I have to thank Karen over at Today’s Chicago Blues for bringing Dock Boggs to my attention and continuing my Blues Banjo Binge for at least one more post.
Dock Boggs was a white miner / moonshiner / blues banjo player. The Dock Boggs Festival website suggests that Dock Boggs learned much of his musical skills from the black people in his past and was a historical bridge between the blues banjo playing popular among those black and what later became the popular southern white peoples banjo playing. I think thats a great find in my personal discovery of the blues. Here’s a youtube video to listen to while you’re letting that sink in.
Now if you’ll indulge me visit the Dock Boggs Festival website and you’ll hear another example of how Dock Boggs is a bridge between the blues and other styles including country, country blues and folk. For more information on Dock Boggs check out the Longtimecoming website at http://www.angelfire.com/folk/longtimecoming/dockboggs/
Here is a wonderful selection of previews of Dock Boggs music I’ll leave you with. Enjoy and thanks to Karen over at Today’s Chicago Blues for bringing Dock Boggs to my attention