Doc Watson and Michael Cleveland Meet For the First Time

Michael Cleveland was a young kid in this clip, meeting the legendary Doc Watson.

Award-winning, traditional bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland and his band Flamekeeper perform Lee Highway Blues at the 2012 International Bluegrass .



Michael Cleveland performs the fiddle-and-dobro duet Fisher's Hornpipe with Flamekeeper's Gaven Largent, live in the Washington, DC studios of WAMU's .

[jaysoneubanks]

Makes my eyes teared up. Something very special about Doc 🍻🍻

[sint]

When your bow is directly attached to your soul, eyes can only get in the way.

[DarlingDaisy]

The way he said “so do you” and “I didn’t start out playin” melted my heart. I love the conversation and Michael’s easy, warm way of talking.

[strongbongus]

even at that age, michael’s phrasing is masterful. what an incredible musician. and what a gift to meet doc! great clip

[jimlilly]

Congratulations to Michael Cleveland for his 2020 Grammy win for Best Bluegrass Album - Tall Fiddler. This video is a thing of beauty.

[earthgruves]

Young bro had Doc Watson and other legends knocking on his door like, “can Michael come out and play?”

[shelbystephan]

Glad this moment was caught on film. We all complain sometimes but look what these guys accomplished and how happy they are. Learn about life from these kind of people.

[hobotater]

WOW! What a moment for both of them. I bet Doc looks down on Michael from heaven with them new eyes God gave him and says "I still cant see his fingers working they so lightning fast!"

[billcrotts]

Doc is one of the greatest men to ever walk the earth

[biggsteevo]

There needs to be a whole Hell of a lot of views than this.

[iragitlin]

Watching Pete Wernick in the background. He looks justifiably delighted for having engineered this meeting.

[blinddeadmcjones]

Not only is doc a master musician but hes also an absolute gent

[its-me-bro]

This is a great interaction between two solid humans!

[talonloglisci]

It must be so beautiful to be such an old head and play with the next generation and know beyond a doubt that you would leave the music in the best hands

[williamoakley]

Who's cuttin' all the onions in here? 😭❤❤❤ Such a beautiful video. So glad this moment was captured.

[DLL-]

And let's remember Doc's remarkable talent! He shows it!

[DLL-]

I can't get enough. Doc and Mike actually made history with this video. Music teachers everywhere should show this video to anyone struggling to make themselves better. I'm in Awe and great post!

[BramHepburn]

I think I may have sent that to you once. I get goosebumps every time

[ArtemisiaDS]

He's the one who beat the devil in a fiddle battle

[ruthboykin]

Awesome!! Love this and Dic and Michael!!