Dipper Boy Council
Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He was a practitioner of the Piedmont blues, which was popular in the southeastern United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was sometimes credited as Dipper Boy Council and promoted as "The Devil's Daddy-in-Law". |
Birth and Death Data: Born (Chapel Hill (town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States)), Died May 9, 1976 (Sanford (human settlement in Lee County, North Carolina, United States of America) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist
Notes: "Blind Boy Fuller's Buddy."
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC | 20638 | 10-in. | 2/9/1937 | Runaway man blues | Dipper Boy Council | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment) | Musical group, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| ARC | 20639 | 10-in. | 2/9/1937 | I'm grievin' and I'm worryin' | Dipper Boy Council | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment) | Musical group, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| ARC | 20640 | 10-in. | 2/9/1937 | I don't want no hungry woman | The Devil's Daddy-in-Law | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment) | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| ARC | 20661 | 10-in. | 2/11/1937 | Working man blues | Dipper Boy Council | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| ARC | 20662 | 10-in. | 2/11/1937 | Poor and ain't got a dime | Dipper Boy Council | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| ARC | 20663 | 10-in. | 2/11/1937 | Lookin' for my baby | The Devil's Daddy-in-Law | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment) | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| ARC | 22204 | 10-in. | 12/18/1937 | String bean blues | The Devil's Daddy-in-Law | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment), and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| ARC | 22205 | 10-in. | 12/18/1937 | Down home blues | The Devil's Daddy-in-Law | Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment), and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Council, Dipper Boy," accessed January 3, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/402227.
Council, Dipper Boy. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/402227.
"Council, Dipper Boy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 3 January 2026.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Council, Dipper - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92088202
Wikidata: Floyd Council - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q714602
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/272421523
MusicBrainz: Floyd Council - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e07e43ca-96a5-4bf7-8bb4-11348628b0a2
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