BOGGS, DOCK
(1898–1971)
BOGGS, DOCK (b. Moran Lee B., Dooley, Va., February 7, 1898–February 7, 1971) Boggs was a blues-influenced BANJO player and vocalist who recorded in the 1920s and was rediscovered during the FOLK REVIVAL of the 1960s by MIKE SEEGER . Raised in a traditional mountain community, Boggs was part of a musical family that was particularly fond of the banjo. Boggs began playing the instrument at the age of twelve, the same year he was introduced to coal mining, work he would pursue for the next…