Dock Boggs: Down South Blues

This is the real thing. No covers. Dock Boggs is arguably one of the great blues singers. Listening to his recordings will clearly illustrate this. He was a great banjo player, and his voice was a pur

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[MusicMan20061210]

Almost looks like Doc Watson in the audience,behind the peghead

[rbseaver]

@MusicMan20061210 I think it actually is old Doc Watson. Someone else pointed that out to me some time ago, and I concur. Given the time period in which that picture was taken, it's not too much of a stretch that Doc Watson would have been in the audience. Thanks for commenting!

[howlin32]

thanks for posting the worl can never have enough Doc Bloggs

[rbseaver]

@howlin32 There really isn't such thing as too much Dock Boggs, is there?

[carolynan]

Amazing voice its mesmerizing i love it

[rbseaver]

@carolynan It is exactly as you describe it -- mesmerizing!! Thank you for stopping by :-)

[mcfcderry]

There's too much snobbery in music. It's right to know the history so you can understand its development. However, it seems all too often it degenerates into a competition to see who can like the oldest, most obscure proponent of the art when all that actually matters is whether the music is good. And this is pretty well fooking superb by the way.

[CAandRB]

Why is anyone talking about his skin tone at all anyways? If you are REALLY listening to his music you shouldn't even notice his color.

I wouldn't care if Dock Boggs was green with yellow dots and orange stripes. He is Wonderful.

[Jessespade1]

his voice reminds me alot of charley patton on this recording.

[lewisldurham]

Id like to know who is playing the guitar?

[fngrpkn06]

Can listen to this stuff all day every day, it's real music.

[GuyPowell54]

I'm pretty sure the guy behind Dock Boggs' peghead is the very fine Don Stover. He was from Raleigh County West Virginia, and played bluegrass with the Lilly Brothers and Bill Monroe and on his own. Incredible musician. Is the picture from Newport Folk Festival?

[Canoe571]

Dock's timing is superb in this piece. Thanks for post!

[thunderthighsable]

@mcfcderry NO just NO

[thebetterhalf37]

@rbseaver i dont know if someone has already said this but.. i think this picture is from newport folk fest and doc use to sit on the stage some. doc also covered "country blues". i would imagine that its him also.

[TheMahagoni]

@MusicMan20061210 uncanny

two greatest of the time

[9lontoonieful1]

I like Dock Boggs!

[turkeylegz09]

no thats dock boggs i actuall hav a cd of him it came with a biography with that exact picture