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Dock Boggs
- Author / Creator
- Available as
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Details
- Creator
- [recorded and edited by Mike Seeger]
- Included Titles
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- Dock Boggs, a documentary
- Dock Boggs, legendary singer & banjo player
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [1964-1970]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn698167338
- Credits
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- Principally Ballads, sung by Dock Boggs, accompanying himself on the banjo
- Previously issued in 1964-1965 as analog discs, Folkways Records: FA 2351 and FA 2392 (volume 1-2); and in 1970 as analog disc, Asch Recordings: AH 3903 (volume 3).
- Program notes and texts inserted in original containers for each volume.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: FA 2351 (volume 1), FA 2392 (volume 2.), AH 3903 (volume 3).
- V. 1-2 previously issued under title: Dock Boggs, a documentary.
- Vol. 1 has title: Dock Boggs, legendary singer and banjo player.
- V. 1 recorded June 26-Dec. 14, 1963; volume2, June 3-5, 1964, volume 3 dates not specified.
- volume 3 Davenport -- Dying ranger -- Little Omie Wise -- Sugar blues -- Loving Nancy -- Cuba -- John Hardy -- Peggy Walker -- I hope I live a few more days -- Turkey in the straw -- Calvary -- Roses while I'm living / Dock Boggs -- Leave it there -- Prayer of a miner?s child / Boggs-Hill -- Coke oven march / Boggs -- Ruben?s train -- Cumberland Gap -- Careless love
- volume1 Down south blues (arranged Dock Boggs) -- Country blues (arranged Dock Boggs) -- Pretty Polly -- Coal Creek March -- My old horse died / Dock Boggs -- Wild Bill Jones -- Rowan Country [sic] Crew -- New prisoner's song -- Oh death -- Prodigal son -- Mother's advice -- Drunkard's lone child -- Bright sunny south -- Mistreated Mama blues (arranged Dock Boggs) -- Harvey Logan
- volume2. Mixed blues / Dock Boggs -- Old Joe's barroom (arranged Dock Boggs) -- Danville girl -- Cole Younger -- Schottische time -- Papa, papa build me a boat -- Little black train -- No disappointment in heaven -- Glory land -- Banjo clog -- Wise County Jail / Sugar baby -- The death of Jerry Damron / Railroad tramp -- Poor boy in jail / Brother Jimm got shot -- John Henry