Country Blues

by Dock Boggs

Country Blues cover art

Meticulously restoring his legendary 1920s sessions, this release compiles the complete, highly influential early recordings of the Appalachian banjo player. His unique, heavily syncopated playing style successfully merged traditional mountain folk with the raw structure of early African American blues. The collection is highly prized by historians and provided crucial source material for the 1960s folk revival.

Genres

  • Old-Time
  • Appalachian Folk Music

Tracklist

  1. Sugar Baby
  2. Down South Blues
  3. Country Blues
  4. Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long?
  5. Danville Girl
  6. Pretty Polly
  7. New Prisoner's Song
  8. Hard Luck Blues
  9. Lost Love Blues
  10. Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There?
  11. Old Rub Alcohol Blues
  12. False Hearted Lover's Blues
  13. Lost Love Blues [Unissued Alternate Take #1]
  14. Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There? [Unissued Alternate Take #1]
  15. Old Rub Alcohol Blues [Sole Unissued Alternate Take]
  16. Lost Love Blues [Unissued Alternate Take #2]
  17. Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There? [Unissued Alternate Take #2]
  18. Peddler And His Wife
  19. Hard For To Love
  20. Bound Steel Blues
  21. Aunt Jane Blues