- Dock Boggs · 1964
- American Epic: The Collection · 2017
- Virginia Traditions: Southwest Virginia Blues · 2015
- When My Worldly Trials Are Over - EP · 2011
- When My Worldly Trials Are Over - EP · 2011
- When My Worldly Trials Are Over - EP · 2011
- False Hearted Lover's Blues · 2011
- False Hearted Lover's Blues · 2011
- Banjo 1901-1956 : An American Five-String History · 2010
- 50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go? · 2009
- Classic Southern Gospel · 2009
- False Hearted Lover's Blues · 2008
- False Hearted Lover's Blues · 2008
Albums
Singles & EPs
Compilations
About Dock Boggs
One of the towering figures of old-time music, Dock Boggs was a banjo innovator who played Appalachian songs with a blues feel. Born in 1898 in Virginia, Boggs watched African-American string bands and incorporated what he learned into his own style. He tuned the banjo lower than most Appalachian players, disliked clawhammering, and opted for a three-fingered arpeggio technique. The resulting bluesy style landed him a minor recording deal with Brunswick in 1927. Despite the possibility of a national breakthrough, Boggs turned his back on the industry, which his religious wife Sara considered fraught with sin. After using his banjo as collateral for a loan and working as a coal miner for two decades, the old-time legend was saved from obscurity by Mike Seeger and the '60s folk revival, subsequently recording many sides for Smithsonian Folkways. He died on his birthday in 1971.
- HOMETOWN
- West Norton, VA, United States
- BORN
- 7 February 1898
- GENRE
- Singer/Songwriter