Mike Seeger interviews Dock Boggs, a Virginia coal miner, banjo player and singer of old-time Appalachian mountain music and blues. Boggs once garnered a record deal with Brunswick to record 24... more

Banjo player Dock Boggs once said, "Lonesome songs always appealed to me." This collection features classic dark and lonely songs like "Pretty Polly" and "Oh Death." Meant as a companion album to... more

Known for his passion for music, Dock Boggs "not only lived through Cumberland's long night but... prevailed over it. He has mastered it and infused it's raw spirit and tragic temperament into his... more

Those who swooned to the haunting strains of this singer/banjoist during the '60s folk revival and decided to trace his recording career ended up right here. These 1927–29 recordings were his first... more