Eddie Huffman
@eddiehuff.bsky.social
Author of Doc Watson: A Life in Music, now available from the University of North Carolina Press
Recently I've heard from several friends (ranging in age from 30s to 60s) who have struggled to walk on or fallen on ice, with one fracturing a wrist and another breaking an ankle. Ice cleats are a game changer. Mine are strap-on like these from L.L. Bean, but there are plenty of options out there.
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Recently I've heard from several friends (ranging in age from 30s to 60s) who have struggled to walk on or fallen on ice, with one fracturing a wrist and another breaking an ankle. Ice cleats are a game changer. Mine are strap-on like these from L.L. Bean, but there are plenty of options out there.
With Riley Baugus at the Best of @ourstate.bsky.social, @pinehurst-resort.bsky.social, 1/10/2026
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
With Riley Baugus at the Best of @ourstate.bsky.social, @pinehurst-resort.bsky.social, 1/10/2026
This wonderful portrait of a Winston-Salem legend / character by Diana Greene airs at 9:30 tonight on PBS North Carolina. I can't recommend it too highly.
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This wonderful portrait of a Winston-Salem legend / character by Diana Greene airs at 9:30 tonight on PBS North Carolina. I can't recommend it too highly.
There's a storm comin'! With winter weather bearing down on central North Carolina (and much of the rest of the country) this weekend, Meet an Author Day has been rescheduled for March 28 and moved to the Hemphill Branch.
library.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Compone...
library.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Compone...
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
There's a storm comin'! With winter weather bearing down on central North Carolina (and much of the rest of the country) this weekend, Meet an Author Day has been rescheduled for March 28 and moved to the Hemphill Branch.
library.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Compone...
library.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Compone...
Need a last-minute gift for a music lover? Consider the audiobook of my Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social. Veteran actor David Lee Garver does an outstanding job bringing Doc's story to life, from his hardscrabble boyhood in the N.C. mountains to a career that took him around the world.
Doc Watson: A Life in Music
Arthel 'Doc' Watson (1923–2012) is arguably one of the most influential musicians Appalachia has ever produced. A musician's musician, Doc grew up on a subsistence farm in the North Carolina mountains...
www.audiobooks.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Need a last-minute gift for a music lover? Consider the audiobook of my Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social. Veteran actor David Lee Garver does an outstanding job bringing Doc's story to life, from his hardscrabble boyhood in the N.C. mountains to a career that took him around the world.
RIP Joe Ely, a high-energy, big-hearted performer who more than held his own among a generation of Texas songwriters that also included Terry Allen, Townes Van Zandt, and Kris Kristofferson.
Her favorite poets all agreed
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
Her favorite poets all agreed
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
Joe Ely - She Never Spoke Spanish To Me - International Country Festival 1978 • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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December 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
RIP Joe Ely, a high-energy, big-hearted performer who more than held his own among a generation of Texas songwriters that also included Terry Allen, Townes Van Zandt, and Kris Kristofferson.
Her favorite poets all agreed
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
Her favorite poets all agreed
Spanish is a loving tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
The top spot would have been nice, but I'm still honored my Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social took the silver medal from @ncculture.bsky.social: "While Doc Watson: A Life in Music did not receive the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction, it was the judges' selection for runner-up."
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The top spot would have been nice, but I'm still honored my Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social took the silver medal from @ncculture.bsky.social: "While Doc Watson: A Life in Music did not receive the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction, it was the judges' selection for runner-up."
RIP Todd Snider, scruffy troubadour, masterful yarn spinner, plainspoken songwriter, troubled soul, and self-professed "tree-huggin', love-makin', pro-choicin', gay-weddin', Widespread-diggin' hippie." I'm grateful I got to see him perform two or three times.
Todd Snider - Conservative Christian..
YouTube video by ewecylinder
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November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
RIP Todd Snider, scruffy troubadour, masterful yarn spinner, plainspoken songwriter, troubled soul, and self-professed "tree-huggin', love-makin', pro-choicin', gay-weddin', Widespread-diggin' hippie." I'm grateful I got to see him perform two or three times.
Barbara Sims helped launch Elvis's career in the '50s. Almost 70 years later, she reviewed my Doc Watson biography, published by @uncpress.bsky.social: "Huffman avoids sentimentality, judgments or interpretation. But he leaves the reader with much to ponder."
Review: He was a Jazz Fest favorite. Now Doc Watson's life unfolds in a new biography.
Master musician
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October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Barbara Sims helped launch Elvis's career in the '50s. Almost 70 years later, she reviewed my Doc Watson biography, published by @uncpress.bsky.social: "Huffman avoids sentimentality, judgments or interpretation. But he leaves the reader with much to ponder."
What do Peter Wolf, Pat Benatar, Craig Havighurst, Barry Mazor, and I have in common? We'll all be at the Southern Festival of Books in October! I'll talk about my Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social alongside authors of bios of the Everly Brothers & Doc's friend Chet Atkins.
Southern Festival of Books: Oct. 18 & 19, 2025
Vanderbilt University Presents: the Southern Festival of Books, a Program of Humanities Tennessee: Oct. 18 & 19, 2025 Join us this Fall!
www.sofestofbooks.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What do Peter Wolf, Pat Benatar, Craig Havighurst, Barry Mazor, and I have in common? We'll all be at the Southern Festival of Books in October! I'll talk about my Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social alongside authors of bios of the Everly Brothers & Doc's friend Chet Atkins.
A summer day in the High Country? I'll take it! Join me in the Ashe County Public Library at 11 a.m. Wednesday for a presentation about Doc Watson: A Life in Music, my book from @uncpress.bsky.social. Kay & Patrick Crouch will join me to sing a few Doc songs.
arlibrary.org/ashe
arlibrary.org/ashe
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A summer day in the High Country? I'll take it! Join me in the Ashe County Public Library at 11 a.m. Wednesday for a presentation about Doc Watson: A Life in Music, my book from @uncpress.bsky.social. Kay & Patrick Crouch will join me to sing a few Doc songs.
arlibrary.org/ashe
arlibrary.org/ashe
Growing up in Alamance County, I never thought it would end up home to a place as cool as @saxapahaw.bsky.social in the 21st century. Unfortunately, the village (home to @hawriverballroom.com, @paperhandpuppet.org, & more) got slammed by floodwaters over the weekend. Please help out if you can.
July 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Growing up in Alamance County, I never thought it would end up home to a place as cool as @saxapahaw.bsky.social in the 21st century. Unfortunately, the village (home to @hawriverballroom.com, @paperhandpuppet.org, & more) got slammed by floodwaters over the weekend. Please help out if you can.
Rob Ferguson felt called to speak out against the American plummet toward fascism. He added new lyrics to a classic patriotic song with help from Jon Shain & Susan Head, & enlisted DaShawn Hickman & Laurelyn Dossett to sing verses. I helped shoot & edit the video. Please share!
youtu.be/Cwavv2f5RNw
youtu.be/Cwavv2f5RNw
America the Beautiful 2025 (MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by America the Beautiful 2025
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Rob Ferguson felt called to speak out against the American plummet toward fascism. He added new lyrics to a classic patriotic song with help from Jon Shain & Susan Head, & enlisted DaShawn Hickman & Laurelyn Dossett to sing verses. I helped shoot & edit the video. Please share!
youtu.be/Cwavv2f5RNw
youtu.be/Cwavv2f5RNw
June 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Doc's coming to cyberspace! Join me 6/24 for an NC Reads virtual book event. Doc Watson: A Life in music, published by @uncpress.bsky.social, was 1 of 5 books selected for this year's program. Register for this free event here:
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June 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Doc's coming to cyberspace! Join me 6/24 for an NC Reads virtual book event. Doc Watson: A Life in music, published by @uncpress.bsky.social, was 1 of 5 books selected for this year's program. Register for this free event here:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Whoops -- I was holding my calendar upside down. My next outing is just 2 days away: 4 p.m. Wed. at Bookmarks in Winston-Salem. An NC Reads event co-sponsored by Bookmarks & MUSE Winston-Salem. Murphy Campbell will join me with songs, clawhammer banjo, & stories about her own Appalachian heritage.
Afternoon Coffee & Book Discussion || MUSE Winston-Salem
Once again, MUSE Winston-Salem will serve as a local partner to North Carolina Humanities' NC Reads this year! For each monthly selection—February through June—we'll distribute a limited number of fre...
www.musews.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Whoops -- I was holding my calendar upside down. My next outing is just 2 days away: 4 p.m. Wed. at Bookmarks in Winston-Salem. An NC Reads event co-sponsored by Bookmarks & MUSE Winston-Salem. Murphy Campbell will join me with songs, clawhammer banjo, & stories about her own Appalachian heritage.
My tour for Doc Watson: A Life in Music from @uncpress.bsky.social cranks back up Saturday at the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro. Riley Baugus, hot on the heels of his induction into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, will join me again for lively music & stories about Doc's life & times.
June 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My tour for Doc Watson: A Life in Music from @uncpress.bsky.social cranks back up Saturday at the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro. Riley Baugus, hot on the heels of his induction into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, will join me again for lively music & stories about Doc's life & times.
Brian Wilson and Sly Stone gone in the same week. They emerged from different poles of California music with radically varied but profoundly influential styles. And both brought a warmth and humanity to their music and lyrics that resonates strongly six decades later.
youtu.be/uoDm_flnwxc
youtu.be/uoDm_flnwxc
The Warmth Of The Sun (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Brian Wilson and Sly Stone gone in the same week. They emerged from different poles of California music with radically varied but profoundly influential styles. And both brought a warmth and humanity to their music and lyrics that resonates strongly six decades later.
youtu.be/uoDm_flnwxc
youtu.be/uoDm_flnwxc
There aren't enough adjectives to encompass his greatness. Farewell, Sly.
Sly Stone, Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led the Family Stone, Dies at 82
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
variety.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There aren't enough adjectives to encompass his greatness. Farewell, Sly.
Laura Jane Vincent hosts a magical little music festival on a historic farm. Happening this weekend in Moore County, about an hour south of Greensboro.
Glendonfest Spring 2025
Live music, friends, food & fun!
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May 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Laura Jane Vincent hosts a magical little music festival on a historic farm. Happening this weekend in Moore County, about an hour south of Greensboro.
Spotted by a friend in International Musician, the magazine of the American Federation of Musicians. Thanks, Megan!
May 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Spotted by a friend in International Musician, the magazine of the American Federation of Musicians. Thanks, Megan!
Doc Watson got his nickname on a WHKY radio broadcast in 1941. I took to the same airwaves 84 years later to talk about my new Doc bio from @uncpress.bsky.social. My segment starts about 14 minutes into the 9 a.m. broadcast of "On Second Thought" on Tuesday, 4/22.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Doc Watson got his nickname on a WHKY radio broadcast in 1941. I took to the same airwaves 84 years later to talk about my new Doc bio from @uncpress.bsky.social. My segment starts about 14 minutes into the 9 a.m. broadcast of "On Second Thought" on Tuesday, 4/22.
radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WHKY
radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WHKY
Next stop, Doc Watson's home county. Please join me at 2 p.m. Saturday for a presentation at Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. I will talk about my book on Doc from @uncpress.bsky.social, & Kay & Patrick Crouch will contribute some Doc songs -- as well as the story of how Kay helped name MerleFest!
Doc Watson A Life in Music, Book Discussion with Author Eddie Huffman — Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Join Author Eddie Huffman as he takes us through is new book, Doc Watson: A Life In Music. Huffman will take us through the process of researching and writing the book and sharing some of his favori...
www.blowingrockmuseum.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Next stop, Doc Watson's home county. Please join me at 2 p.m. Saturday for a presentation at Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. I will talk about my book on Doc from @uncpress.bsky.social, & Kay & Patrick Crouch will contribute some Doc songs -- as well as the story of how Kay helped name MerleFest!