Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene
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Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene is an album of American
musicians Norman Blake
and Rich O'Brien, released in 1999.
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musicians Norman Blake
Norman Blake (American musician)
Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...
and Rich O'Brien, released in 1999.
Track listing
- "Tennessee Wagoner" (Traditional) – 3:22
- "Old Pal of Yesterday" (W. S. Stevenson) – 4:29
- "Texola Waltz" (Blake) – 2:23
- "When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley" (Traditional) – 3:37
- "Bowling Green Rag" (Blake) – 2:33
- "Homestead on the Farm" (A. P. CarterA. P. CarterAlvin Pleasant Delaney Carter , best known as A.P. Carter, was an American musician and founding member of The Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music.-Life:...
) – 3:30 - "Mexico" (Bryant) – 2:25
- "Going Home" (Antonín DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
, Traditional) – 3:39 - "Kentucky's Your Home" (Blake) – 3:14
- "Under the Double EagleJosef Wagner (composer)Josef Franz Wagner was an Austrian military bandmaster and composer. He is sometimes known by the sobriquet 'The Austrian March King'....
" (Traditional) – 4:08 - "Grandpa's Barn" (Richard O'Brien) – 4:25
- "Seamus O'Brien" (Traditional) – 3:45
- "Flop-Eared Mule" (Traditional) – 4:05
- "A Maiden's Prayer" (Bob WillsBob WillsJames Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...
) – 3:32 - "Callahan" (Traditional) – 2:13
- "Heavenly Sunlight" (G. H. Cook, H. J. Zelley) – 3:45
Personnel
- Norman Blake – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, vocals - Rich O'Brien – guitar, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, vocals - Don Edwards – guitar