Absolutely brilliant! His music always moves me. His rendition of John Henry is the best I've ever heard. Only Leslie Riddle's version comea close. Very different, but also excellent.
Tracklist: 00:00:00 Bright Sunny South 00:03:38 Country Blues 00:07:34 Pretty Polly 00:10:27 My Old Horse Died 00:12:08 Wild Bill Jones 00:14:20 Rowan County Crew 00:20:36 New Prisoner's Song 00:23:35 Oh Death 00:26:57 Prodigal Son 00:30:53 Mother's Advice 00:34:38 Mistreated Mama Blues 00:36:32 Banjo Clog 00:38:22 No Disappointment in Heaven 00:40:53 Sugar Baby 00:43:45. Railroad Tramp 00:46:58 Poor Boy in Jail 00:49:56 Little Black Train 00:52:45 Brother Jim Got Shot 00:54:40 Coke Oven March 00:55:42 John Henry 00:59:10 Wise County Jail 01:01:00 Hard Luck Blues 01:04:05 Old Joe's Barroom 01:06:55 Little Omie Wise 01:10:21 Cumberland Gap 01:12:53 Coal Creek March 01:14:51 I Hope I Live a Few More Days
The Ephemeral Stringband taught me my deep appreciation for the banjo originally. What a fantastic instrument. I already liked folk music but i never paid any real attention to the banjo itself.
boggs said the difference was that especially the New York recordings the company provided him and his band mates with bonded Scotch Whiskey then during Prohibition, with Boggs being a moonshiner at the time. he said sometimes they were more concerned with the whiskey than the music quality. In the early 30s his wife joined a hardshell church that thought banjo playing was sinful and he left the banjo with a friend in KY and gave up moonshining and such and went into the coal mines. About 1960 his wife and he joined a holiness church where music was played, and in fact at the first service he attended a young woman was praising the lord on a 5 string banjo and went and go this banjo. Boggs was a complete innovator, rather than a carrier of some anciet tradition. He combined the fingering approaches of the guitar banjo style now often called classic banjo with the rhythmic approaches often found in 2 finger and claw hammer, but he was also very much interest in African American blues and even recorded a number or two that came from jazz records. In the 60s folk festivals he became friends with Mississippi John Hurt and told people if he had to do it over again he might have been a finger style blues guitarist like Hurt.
Absolutely brilliant! His music always moves me. His rendition of John Henry is the best I've ever heard. Only Leslie Riddle's version comea close. Very different, but also excellent.
This guy is a true legend
A few months before his death Dock sang
at the Philadelphia folk festival. My friends and I were there
I'm a PA native, any good story from that day?
The struggle is all real. Salute sir!
This guy is really good.
Tracklist:
00:00:00 Bright Sunny South
00:03:38 Country Blues
00:07:34 Pretty Polly
00:10:27 My Old Horse Died
00:12:08 Wild Bill Jones
00:14:20 Rowan County Crew
00:20:36 New Prisoner's Song
00:23:35 Oh Death
00:26:57 Prodigal Son
00:30:53 Mother's Advice
00:34:38 Mistreated Mama Blues
00:36:32 Banjo Clog
00:38:22 No Disappointment in Heaven
00:40:53 Sugar Baby
00:43:45. Railroad Tramp
00:46:58 Poor Boy in Jail
00:49:56 Little Black Train
00:52:45 Brother Jim Got Shot
00:54:40 Coke Oven March
00:55:42 John Henry
00:59:10 Wise County Jail
01:01:00 Hard Luck Blues
01:04:05 Old Joe's Barroom
01:06:55 Little Omie Wise
01:10:21 Cumberland Gap
01:12:53 Coal Creek March
01:14:51 I Hope I Live a Few More Days
Hell yeah merry Christmas
The Ephemeral Stringband taught me my deep appreciation for the banjo originally. What a fantastic instrument. I already liked folk music but i never paid any real attention to the banjo itself.
after hearing his early recordings it was hard for me to listen to later Boggs, but you helped me through that with this comp.
boggs said the difference was that especially the New York recordings the company provided him and his band mates with bonded Scotch Whiskey then during Prohibition, with Boggs being a moonshiner at the time. he said sometimes they were more concerned with the whiskey than the music quality. In the early 30s his wife joined a hardshell church that thought banjo playing was sinful and he left the banjo with a friend in KY and gave up moonshining and such and went into the coal mines. About 1960 his wife and he joined a holiness church where music was played, and in fact at the first service he attended a young woman was praising the lord on a 5 string banjo and went and go this banjo. Boggs was a complete innovator, rather than a carrier of some anciet tradition. He combined the fingering approaches of the guitar banjo style now often called classic banjo with the rhythmic approaches often found in 2 finger and claw hammer, but he was also very much interest in African American blues and even recorded a number or two that came from jazz records. In the 60s folk festivals he became friends with Mississippi John Hurt and told people if he had to do it over again he might have been a finger style blues guitarist like Hurt.
Fellow Virginia boy 🎩
How have i never heard this guy before?
The quality of these recordings varies wildly. Part of that old time charm, I guess.
Food glorious Foood😊❤
thank you for this!
What a lovely lovely collection well done.
Thank you for this ;/
Crazy good!
Mr. Bungle covered one of his songs. Can’t find out which one.
Awesome is there a vinyl ? Love ole Dock 🪕 ❤
"Added to self-help playlist"