Born in 1898 in Norton, Virginia, singer, songwriter and banjo player Dock Boggs got his start playing in the mining camps while working in the mines all over the Appalachian region. In 1927 he got a contract with Brunswick Records and began recording and playing parties all over the area. This collection represents his complete recordings from 1927-1929 when Dock was at the beginning and height of his short-lived recording career. 1929, however, was also unfortunately the beginning of the Great Depression and like many musicians Dock was forced to give up playing professionally due to lack of audience. He thankfully was rediscovered in the 1960s by the folk revival movement and went on to record three great albums for Folkways, before his death in 1971.

Track Listing
Sugar Baby
Down South Blues
Country Blues
Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long
Danville Girl
Pretty Polly
New Prisoner's Song
Hard Luck Blues
Lost Love Blues
Will Sweethearts Know Each Other
Old Rub Alcohol Blues
False Hearted Lover's Blues