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Elizabeth Cook Pays Tribute to Doc Watson

PopMatters Staff
06 Jun 2012

Elizabeth Cook paid tribute to Doc Watson at a show the day after his passing with a take on the classic "Columbus Stockade Blues". Cook's latest record, Gospel Plow EP, drops next week.

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