Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at the Protective Club, 596 Thames St., in Newport, Rhode Island, during the 1966 Newport Folk Festival. For more information about Lomax and his collections, visit culturalequity.org. [N8R06]
lol I love the old interview with him where the interviewer is trying to convince him not to go shoot up some place in town that did him dirty. 😆 I grew up in eastern KY, and several old men in my family got close to murdering someone but they "couldn't find their gun." Your great great uncle has left the world a treasure trove of mountain music, that I've personally enjoyed for over 20 years.
I as a banjo player love Dock Boggs he was a true genius in he played and sang. The best musicians are the ones that were as he was just a Coal Miner and good man doing his music because the young ones wanted to hear him. I wish Old TIme music was more popular. I will do my part to keep it alive.
Whenever I am in Norton VA I visit Dock's grave. He was an incredible talent. The Dock Boggs Festival continued after his death for about 20 years. Mike Seeger was the driving force and when he passed on so did the festival.
Dock Boggs is my favorite Appalachian Country musician his banjo playing provides a story within the song and his voice is soothing Roscoe Holcomb is amazing but he sing so loud
I guess the first time I heard the song was a cover by Art Rosenbaum and then later Doc Watson many years ago. Thank all that are keeping the music alive.
Thanks to the internet, i learned about Doc Boggs, someone i had not heard before. Great music, seems he was a great guy. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
Just about The Best country song I've ever heard, . . . straight out of poverty-stricken Appalachia of 1927 when Dock Boggs originally wrote this Amazing Song!!
He actually didn't write it. In his memoirs he mentions a traveling photographer named Homer Crawford, who he befriended and learned this song as "Hustlin' Gambler" in his youth.
His wife convinced him music was the devils work so he gave it up to eek out a living in the mine. Im glad Mr Seager found him and convinced him to play again.
