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Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts (April 26, 1897 - August 4, 1978) was an American Kentucky-style old-time fiddler. In the fall of 1927, he formed a duo with Asa Martin called Martin & Roberts. Between 1927 and 1934, the duo performed at fiddler’s conventions, in schoolhouses, on vaudeville stages, and on radio (WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky). Martin & Roberts recorded altogether more than 200 sides on eleven different labels. With the addition of Doc Roberts’ son, James, the Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts Trio was formed. The Doc Roberts Trio lasted until 1934 when Roberts retired as a recording artist. (per Wikipedia)

ALBUMS


Doc Roberts
Essential Masters
2011, CD, Album, Comp, Vintage Masters Inc.
Doc Roberts, Asa Martin
Old Buzzard
2004, CD, Single, RE, Gennett Records
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1925-1928)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1928-1930)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1930-1934)
1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)
Fiddling Doc Roberts*
Old Time Tunes
1983, LP, Album, Comp, County Records
Fiddling Doc Roberts*
Classic Fiddle Tunes, Recorded During The Golden Age
1974, LP, Album, Comp, Davis Unlimited
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Deer Walk / Johnny Inchin' Along
1930, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Run Smoke Run / Shippin' Sport
1929, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Honeymoon Waltz / Jack's Creek Waltz
1929
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
And The Cat Came Back / Billy In the Low Ground
1928, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Doc Roberts
Old Zip Coon And Medley Reels / Dance With A Gal With Hole In Her Stocking
1928, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Dock Roberts*, Edgar Boaz / Fiddlin' Dock Roberts*
All I've Got Is Done Gone / And The Cat Came Back The Very Next Day
1927, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
Black Eyed Susie / Waynesburgh
1927, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Welby Toomey / Dock Roberts*
Little Brown Jug / In The Shadow Of The Pine
1927
Welby Toomey / Doc Roberts
Roving Gambler / In The Shadow Of The Pine
1927
Fiddlin' Dock Roberts*
Billy In The Low Grounds / And The Cat Came Back The Very Next Day
1926, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Dock Roberts* & Edgar Boaz
All I've Got Is Done Gone / My Baby Loves Shortenin' Bread
1926, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Dock Roberts* & Edgar Boaz
Dixie ('Way Down South In Dixie) / Martha Campbell
1925, Shellac, 10", Gennett, ,
Country
Homer Davenport & Young Brothers / Fiddlin' Dock Roberts*
The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster Crowed / Billy In The Low Grounds
Shellac, 10", Buddy (2)
Doc Roberts
Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe
10", S/Sided, TP, Not On Label
Fiddling Doc Roberts* / Doc Roberts And His Trio*
Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe / Wednesday Night Waltz

APPEARANCES +


Various
Joe Bussard Presents: The Year Of Jubilo - 78 RPM Recordings Of Songs From The Civil War
2015, CD, Album, Comp, Dust-to-Digital
Sheesham & Lotus & 'Son
The High Stepping Music Of Sheesham & Lotus & Son
2014, CD, Album, Sepiaphone Records
The Canote Brothers
Dogs In The Dishes
2013, CD, Album, CloneTone (2)
Various
The Songsters Tradition - Before The Blues
2004,
Various
Too Late, Too Late (More Newly Discovered Titles & Alternate Takes Volume 12, 1917-1948)
1999, CD, Comp, Document Records (2), ,
Gospel/Folk
Various
Old-Time Mountain Ballads
1995, CD, Comp, RM, County Records
Various
Wish I Had My Time Again : Old Time Fiddle Band Music From Kentucky Volume 2
1980, LP, Comp, Morning Star Records, ,
Country/Folk/Appalachian Music
Various
Way Down South In Dixie : Old Time Fiddle Band Music From Kentucky Volume 3
1980, LP, Comp, Morning Star Records
Various
Old-Time Fiddle Classics Vol. 2
1973, ,
Country/Bluegrass
Manhattan Quartette* / Asa Martin
Casey Jones / An Old Fashioned Picture Of Mother
1935, Shellac, 10", RE, Montgomery Ward
Martin And Roberts*
Careless Love / Lillie Dale
1935
Glen Fox (4) And Joe Wilson
Ninety-Nine Years (Is Almost For Life) / My Old Homestead By The Sea
1933, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
Over The Waves / Ninety-Nine Years
1933
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio
Carroll County Blues / Charleston Number 1
1933
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
I Don't Love Nobody / Turkey In The Straw
1933
Asa Martin
I Tickled Her Under The Chin / She Ain't Built That Way
1932
Martin And Roberts*
Bury Me 'Neath The Weeping Willow / Dying Cowboy
1932
John Baltzell
Turkey In The Straw / The Girl I Left Behind
1932
Asa Martin And James Roberts
The Pine Tree On The Hill / Give My Love To Nellie, Jack
1931
Asa Martin
The Contented Hobo / The Wandering Hobo
1931
Asa Martin
The Little Old Jail House / The Rovin' Moonshiner
1931
Asa Martin And James Roberts
My Lover On The Deep Blue Sea / Good Bye Betty
1931
Asa Martin And James Roberts
Sunny Tennessee / Darling Nellie Gray
1931
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
Farewell Waltz / Sally Ann
1931
Dick Bell
The Wreck Of Number Four / Shut Up In Coal Creek Mine
1930, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Earl Bowers
I Tickled Her Under The Chin / Barefoot Boy With Boots On
1930, Shellac, 10", Superior (5)
Dick Handley / "Al" Lewis
Seven Long Years Of Trouble / Bad Companions
1930, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Asa Martin
The Fellow That Looks Like Me / G'wine Down To Town
1930, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Jesse Coat
Johnny The Drunkard / The Fellow That Looks Like Me
1930
Green Bailey
The Santa Barbara Earthquake / The Fate Of Ellen Smith
1929, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Green And Russell / Gray And Nelson
Goodnight Waltz / Farewell Waltz
1929, Shellac, 10", Supertone (5)
Martin And Roberts*
The Girl I Left Behind Me / Martha Campbell
1929, Shellac, 10", Supertone (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
The Devil In Georgia / Rocky Mountain Goat
1929, Shellac, 10", Supertone (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Run Smoke Run / I've Got A Girl Named Susie
1929, Shellac, 10", Supertone (5)
Ted Chesnut*
Only A Tramp / Little Old Cabin By The Stream
1929, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Asa Martin
Second Love / Bad Companions
1929, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Jesse Coat
There Is No Place Like Home For A Married Man / She Ain't Built That Way
1929
Jesse Coat
When The Roses Bloom Again For The Bootlegger / The Virginia Moonshiner
1929
Aaron Boyd
The Santa Barbara Earthquake / If I Die A Railroad Man
1929
Kenneth Borton
Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane / That's What The Old Bachelor's Made Of
1928, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Ted Chesnut*
My Mother Was A Lady / The Letter From Home
1928, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Fiddlin' Frank Nelson
Cripple Creek / Old Buzzard
1928, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Fiddlin' Frank Nelson
Buck Creek Gal / And The Cat Came Back
1928, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Jim Burke (7) / Hill's Virginia Mountaineers
And The Cat Came Back / Sourwood Mountain
1928, Shellac, 10", Silvertone
Jim Burke
Old Buzzard / Arkansas Traveler
1928, Shellac, 10", Silvertone
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Shoot That Turkey Buzzard / Brick Yard Joe
1928, Shellac, 10", Supertone (5)
Asa Martin
Dying Girl's Message / Friends Of Long Ago
1928
Emmett Davenport
East Bound Train / The Dingy Miner's Cabin
1928
Logan County Trio / Jim Burke
The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster Crowed / Billy In The Low Ground
1928
Jim Burke
Dance Wid A Gal With A Hole In 'Er Stocking / Leather Breeches: Big Eared Mule: Irish Washerwoman
1928
Jim Burke
When I Was Single My Pockets Would Jingle / The Knoxville Girl
1928
The Quadrillers
The Wagoner / Cumberland Blues
1927, Shellac, 10", Paramount
Old Smokey Twins
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree / Preacher And The Bear
1927, Shellac, 10", RE, Broadway (9)
Uncle Jim Hawkins / Uncle Jim Hawkins
Hell Broke Loose In Georgia / And The Cat Came Back The Very Next Day
1927, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Uncle Jim Hawkins
Dixie ('Way Down South In Dixie) / All I've Got Is Done Gone
1927, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Uncle Jim Hawkins
My Baby Loves Shortenin' Bread / Billy In The Low Grounds
1927, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Welby Toomey
The Death Of John Henry / Roving Gambler
1927
Welby Toomey
The Death Of John Henry / Little Brown Jug
1927
Clarence Adams (2) / Carl Harris
Roving Gambler / In The Shadow Of The Pine
1927
Jim Burke
Black-Eyed Susie / Buck Creek Gal
1927
Herb Jennings / Billy Jordan
Roving Gambler / In The Shadow Of The Pine
1926, Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Welby Toomey
Railroad Daddy / I Wish I Was Single Again
1926, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Horton And Moore
Prisoner No. 999 / Goodbye Betty
Shellac, 10", Broadway (9)
Kentucky Thoroughbreds*
I Love You Best Of All / If I Only Had A Home Sweet Home
Shellac, 10", Paramount
Kentucky Thoroughbreds*
Mother's Advice / I Left Because I Love You
Shellac, 10", Paramount
The Kentucky Thoroughbreds*
Room For Jesus / This World Is Not My Home
Shellac, 10", Paramount
Kentucky Thorobreds
I'll Not Marry At All / Shady Grove
Shellac, 10", Paramount
Lone Star Fiddlers
Drunk Mans Blues / The Wagoner
Shellac, 10", Broadway (9)
Lone Star Fiddlers
Cumberland Blues / Rocky Mountain Goat
Shellac, 10", Broadway (9)
Asa Martin And James Roberts (3) / Asa Martin
Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet / The Old Fashioned Picture Of Mother
Shellac, 10", RE, Champion (5)
Asa Martin / Charles Baker
Dying Girl's Message / The Dying Boy's Prayer
Shellac, 10", Minerva (4)
Old Smokey Twins / Vernon Dalhart
If I Only Had A Home Sweet Home / The Letter Edged In Black
Shellac, 10", Broadway (9)
Old Smokey Twins / George Harkins
Till We Meet Again / A Trip To Town
Shellac, 10", Broadway (9)
Old Smokey Twins
'Till We Meet Again / He Cometh
Shellac, 10", RE, Broadway (9)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Smoky Row / Old Zip Coon And Medley Reels
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Prairie Ramblers* / Martin And Roberts*
Isle Of Capri / Budded Roses
Shellac, 10", Minerva (4)
The Quadrillers
Drunk Mans Blues / Rocky Mountain Goat
Shellac, 10", Paramount
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Black Eyed Susie / Cripple Creek
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Old Buzzard / Waynesburgh
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Run Smoke Run / Brick Yard Joe
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Shoot That Turkey Buzzard / I've Got A Girl Named Susie
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Jim Burke (7) And Jesse Coat / Norton, Bond And Thomas
Take Those Lips Away / Knoxville Rag
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
The Devil In Georgia / Deer Walk
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Rocky Mountain Goat / Johnny Inchin' Along
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Chicken Reel / Sally Gooden
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Rye Straw / Hawk's Got A Chicken
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio
Cumberland Gap / I Don't Love Nobody
Shellac, 10", Conqueror
Asa Martin And Doc Roberts*
Jack's Creek Waltz / Take Those Lips Away
Shellac, 10", Decca
Cal Turner
My Mother Was A Lady / The Rowan County Feud
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Cal Turner
Only A Tramp / He's Only A Miner Killed In The Ground
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Cal Turner
By The Silvery Rio Grande / Little Old Log Cabin By The Stream
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Asa Martin
The Fellow That Looks Like Me / She Ain't Built That Way
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Old Smokey Twins / Vernon Dalhart
I Love You Best Of All / The Death Of Floyd Collins
Shellac, 10", Broadway (9)
Jim Burke (7) And Jesse Coat
Honeymoon Waltz / Jacks Creek Waltz
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
The Waggoner / Shortenin Bread
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
Wednesday Night Waltz / Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe?
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
Cumberland Blues / Down Yonder
Kentucky Thorobreds
Only A Miner / I've Waited Long For You
Martin And Roberts*
Aged Mother / My Blue Eyed Boy
Martin And Roberts*
Little Shack Around The Corner / Budded Roses
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts' Trio* / Cliff Carlisle
Mother, Queen Of My Heart / On The Banks Of The Rio Grande
,
Country
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
A Good Man Is Waiting For You / 'Way Down South
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio
Put My Little Shoes Away / In The Shadows Of The Pines
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio
Little Mother Of The Hills / Mother, Queen Of My Heart
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
Blue Grass Rag / Coal Tipple Blues
Various
Oh, Listen Today...
2019, CD, Comp, Musical Traditions Records
Various
The Best Of Country Fiddle
2016
Various
Gennett Old Time Music
2010, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records
Various
Mountain Blues - Blues, Ballads & String Bands 1927-1938
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, JSP Records, ,
Hillbilly/Country Blues
Various
Kentucky Mountain Music (Classic Recordings Of The 1920s & 1930s)
2003, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Yazoo
Various
Les Triomphes De La Country Music
2002, 20xCD, Comp, Ltd, RM + Box, Habana, ,
Bluegrass/Cajun/Country/Honky Tonk/Folk/Country Blues/Gospel/Western Swing
Various
Gennett Records Greatest Hits Collection
2001, 3xCD, Comp, Not On Label,
Various
Gennett Records Greatest Hits - Volume III
2001, CD, Comp, Star-Gennett Foundation
Various
Kentucky Country / Old Time Music From Kentucky / Original 1927-1937 Recordings
1983, LP, Comp, Mono, Rounder Records
Various
Visits
1981, 2xLP, Album, Heritage Records (7), Heritage Records (7), ,
Folk/Appalachian Music
Various
A Collection Of Mountain Blues
1966,
Various
String Band Archives
CDr, Comp, Fleetline Audio-Video