Country Blues: Complete Early Recordings (1927-29)

~ Release by Dock Boggs (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Tracks 1-12 were originally issued on 78s
Tracks 13-17 are unissued alternate takes
Tracks 18-21 are by Bill and Hayes Shepherd, "eastern Kentucky compatriots" of Boggs

Two minute silences at the end of tracks 8 and 17 separate the three sections.

Annotation last modified on 2018-11-30 03:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sugar Baby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-09)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
five-string banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09)
guitar:
Hub Mahaffey (on 1927-03-09)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09)
recording of:
Sugar Baby (on 1927-03-09)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5731)
Dock Boggs42:58
2Down South Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1927)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
guitar:
Hub Mahaffey (in 1927)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
Dock Boggs3:09
3Country Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-09)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09)
recording of:
Country Blues (on 1927-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
Dock Boggs33:04
4Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1927)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
guitar:
Hub Mahaffey (in 1927)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
Dock Boggs3:06
5Danville Girl
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1927)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
recording of:
Danville Girl (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Dock Boggs3:11
6Pretty Polly
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1927)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
recording of:
Pretty Polly (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15)
Dock Boggs3:05
7New Prisoner's Song
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1927)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
guitar:
Hub Mahaffey (in 1927)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
Dock Boggs2:54
8Hard Luck Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1927)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
guitar:
Hub Mahaffey (in 1927)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1927)
Dock Boggs2:59
9Lost Love Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs53:06
10Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There?
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs2:54
11Old Rub Alcohol Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs3:16
12False Hearted Lover's Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
edit of:
False Hearted Lover's Blues (studio, 1929, master take) by Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
Dock Boggs5:27
13Lost Love Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs3:04
14Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There?
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs2:55
15Old Rub Alcohol Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs3:14
16Lost Love Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs3:08
17Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There?
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (in 1929)
Dock Boggs4:56
18Peddler and His Wife
banjo:
Hayes Shepherd
vocals:
Hayes Shepherd
Hayes Shepherd3:23
19Hard for to Love
banjo:
Hayes Shepherd
vocals:
Hayes Shepherd
Hayes Shepherd3:17
20Bound Steel Blues
banjo:
Hayes Shepherd
fiddle:
Bill Shepherd (blues)
guitar:
Ed Webb (guitar)
vocals:
Bill Shepherd (blues)
Bill Shepherd3:06
21Aunt Jane Blues
banjo:
Hence Shepherd
fiddle:
Bill Shepherd (blues)
guitar:
Ed Webb (guitar)
vocals:
Bill Shepherd (blues)
Bill Shepherd2:51

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