Editing Doc Watson (section)

==Awards and honors==
In 1986, Watson received the [[North Carolina Award]] and in 1994 he received a [[North Carolina Folk Heritage Award]]. He is a recipient of a 1988 [[National Heritage Fellowship]] awarded by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/year/1988|title=NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1988 |author=<!--Not stated-->  |website=Arts.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=December 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730005654/https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/year/1988 |archive-date=July 30, 2020 | url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000, Watson was inducted into the [[International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor]] in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]. In 1997, Watson received the [[National Medal of Arts]] from U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name="nea">{{cite web |url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/ |title=National Medal of Arts &#124; NEA |publisher=Nea.gov |access-date=2014-07-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917061920/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/ |archive-date=September 17, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree from [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayes|first=Rob|title=Doc Watson Receives Honorary Doctorate|url=http://www.berklee.edu/news/1790/doc-watson-receives-honorary-doctorate|access-date=May 30, 2012}}</ref>

There is a sign on [[U.S. Route 421 in North Carolina|U.S. Route 421]] near Deep Gap (Watson's birthplace) with the inscription, "Doc and Merle Watson Highway", where that part of the highway is named for both Doc Watson and his son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourstate.com/doc-watson/|title=Remembering Doc Watson|date=July 2, 2012|website=Ourstate.com}}</ref>

===Grammy Awards===
* [[Grammy Awards of 1974#Folk|1973 Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (Including Traditional Blues)]]: Doc Watson for ''Then and Now''
* [[Grammy Awards of 1975#Folk|1974 Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording]]: Merle Watson and Doc Watson for ''Two Days in November''
* [[Grammy Awards of 1980#Country|1979 Best Country Instrumental Performance]]: Doc Watson and Merle Watson for "Big Sandy/Leather Britches"
* [[Grammy Awards of 1987#Folk|1986 Best Traditional Folk Recording]]: Doc Watson for ''Riding the Midnight Train''
* [[Grammy Awards of 1991#Folk|1990 Best Traditional Folk Recording]]: Doc Watson for ''On Praying Ground''
* [[45th Grammy Awards#Folk|2002 Best Traditional Folk Album]]: Doc Watson and David Holt for ''[[Legacy (Doc Watson album)|Legacy]]''
* [[47th Grammy Awards|2004]] [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]]
* [[49th Grammy Awards|2006 Best Country Instrumental Performance]]: Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson for "Whiskey Before Breakfast" track from ''Not Too Far from the Tree'' by [[Bryan Sutton]]