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.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 100 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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

(Results 26-50 of 100 records)

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.