) (voice)

''Hooves of Fire'' (1999) (voice in U.S. version)

''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'' (2000–2001) (voice of Torque)

''Club Land'' (2001)

''Disney's House of Mouse'' (2001–2004) (voice)

''Gleason'' (2002)

''Legend of the Lost Tribe'' (2002) (voice in U.S. version)

''Ozzy & Drix'' (2002) (Voice of Ernst Strepfinger)

''Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'' (2005) (Voice of Commander)

'''Til Death'' (2006–2010)

''Comics Unleashed'' (2007) (Himself)

''Monk'' (2008) (Honest Jake)

''Cheech and Chong: Roasted'' (2008) (Host)

''Special Agent Oso'' (2010) (Professor Buffo)

''Glory Daze'' (2010) (Father of Joel Harrington)

''Joan and Melissa'' (2011) Short, 1 minute, phone call to Joan PLEADING her to go on stage for him.

References

External links

Adweek Article on Brad Garrett

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name	Doc Watson
background	solo_singer
birth name	Arthel Lane Watson
alias	Doc Watson
born	March 03, 1923Deep Gap, North Carolina US
instrument	Vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica
genre	Blues, bluegrass, country, folk, Gospel
occupation	Musician, Singer-Songwriter
label	Folkways, Vanguard, United Artists, Flying Fish, Sugar Hill
website	}}

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (born March 3, 1923) is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded. He performed with his son Merle for over 15 years until Merle's death in 1985, in an accident on the family farm.

Biography

Watson was born in Deep Gap, North Carolina. According to Doc on his three CD biographical recording ''Legacy'', he got the nickname "Doc" during a live radio broadcast when the announcer remarked that his given name Arthel was odd and he needed an easy nickname to go by. A fan in the crowd shouted "Call him Doc!" presumably in reference to the Sherlock Holmes sidekick Doctor Watson. The name stuck ever since.

An eye infection caused Doc Watson to lose his vision before his first birthday. Despite this, he was taught by his parents to work hard and care for himself. He attended North Carolina's school for the visually impaired, The Governor Morehead School, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In a 1988 interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, Doc explains how he got his first guitar. His father told him that if he chopped down all the small, dead, chestnut trees along the edge of their field he could sell the wood to the tannery. He and his brother did the work and with the money they earned Doc bought a $10 Stella from Sears Roebuck and his brother bought a new suit of clothes. Later in that same interview, Watson explained that his first high quality guitar was a Martin D-18.

The first song Doc ever learned to play was "When Roses Bloom in Dixieland". Doc proved to be a natural and within months he was performing on local street corners playing Delmore, Louvin and Monroe Brothers' duets alongside his brother Linny. By the time he reached his adult years Doc had become a proficient acoustic and electric guitar player.

In 1947, Doc married Rosa Lee Carlton, the daughter of popular fiddle player Gaither Carlton. Doc and Rosa Lee had two children—Eddy Merle (named after country music legends Eddy Arnold and Merle Travis) in 1949 and Nancy Ellen in 1951.

In 1953, Doc joined the Johnson City, Tennessee-based Jack Williams' country and western swing band on electric guitar. The band seldom had a fiddle player, but were often asked to play for square dances. Following the example of country guitarists Grady Martin and Hank Garland, Doc taught himself to play fiddle tunes on his Les Paul electric guitar. He later transferred the technique to acoustic guitar, and playing fiddle tunes became part of his signature sound. During his time with Jack Williams, Doc also supported his family as a piano tuner.

In 1960 as the American folk music revival grew, Doc took the advice of folk musicologist Ralph Rinzler and began playing acoustic guitar and banjo exclusively. That move ignited Doc's career when he played on his first recording, ''Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's''. He also began to tour as a solo performer and appeared at universities and clubs like the Ash Grove in Los Angeles. Watson would eventually get his big break and rave reviews for his performance at the renowned Newport Folk Festival in 1963. He recorded his first solo album in 1964 and began performing with his son Merle the same year. The pair would tour and record together until 1985 when Merle was killed in a tractor accident.

After the folk revival waned during the late 1960s, Doc's career was sustained by his performance of "Tennessee Stud" on the 1972 live album recording ''Will the Circle Be Unbroken''. As popular as ever, Doc and Merle began playing as a trio, with T. Michael Coleman on bass, in 1974. The trio toured the globe during the late seventies and early eighties, recorded nearly fifteen albums between 1973 and 1985, and brought Doc and Merle’s unique blend of acoustic music to millions of new fans.

Doc plays guitar in both flatpicking and fingerpicking style, but is best known for his flatpick work. His guitar playing skills, combined with his authenticity as a mountain musician, made him a highly influential figure during the folk music revival. He pioneered a fast and flashy bluegrass lead guitar style including fiddle tunes and crosspicking techniques which were adopted and extended by Clarence White, Tony Rice and many others. Watson is also an accomplished banjo player and in the past has accompanied himself on harmonica as well. Known also for his distinctive and rich baritone voice, he has over the years developed a vast repertoire of mountain ballads which he learned via the oral tradition of his home area in Deep Gap, North Carolina. His affable manner, humble nature and delightful wit have endeared him to his fans nearly as much as his musical talent has.

Doc played a Martin model D-18 guitar on his earliest recordings. In 1968 he began a relationship with Gallagher Guitars when he started playing their G-50 model. His first Gallagher, which Doc refers to as "Old Hoss", is on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1974, Gallagher created a customized G-50 line to meet Doc's preferred specifications, which bears the Doc Watson name. In 1991, Gallagher customized a personal cutaway guitar for Doc that he plays to this day and refers to as "Donald" in honor of Gallagher guitar's second generation proprietor and builder, Don Gallagher.

In 1986 he received the North Carolina Award and in 1994 he received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award. Also in 1994, Watson teamed up with Randy Scruggs and Earl Scruggs to contribute "Keep on the Sunny Side" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.

In 2000 he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. In 1997, Doc received the National Medal of Arts from U.S. president Bill Clinton.

In recent years, Watson has scaled back his touring schedule. As of 2007, he is generally joined onstage by his grandson (Merle's son) Richard, as well as longtime musical partners David Holt or Jack Lawrence. Recently, on June 19, he was accompanied by Australian guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel at the Bass Performance Hall. He also performed, accompanied by Holt and his grandson, Richard, at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in 2009, as he had done in several previous years.

He is host to the annual MerleFest music festival held every April at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The festival features a vast array of acoustic style music focusing on the folk, bluegrass, blues and old-time music genres. It is named in honor of Merle Watson and is one of the most popular acoustic music festivals in the world, drawing over 70,000 music fans each year.

In 2010, Blooming Twig Books published "Blind But Now I See" by Dr. Kent Gustavson, the first comprehensive biography of the seminal flatpicking guitarist.

Discography

Grammy awards

1973 Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording (Including Traditional Blues): Doc Watson for ''Then And Now''

1974 Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording: Merle Watson & Doc Watson for ''Two Days In November''

1979 Best Country Instrumental Performance: Doc Watson & Merle Watson for ''Big Sandy/Leather Britches''

1986 Best Traditional Folk Recording: Doc Watson for ''Riding The Midnight Train''

1990 Best Traditional Folk Recording: Doc Watson for ''On Praying Ground''

2002 Best Traditional Folk Album: Doc Watson & David Holt for ''Legacy''

2004 Lifetime Achievement Award

2006 Best Country Instrumental Performance: Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson for ''Whiskey Before Breakfast'' track from ''Not Too Far From The Tree'' by Bryan Sutton

References

External links

Doc's Guitar : A site dedicated to the guitar and music of Doc Watson

Podcast of Doc Watson and Jack Lawrence performing live at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival from the Florida Folklife Collection (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)

Live 1977 recording of "The Cuckoo Bird" by Doc and Merle Watson from the Florida Folklife Collection (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)

Live 1996 recording of "Shady Grove" by Doc and Jack Lawrence from the Florida Folklife Collection (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)

MerleFest

* MerleFest official website

* "Doc's orders: No heavy metal at MerleFest" 2007 article in the Hook weekly

National Public Radio

* Guitarist Arthel 'Doc' Watson Interview on NPR's Fresh Air

* ''Morning Edition's'' Bob Edwards interview Doc Watson from 1985

* ''Morning Edition's'' Bob Edwards interview Doc Watson from 1989

Prairie Home Companion

* Doc Watson & Taj Mahal August 9, 1986 (db.etree.org)

* October 23, 1999

* February 14, 2004

Article on Doc Watson and other western NC guitar players

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