Dock Boggs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dock Boggs

American musician

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1898

Place of Birth: Norton, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1971

Profession: musician, songwriter, banjoist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs (February 7, 1898 – February 7, 1971) was an influential old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player.
His style of banjo playing, as well as his singing, is considered a unique combination of Appalachian folk music and African-American blues.
Contemporary folk musicians and performers consider him a seminal figure, at least in part because of the appearance of two of his recordings from the 1920s, "Sugar Baby" and "Country Blues", on Harry Smith's 1951 collection Anthology of American Folk Music.
Boggs was first recorded in 1927 and again in 1929, although he worked primarily as a coal miner for most of his life.
He was "rediscovered" during the folk music revival of the 1960s and spent much of his later life playing at folk music festivals and recording for Folkways Records.