Buell Kazee Sings and Plays

Buell Kazee (1900–1976) grew up playing the five-string banjo in the traditional frailing style (“thrashing” style, as he called it). As a teenager, he began to study religion and ended up spending most of his life as a preacher. Despite his view that banjo music “did not harmonize” with the life of the church, he remained a musician and began recording in 1927 (several of his recordings appear on the Anthology of American Folk Music).

Unusual for a mountain musician, Kazee had formal training in voice, and has an operatic tone at times. This style is particularly noticeable on “Dance Around My Pretty Little Miss.”

Liner notes include an autobiographical article by Kazee and complete song lyrics.

Track Listing

101	East Virginia	Buell Kazee	04:11
102	The Butcher's Boy	Buell Kazee	04:28
103	Dance around My Pretty Little Miss / Little Mohee / On Top of Old Smoky / Prisoner’s Song / Madame I Have Come	Buell Kazee	08:55
104	Wagoner's Lad	Buell Kazee	03:11
105	Yellow Pups (Fox Chase)	Buell Kazee	05:02
106	John Hardy	Buell Kazee	02:37
107	John Henry	Buell Kazee	02:28
108	The Moonshiner	Buell Kazee	01:50
109	Darling Corey	Buell Kazee	01:47
110	Cumberland Gap	Buell Kazee	01:54
111	Cock Robin	Buell Kazee	02:15
112	Old Grey Mare	Buell Kazee	01:28
113	Amazing Grace	Buell Kazee	02:21
114	When Moses	Buell Kazee	02:32
115	My Christian Friends	Buell Kazee	03:50
116	Bread of Heaven	Buell Kazee	02:39
117	Eternity	Buell Kazee	02:37
118	The White Pilgrim	Buell Kazee	00:47