Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (April 26, 1897 - August 4, 1978) was an American Kentucky-style old-time fiddler. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 26, 1897, Died August 4, 1978
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, mandolin, vocalist
Notes: Also listed as Doc Roberts.
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gennett | 12572 | 10-in. | October 1926 | The death of John Henry | Welby Toomey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 12573 | 10-in. | October 1926 | The drunkard's dream | Welby Toomey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 12575 | 10-in. | October 1926 | In the shadow of the pine | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Gennett | 12576 | 10-in. | October 1926 | Abraham and Isaac | Welby Toomey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 12577 | 10-in. | October 1926 | Roving gambler | Welby Toomey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 12580 | 10-in. | October 1926 | Someday we'll meet again | Welby Toomey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 12581 | 10-in. | October 1926 | Little brown jug | Welby Toomey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 12582 | 10-in. | October 1926 | I had but fifteen cents | Welby Toomey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13038 | 10-in. | 8/26/1927 | Arkansas traveler | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13039 | 10-in. | 8/26/1927 | Buck Creek gal | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13040 | 10-in. | 8/26/1927 | Black eyed Susie | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13041 | 10-in. | 8/26/1927 | Old buzzard | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13042 | 10-in. | 8/26/1927 | Waynesburgh | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13043 | 10-in. | 8/26/1927 | Cripple Creek | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts ; Fiddlin' Bob White | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13044 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | Turkey in the straw | Taylor's Kentucky Boys | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13045 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | Old hen crackled and the rooster crowed | Taylor's Kentucky Boys | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13046 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | Sourwood Mountain | Taylor's Kentucky Boys | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13048 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | Camp Nelson blues | Booker Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13051 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | Down in the valley | Marion Underwood | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13052 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | Little log cabin in the lane | Kenneth Borton | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13053 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | That's what the old bachelor's made of | Kenneth Borton | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13054 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | Billy in the low ground | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin), with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13055 | 10-in. | 8/27/1927 | And the cat came back | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin), with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13798 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The Knoxville girl | Jim Burke | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
| Gennett | 13799 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | Dance with a girl with a hole in her stocking | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13800 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The Rowan County feud | Ted Chestnut ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13801 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The death of J. B. Marcum | Ted Chestnut ; Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13802 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The letter from home | Ted Chestnut ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13803 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | My mother was a lady | Ted Chestnut ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13825 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | The Irish washerwoman | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13826 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Sal's got a meat skin laid away | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13827 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Sailor's hornpipe | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13828 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | My old coon dog | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13829 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Smoky row | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13830 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Second love | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13831 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Lost love | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13832 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | The dingy miner's cabin | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13833 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Old Zip Coon and medley reels | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13834 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Old Eliza Jane | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13835 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Dance with a gal with a hole in her stocking | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 13836 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Leather breeches | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
| Gennett | 14166 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | The old New Hampshire village | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin; male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 14167 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Friends of long ago | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin (take A); male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin (take B) | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 14168 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | He's only a miner killed in the ground | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14169 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Bring back my boy | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14170 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Little old log cabin by the stream | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14172 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Only a tramp | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14174 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Shippin' sport | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14175 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Brick Yard Joe | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14176 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | New money | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14177 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | I've got a girl named Susie | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14178 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Run smoke run | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14179 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Shoot that turkey buzzard | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14180 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Farewell waltz | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14181 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Good bye waltz | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14182 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | A prisoner at 23 | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14186 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Mandolin rag | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Mandolin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 14187 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Take those lips away | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Mandolin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 14487 | 10-in. | 11/30/1928 | The Santa Barbara earthquake | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14488 | 10-in. | 11/30/1928 | Seven long years of trouble | Dick Parman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14490 | 10-in. | 11/30/1928 | The fate of Ellen Smith | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14495 | 10-in. | 12/1/1928 | Fate of Talt Hall | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14911 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Martha Campbell | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14912 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Waltz the hall | Gray and Nelson [Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14913 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | The girl I left behind me | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14914 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Who's been here since I've been gone | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14915 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Honeymoon waltz | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14916 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Jacks Creek waltz | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14917 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Rocky mountain goat | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14918 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | The devil in Georgia | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14919 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Johnny inchin' along | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14920 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Deer walk | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 14921 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | My baby don't love me | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 14922 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | Shamrock schottische | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 14923 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | There is no place like home for a married man | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 14924 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | She ain't built that way | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 15522 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | When the roses bloom again for the bootlegger | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 15523 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The Virginia moonshiner | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 15532 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The wreck of Number Four | Dick Bell | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 15533 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | Goin' to the west next fall | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 15536 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | An old fashioned picture of Mother | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Gennett | 16086 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Rye straw | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16087 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Callahan | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16088 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Long long ago | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and harmonica | vocalist | |
| Gennett | 16090 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Sailor on the deep blue sea | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16091 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Sally Gooden | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16092 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Chicken reel | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16093 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Maneater | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16094 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Hawk's got a chicken | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16095 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Old fashioned picture of Mother | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | instrumentalist, violin, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16096 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | Lilly Dale | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Gennett | 16097 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | Johnny the drunkard | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16098 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | All that I've got's done gone | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16099 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | The drunken man's dream | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Gennett | 16523 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | Barefoot boy with boots on | Earl Bowers | Male vocal solo, with mandolin and guitar | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16524 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | I tickled her under the chin | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16525 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | Put on your old gray bonnet | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and 2 mandolins | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16526 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | Maggie dear I'm called away | Asa Martin ; James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and 2 mandolins | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16527 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | That's home sweet home to me | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Gennett | 16528 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | The old fashioned picture of Mother | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, mandolin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc," accessed May 17, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208582.
Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 17, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208582.
"Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc, 1897-1978 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85014457
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