Willie Watson (born September 23, 1979) is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and banjo player born in Watkins Glen, New York, who was a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show. His debut solo album Folk Singer, Vol. I, was released in May 2014[1] and he appeared at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival.[2] Raised in Upstate New York around Ithaca, he currently resides in Topanga, California.