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

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

Mike Seeger interviews Dock Boggs, a Virginia coal miner, banjo player and singer of old-time Appalachian mountain music and blues. Boggs once garnered a record deal with Brunswick to record 24 tracks, but he only completed eight before quitting and returning to Virginia during the 1920s. He was all but forgotten as an artist until Seeger rediscovered him in the 1960s.

Track Listing

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Brief Recount of his life; Brunswick audition Dock Boggs 05:18
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On first learning to play and "living for the Lord" Dock Boggs 01:03
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In Taking Up Learning to Play a Banjo... Negro musicians Dock Boggs 04:11
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Playing "Straight": Plays Turkey in the Straw Dock Boggs 03:23
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D Tuning Dock Boggs 02:38
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Practicing and Timing for Record Dock Boggs 01:09
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Playing for a Living; Trip to New York Dock Boggs 08:06
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More About Learning to Play Dock Boggs 04:17
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Comments While Looking Over Song Text Dock Boggs 00:33
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More on learning to play banjo, and first "playing out" Dock Boggs 01:34
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About Down South Blues and Playing Blues on the Banjo Dock Boggs 03:25
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I never thought about playing commercially Dock Boggs 06:20
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Coal Creek March at Land Sale Dock Boggs 06:31
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Why He Left Virginia in 1928 Dock Boggs 08:23
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About the name "Dock" Dock Boggs 01:31
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History of the Coal Creek March Dock Boggs 01:33
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Story about singing Rowan County Crew Dock Boggs 01:31