Dock Boggs: His Folkways Years, 1963-1968

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW 40108

Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Appalachian Music, Country Blues
[Disk One]
01 Down South Blues (2:11)
02 Country Blues (3:53)
03 Pretty Polly (2:56)
04 Coal Creek March (1:57)
05 My Old Horse Died (1:48)
06 Wild Bill Jones (2:12)
07 Rowan County Crew (6:10)
08 New Prisoner's Song (2:55)
09 Oh, Death (3:20)
10 Prodigal Son (3:55)
11 Mother's Advice (3:42)
12 Drunkard's Lone Child (4:08)
13 Bright Sunny South (3:40)
14 Mistreated Mama Blues (1:54)
15 Harvey Logan (3:28)
16 Mixed Blues (3:53)
17 Old Joe's Barroom (2:50)
18 Danville Girl (2:38)
19 Cole Younger (1:52)
20 Schottische Time (1:15)
21 Papa, Build Me A Boat (2:44)
22 Little Black Train (2:55)
23 No Disappointment In Heaven (2:32)
24 Glory Land (4:01)
[Disk Two]
01 Banjo Clog (1:47)
02 Wise County Jail (1:48)
03 Sugar Baby (2:50)
04 The Death Of Jerry Damron (4:13)
05 Railroad Tramp (3:10)
06 Poor Boy In Jail (2:54)
07 Brother Jim Got Shot (1:56)
08 John Henry (3:27)
09 Davenport (1:41)
10 Dying Ranger (3:25)
11 Little Ornie Wise (3:23)
12 Sugar Blues (1:22)
13 Loving Nancy (2:26)
14 Cuba (1:26)
15 John Hardy (2:02)
16 Peggy Walker (2:52)
17 Hope I Live A Few More Days (4:07)
18 Turkey In The Straw (0:47)
19 Calvary (3:30)
20 Roses While I'm Living (3:21)
21 Leave It There (3:20)
22 Prayer Of A Miner's Child (3:17)
23 Coke Oven March (1:00)
24 Ruben's Train (2:19)
25 Cumberland Gap (2:26)
26 Careless Love (4:05)
[Credits]
Dock Boggs (banjo/vocals) Mike Seeger (guitar)
Producer and Liner Notes: Mike Seeger, Liner Notes: Barry O'Connell, Photographer: Dan Seeger and Frederick Baldwin, Designer: Scott Stowell, Engineer: Charlie Pilzer
[Notes]
Dock Boggs recorded only 12 songs in the 1920s, but his raw, powerful singing and distinctive banjo-playing caused Harry Smith to include him in his Anthology of American Folk Music (SFW 40090) and Mike Seeger to search for him in the hills of Kentucky in 1963. A new series of recording sessions captured the 50 blues, instrumentals, regional and religious songs included in this two-CD set. Originally released to high acclaim on three Folkways Records LPs in the 1960s, they have influenced musicians ever since. Extensive notes by Mike Seeger and Barry O'Connell.