RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House honored music legend and native son Doc Watson with a resolution Thursday.

Lawmakers said the late guitarist forever changed the genres of folk, blues, country and bluegrass with his signature style and voice. Born in Deep Gap in 1923, Watson is credited with developing the flatpicking style of guitar playing and leaving his mark across a broad range of American roots music over a decades-long career.

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