Sugar Baby Track

The New Lost City Ramblers were the first to introduce me to this song in the early 60s in New York City. Mike Seeger of the Ramblers had made friends with Dock Boggs who was famous for recording “Sugar Baby” for Brunswick Records in 1926. The song was eventually included on Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music.
Mike gave Boggs the opportunity to come to New York and record again after a long hiatus from the music business. Dock’s style of banjo playing is interesting because he didn’t use the claw hammer approach common to most banjo stylists of Appalachia. Dock used a three finger up-picking technique that was quite unique.
This song also appears on “Harry Smith Connection” sung by Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett and me - a compilation CD recorded live at the Wolf Trap Farm in October, 1997
The Harry Smith Connection
Lyrics and chords available from Folk Den Project.