Willie Watson

Biography

William Currie Watson (born September 23, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo player, actor and founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show. His debut solo album Folk Singer, Vol. I, was released in May 2014; its follow-up Folksinger, Vol. 2 was released September 15, 2017 on Acony Records. He has appeared at the Newport Folk Festival and other major music festivals. He released a self-titled album of his first collection of self-penned songs on September 13, 2024. He currently resides in the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles. Watson appears as The Kid in Joel and Ethan Coen's 2018 film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, also performing on the soundtrack.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Carry Me Back

  2012

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  O.C.M.S.

  2004

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  Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of "Inside Llewyn Davis"

  2015

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  Hail, Caesar! - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

  2016

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  Banks Of The Ohio

  2015

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  Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows (Songs Of John Prine)

  2010

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  A Friend Of A Friend

  2009

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  Folk Singer Vol. 1

  2014

Credited work

86 releases · 29 albums · active 1965–2026

• Performance · 467
• Other credits · 53

Studios: Woodland Studios · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Town Hall, New York · Hartland Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Old Crow Medicine Show
• Various
• Dave Rawlings Machine
• The Old Crow Medicine Show
• David Rawlings
• Watkins Family Hour
• The Be Good Tanyas
• Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys

Around the web

• Wikipedia