Willie Watson sounds like a man from another time
by Chrissie Dickinson, Chicago Tribune
Oct 18, 2017
4 minutes
He's only 38, but Willie Watson often sounds like a man from an earlier time. On his new album, "Folksinger Vol. 2," the Americana singer, guitarist and banjo player covers the work of a string of roots music legends including Lead Belly and Furry Lewis. Sensitive as Watson is to the source material, he remains his own man - one who isn't interested in playing note-for-note copies.
"At the end of the day, all I can do is sing these songs in the only way I know how, in whatever way that is comfortable to me," Watson says, calling from a tour stop in San Luis Obispo, Calif. "Whatever is going to
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