Boggs, Morgan Lee, "Dock", 1898-1971

Abstract NA0524 Dock Boggs, interviewed by Frederick Seyford for FO 134, April 1, 1969, at his home in Needmore, Virginia. Tape contains interview plus dubbing of two Folkways LPs of Dock Boggs’ music. Paper gives background of the project and biographical information about Boggs and a transcript of the recorded interview. Boggs, an Appalachian banjo player, recording artist, and ex-coal miner, talks about his banjos; his work in the mines; auditioning to make phonograph records in the 1920s;...