Dock Boggs: Legendary Singer & Banjo Player

by Dock Boggs

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Recorded during the folk revival after decades of musical inactivity, Dock Boggs performs traditional Appalachian folk songs and murder ballads. The sparse recording highlights his unique, three-finger banjo picking style that underpins a stark, raspy vocal delivery.

Genres

  • Old-Time

Tracklist

  1. Down South Blues
  2. Country Blues
  3. Pretty Polly
  4. Coal Creek March
  5. My Old Horse Died
  6. Wild Bill Jones
  7. Rowan County Crew
  8. New Prisoner's Song
  9. Oh Death
  10. Prodigal Son
  11. Mother's Advice
  12. Drunkard's Lone Child
  13. Bright Sunny South
  14. Mistreated Mama Blues
  15. Harvey Logan