Doc Hopkins & His Country Boys (CD-R)

Doc Hopkins

geb. 26. 1. 1899 im Harlan County/ Kentucky
Record Labels: Decca, Paramount, EKKD, DH, Folk Legacy Doctor Howard Hopkins gilt als ein Country Music Pionier der 30er und 40er Jahre. Als einer der ganz wenigen absolut authentischen volkstümlichen Sänger war er jahrelang Mitglied beim National Barn Dance.

Doc Hopkins (1899-1988) was a smooth singing mainstay of Chicago radio during the 1930s and '40s, joining John Lair's troop that became the Cumberland Ridge Runners on the WLS Barn Dance. Hopkins was closest in voice quality to Bradley Kincaid, and was just as accomplished a guitarist. Mother The Queen Of My Heart was written by Hoyt 'Slim' Bryant, a guitar-playing member of Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats. The song is very similar to Rock All Our Babies To Sleep, which was recorded on the same day, by Rodgers, in August 1932.