Dock Boggs

Moran Lee Dock Boggs, *07-02-1898 Norton, VA, +07-02-1971

By Thieu Van De Vorst, Tony Russell, Praguefrank

SESSIONS

10 March 1927 New York City – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/gt/banjo], G. H. Mahaffey [gt-1])

001 E21795/6* COUNTRY BLUES      Brunswick 131 / RBF 654 CO-CD-3523 US 0267 CD D 274 Revenant 205

002 E21797/8* SAMMIE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SO LONG? -1  Brunswick 131/ RBF 654  CD D 274 Revenant 205

003 E21799/0* DOWN SOUTH BLUES   Brunswick 118/LP 511 RBF 654 CO-CD-3523 CO-CD-3528 US 0267 CD D 274 Revenant 205

004 E21801*/2 SUGAR BABY  -1  Brunswick 118/ RBF 654 VCD 79761-2 CD D 274 Revenant 205

005 E21811/2*  DANVILLE GIRL     Brunswick 132 / RBF 654 CO-CD-3523 CD D 274 Revenant 205

006 E21813/4*  PRETTY POLLY     Brunswick 132 80090 / RBF 654 CO-CD-3523 US-0267 CD D 274 Revenant 205

007 E4890/2/E21815*/6 NEW PRISONERS SONG  -1  Vocalion 5144 Brunswick 133/ RBF 654 UA 0267  CD D 274 Revenant 205

008 E4892/3/E21817/8* HARD LUCK BLUES  -1  Vocalion 5144 Brunswick 133  / RBF 654 CD D 274 Revenant 205

* - master

COUNTY LP 511 MOUNTAIN BLUES (1967); COUNTY CO-CD-3523 OLDTIME MUSIC OF SOUTH WEST VIRGINIA  (2001); COUNTY 3528 OLDTIME MOUNTAIN BLUES (2003); TRIKONT US-0267 PRAYERS FROM HELL 1927/1940 (GER, 1999); VANGUARD VCD 79761-2 SONGCATCHER II THE TRADITION THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE (2002)

Ca September 1929 Chicago, IL - Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo], Emry Arthur [gt])

009 21403-2 FALSE HEARTED LOVER’S BLUES LA 1/ RBF 654 Guide… CD D 274 Revenant 205

010 21404-3 OLD RUB ALCOHOL BLUES LA 1/ RBF 654 CO-CD-3523 CD D 274 Revenant 205  [take-2] unissued/Revenant 205

011 21405-2 WILL SWEETHEARTS KNOW EACH OTHER THERE LA 2/ RBF 654 CD D 274  Revenant 205  [take-1:] unissued/Revenant 205

012 21406-3 LOST LOVE BLUES  LA 2/ RBF 654  CD D 274 Revenant 205  [take-2] unissued/Revenant 205

BOOK: JOHN F.BLAIR PUBLISHER/JOE WILSON  - GUIDE TO THE CROOKED ROAD VIRGINIA'S HERITAGE MUSIC TRAIL (+2CD, 2006); COUNTY CO-CD-3523 OLDTIME MUSIC OF SOUTH WEST VIRGINIA  (2001)

24 June 1963 Civic Auditorium, Asheville, NC – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

013 PRETTY POLLY Folkways FA 2351 SFW 40090

26 June 1963 Civic Auditorium, Asheville, NC – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

014 COUNTRY BLUES Folkways FA 2351 SFW 40090

015 OH DEATH Folkways FA 2351 SFW 40090  Vanguard VCD 79761-2

27 June 1963 Civic Auditorium, Asheville, NC – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

016 JOHN HARDY Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

30 June 1963 unknown  – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

017 DRUNKARD'S LONE CHILD Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

23 September 1963 near Norton, NC – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo)

018 COAL CREEK MARCH Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

019 MY OLD HORSE DIED Folkways FA 2351 SFW 40090

020 ROWAN COUNTRY CREW Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

021 MISTREATED MAMA BLUES Folkways FA 2351 SFW 40090

24 September 1963 near Norton, NC – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo)

022 DOWN SOUTH BLUES Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

023 NEW PRISONER'S SONG Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

14 December 1963 Roosevelt, NJ – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo)

024 WILD BILL JONES Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

025 PRODIGAL SON Folkways FA 2351 SFW 40090

026 MOTHER'S ADVICE Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

027 BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH Folkways FA 2351  SFW 40090

028 HARVEY LOGAN Folkways FA 2351 SFW 40090

3 June 1964 Laura Hunsucker’s house, near Wise, VA – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

029 MIXED BLUES Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

030 OLD JOE'S BARROOM Folkways FA 2392 SFW 40090

031 COLE YOUNGER Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

032 SCHOTTISCH TIME Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

033 PAPA, PAPA BUILD ME A BOAT Folkways FA 2392   SFW 40090

034 NO DISAPPOINTMENT IN HEAVEN Folkways FA 2392   SFW 40090

035 GLORY LAND Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

036 BANJO CLOG Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

037 THE DEATH OF JERRY DAMRON Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

038 POOR BOY IN JAIL Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

039 RUBEN'S TRAIN Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

4 June 1964 Laura Hunsucker’s house, near Wise, VA – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

040 DANVILLE GIRL Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

041 LITTLE BLACK TRAIN Folkways FA 2392 SFW 40090

042 WISE COUNTRY JAIL Folkways FA 2392 SFW 40090 

043 SUGAR BABY Folkways FA 2392 SFW 40090 

044 RAILROAD TRAMP Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

045 JOHN HENRY Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

5 June 1964 Laura Hunsucker’s house, near Wise, VA – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

046 BROTHER JIM GOT SHOT Folkways FA 2392  SFW 40090

047 CUMBERLAND GAP Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

26 July 1966 Mike Seeger’s home, Roosevelt, NJ  – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

048 CUBA Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

049 PEGGY WALKER Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

050 PRAYER OF A MINER'S CHILD Asch AH 3903 Lonesome 071 SFW 40090

051 I HOPE I LIVE A FEW MORE DAYS Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

27 July 1966 Mike Seeger’s home, Roosevelt, NJ  – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

052 DAVENPORT Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

053 ROSES WHILE I'M LIVING Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

10 February 1968 Canterbury House,  721 East Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

054 DYING RANGER Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

055 LITTLE OMMIE WISE Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

056 SUGAR BLUES Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

057 LOVING NANCY Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

058 TURKEY IN THE STRAW Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

059 CALVARY Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

060 COKE OVEN MARCH Asch AH 3903 SFW 40090

061 CARELESS LOVE Asch AH 3903  SFW 40090

20 June 1968 Laura Hunsucker’s house, near Wise, VA – Dock Boggs (Dock Boggs [vcl/banjo])

062 LEAVE IT THERE Asch AH 3903  SFW 40090

LONESOME 071 MUSIC OF COAL MINING SONGS FROM THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS (2007, 2CD + BOOK)

ALBUMS

Folkways FA 2351 Dock Boggs: Down South Blues; Country Blues; Pretty Polly; Coal Creek March; My Old Horse Died; Wild Bill Jones; Rowan Country Crew; New Prisoner's Song; Oh Death; Prodigal Son; Mother's Advice; Drunkard's Lone Child; Bright Sunny South; Mistreated Mama Blues; Harvey Logan – 64 (also titled Legendary Singer and Player)

Folkways FH 5458 Excerpts From Interviews With Dock Boggs: Brief Account Of His Life: Brunswick Audition;  On First Learning To Play And Living For The Lord; In Taking Up Learning To Play A Banjo, Negro Musicians, Homer Crawford, Dancing; Playing "Straight"; Plays Turkey In The Straw: His Band; "D" Tuning And Homer Crawford Guitar Playing; Practicing And Timing For Record; Playing For A Living; Trip To New York; More About Learning To Play; Homer Crawford; Comments While Looking Over Song Texts He Has Written Or Collected; More On Learning To Play Banjo, And First "Playing Out"; About Down South Blues And Playing Blues On The Banjo: ""I Never Thought About Playing Commercially.." Brunswick Audition, Playing For A Living; Coal Creek March At Land Sale; Left Coal Loading For Music; Why He Left Virginia In 1928; About The Name "Dock"; History Of The Coal Creek March; Story About Singing Rowan County Crew – 65

Folkways FA 2392 Dock Boggs, volume 2: Mixed Blues; Old Joe's Barroom; Danville Girl; Cole Younger; Schottisch Time; Papa, Papa Build Me A Boat; Little Black Train; No Disappointment In Heaven; Glory Land; Banjo Clog; Wise Country Jail; Sugar Baby; The Death Of Jerry Damron; Railroad Tramp; Poor Boy In Jail; Brother Jim Got Shot; John Henry – 65

Asch AH 3903 Dock Boggs, volume 3: Davenport; Dying Ranger; Little Ommie 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; Leave It There; Prayer Of A Miner's Child; Coke Oven March; Ruben's Train; Cumberland Gap; Careless Love – 70

Folkways RBF 654 His Twelve Original Recordings: Down South Blues; Sugar Baby; Country Blues; Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long?; Danville Girl; Pretty Polly; New Prisoner's Song; Hard Luck Blues; False Hearted Lover's Blues; Old Rub Alcohol Blues; Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There?; Lost Love Blues – 83 (reissued in 1998 on Revenant CD 205 Country Blues, Complete Early Recordings 1927-1929 (with alternate takes); 2009 on Monk MK 305 False Hearted Lover’s Blues)

Folkways SFW 40090 His Folkways Years, 1963-1968: Down South Blues; Country Blues; Pretty Polly; Coal Creek March; My Old Horse Died; Wild Bill Jones; Rowan County Crew; New Prisoner's Song; Oh, Death; Prodigal Son; Mother's Advice; Drunkard's Lone Child; Bright Sunny South; Mistreated Mama Blues; Harvey Logan; Mixed Blues; Old Joe's Barroom; Danville Girl; Cole Younger; Schottische Time; 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 Jim Got Shot; John Henry; 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; Leave it There; Prayer of a Miner's Child; Coke Oven March; Ruben's Train; Cumberland Gap; Careless Love  – 98 (double)

BACM [UK] CD D 274 Dock Boggs And Emry Arthur: Old Time Songs From Virginia and Kentucky: [Dock Boggs:] Country Blues; Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long; Down South Blues; Sugar Baby; Danville Girl; Pretty Polly; New Prisoner's Song; Hard Luck Blues; False Hearted Lover's Blues; Old Rub Alcohol Blues; Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There; Lost Love Blues; [Emry Arthur:] I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers; Let That Liar Alone; No Not One; Why Not Tonight; The Blind Boy; Mother’s In Heaven Tonight; Remember The Folks Back Home; Six Months In Jail Ain’t Long; Look Out For The Window; I’m Always Thinking Of You - 09

SINGLES

Brunswick (1927)

118 Down South Blues / Sugar Baby - 27

131 Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long? / Country Blues -27

132 Danville Girl / Pretty Polly -27

133 Hard Luck Blues / New Prisoners Song – 27 (reissued on Vocalion 5144)

Lonesome Ace (1929)

LA 1 False Hearted Lover’s Blues / Old Rub Alcohol Blues - 29

LA 2 Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There / Lost Love Blues - 29