Dock Boggs

Excerpts from Interviews with Dock Boggs, Legendary Banjo Player and Singer

Dock Boggs

17 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 1 MINUTE • JAN 01 1965

1
Brief Recount of his life; Brunswick audition
05:18
2
On first learning to play and "living for the Lord"
01:03
3
In Taking Up Learning to Play a Banjo... Negro musicians
04:11
4
Playing "Straight": Plays Turkey in the Straw
03:23
5
D Tuning
02:38
6
Practicing and Timing for Record
01:08
7
Playing for a Living; Trip to New York
08:06
8
More About Learning to Play
04:17
9
Comments While Looking Over Song Text
00:33
10
More on learning to play banjo, and first "playing out"
01:34
11
About Down South Blues and Playing Blues on the Banjo
03:25
12
I never thought about playing commercially
06:20
13
Coal Creek March at Land Sale
06:31
14
Why He Left Virginia in 1928
08:23
15
About the name "Dock"
01:31
16
History of the Coal Creek March
01:33
17
Story about singing Rowan County Crew
01:31
(C) 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1965 Folkways Records