Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (April 26, 1897 - August 4, 1978) was an American Kentucky-style old-time fiddler.
Dock Philipine Roberts was born and raised on a farm in Madison County, Kentucky[1] and learned to play the fiddle at an early age with some help from his older brother Liebert.
Doc's and Liebert's musical mentor was the African-American fiddler Owen Walker.
[8] Between 1927 and 1934, the duo performed at fiddler's conventions, in schoolhouses, on vaudeville stages, and on radio (WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky).
[1] In 1928, Roberts was hired, through the agency of Bradley Kincaid, by the National Barn Dance radio show in Chicago.