His Folkways Years (1963-1968)

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Annotation

CD reissue of three Folkways LPs: "Dock Boggs, Legendary Singer & Banjo Player" (1963), "Dock Boggs, Volume 2" (1965), "Dock Boggs, Volume 3" (1970).

Annotation last modified on 2025-03-19 06:54 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Down South Blues
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-09-24)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
guitar:
Mike Seeger
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
2:11
2Country Blues
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-26)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-26)
recorded at:
Asheville Civic Center (complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available!) in Asheville, North Carolina, United States (on 1963-06-26)
recording of:
Country Blues (on 1963-06-26)
lyricist and composer:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
3:53
3Pretty Polly
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-24)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-24)
recorded at:
Asheville Civic Center (complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available!) in Asheville, North Carolina, United States (on 1963-06-24)
recording of:
Pretty Polly (on 1963-06-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15)
2:56
4Coal Creek March
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1963-09-23)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-09-23)
recording of:
Coal Creek March (American instrumental folk song) (on 1963-09-23)
1:57
5My Old Horse Died
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1963-09-23)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-09-23)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-09-23)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-09-23)
1:48
6Wild Bill Jones
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1963-12-14)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-14)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-14)
recording of:
Wild Bill Jones (on 1963-12-14)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:12
7Rowan County Crew
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1963-09-23)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-09-23)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-09-23)
recording of:
Rowan County Crew (on 1963-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 465)
6:10
8New Prisoner's Song
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-09-24)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
guitar:
Mike Seeger
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
2:55
9Oh, Death
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-06-26)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-26)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-26)
recorded at:
Asheville Civic Center (complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available!) in Asheville, North Carolina, United States (on 1963-06-26)
recording of:
O Death (on 1963-06-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4933)
3:20
10Prodigal Son
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1963-12-14)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-14)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-14)
recording of:
Prodigal Son ("I believe I'll go back home and acknowledge I've done wrong") (on 1963-12-14)
3:55
11Mother's Advice
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1963-12-14)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-14)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-12-14)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-14)
3:42
12Drunkard's Lone Child
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1963-06-30)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-30)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-06-30)
4:08
13Bright Sunny South
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1963-12-14)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1963)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1963)
recording of:
Bright Sunny South (in 1963)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:40
14Mistreated Mama Blues
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1963-09-23)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-09-23)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-09-23)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-09-23)
1:54
15Harvey Logan
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-09-24)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
guitar:
Mike Seeger
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
3:28
16Mixed Blues
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
3:53
17Old Joe's Barroom
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
2:50
18Danville Girl
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-04)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-04)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
recording of:
Danville Girl (on 1964-06-04)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:38
19Cole Younger
recorded in:
Norton, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
recording of:
Cole Younger (on 1964-06-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2243)
1:52
20Schottische Time
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
1:15
21Papa, Build Me a Boat
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
2:44
22Little Black Train
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-04)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
2:55
23No Disappointment in Heaven
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
2:32
24Glory Land
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
4:01
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1Banjo Clog
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
1:51
2Wise County Jail
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-04)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-04)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
1:52
3Sugar Baby
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-04)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-04)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
recording of:
Sugar Baby (on 1964-06-04)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5731)
2:54
4The Death of Jerry Damron
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-04)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-04)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
4:18
5Railroad Tramp
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
recording of:
The Poor Tramp (on 1964-06-03)
writer:
Ernest Stoneman
3:14
6Poor Boy in Jail
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
2:59
7Brother Jim Got Shot
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-05)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-05)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-05)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-05)
2:00
8John Henry
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-04)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1964-06-04)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-04)
recording of:
John Henry (on 1964-06-04)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
3:32
9Davenport
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1966-07-27)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-27)
1:46
10Dying Ranger
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1968-02-10)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
3:29
11Little Omie Wise
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1968-02-10)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
recording of:
Omie Wise (on 1968-02-10)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 447)
3:28
12Sugar Blues
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1968-02-10)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
recording of:
Sugar Blues (on 1968-02-10)
lyricist:
Lucy Fletcher (in 1919)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919)
publisher:
Chappell Paris
1:26
13Loving Nancy
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1968-02-10)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
2:31
14Cuba
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1966-07-26)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
1:30
15John Hardy
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
recording of:
John Hardy (traditional)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3262)
2:06
16Peggy Walker
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1966-07-26)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1966-07-26)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
2:57
17I Hope I Live a Few More Days
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1966-07-26)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1966-07-26)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
4:11
18Turkey in the Straw
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
recording of:
Turkey in the Straw (on 1968-02-10)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
0:51
19Calvary
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
3:35
20Roses While I'm Living
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1966-07-27)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-27)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1966-07-27)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-27)
3:25
21Leave It There
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
guitar:
Mike Seeger
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
3:24
22Prayer of a Miner's Child
recorded in:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (on 1966-07-26)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1966-07-26)
3:21
23Coke Oven March
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
1:05
24Ruben's Train
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-03)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-03)
2:23
25Cumberland Gap
recorded in:
Wise County, Virginia, United States (on 1964-06-05)
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-05)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1964-06-05)
recording of:
Cumberland Gap (on 1964-06-05)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
2:30
26Careless Love
recording engineer:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1968-02-10)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1968-02-10)
recorded at:
Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1968-02-10)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1968-02-10)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), William Christopher Handy, Martha Koenig and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
version of:
Careless Love
4:06