Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues

Infobox Album
Name = Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
Type = compilation album
Artist = Doc Watson, Merle Watson


Released = Apr 6, 2004
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, blues
Length =
Label = Rounder
Producer = Mitch Greenhill
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gnfwxqqaldte link]
Chronology = Doc Watson
Last album = ""
(2003)
This album = "Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues"
(2004)
Next album = "Black Mountain Rag"
(2006)

"Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues" is the title of a recording by American folk music and country blues artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 2004. It contains songs taken from albums that Doc and Merle recorded on the Flying Fish label in the 1980's. It contains all the songs from "Pickin' the Blues", three from "Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album", three from "Red Rocking Chair" and a live version of "Deep River Blues".

Track listing

All songs traditional unless otherwise noted.
# "Freight Train Blues" – 2:47
# "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:46
# "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues" (Barbeque Bob) – 2:55
# "Did You Hear John Hurt?" (Tom Paxton) – 2:31
# "John Henry/Worried Blues" – 2:26
# "I'm a Stranger Here" (Brownie McGhee, Terry) – 3:17
# "Talking to Casey" (Coleman) – 2:30
# "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" – 2:53
# "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:27
# "Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues" (Coleman, Watson) – 3:14
# "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:56
# "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 2:49
# "Honey Babe Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:29
# "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:10
# "Carroll County Blues" – 2:58
# "California Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:24
# "Goin' to Chicago Blues" – 4:07
# "Jailhouse Blues" (Sleepy John Estes) – 2:51
# "Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:13
# "Deep River Blues" – 3:22

Personnel

*Doc Watson – vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica
*Merle Watson – guitar, slide guitar
*T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
*Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin
*Pat McInerney – percussion
*Herb Pedersen – harmony vocals
*Tom Scott – clarinet
*Joe Smothers – harmony vocals
*Ron Tutt – drums
*Tony Rice – guitar
*Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
*Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin