The Watsons
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“Willard & Oly Watson might be considered real life Beverly Hillbillies, without all the money” - CJ Underwood, WBTV
Willard and Ora Watson display one of Ora’s famous hand-stitched quilts.
Willard and Ora in the News
Willard Video documentation
Carolina Camera: The Last Mountain Man, WBTV Charlotte late 1970s early 1980s.
Willard Watson - By Ben Williams, 1978
The Heartland Series - The Toys and Times of Willard Watson, 1980s
Willard Watson dancing to Tommy Jarrell’s fiddle, 1981.
Filmmaker Kenneth Powers interviews Willard in his workshop.
In addition to toymaking and dancing, Willard was also a skilled clawhammer banjo player. Listen to him play Cousin Sally Brown below
Cover jacket of Clawhammer BANJO volume Two
Inside jacket of Clawhammer BANJO volume Two featuring a bio of Willard and a photo of him in his workshop.