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
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East Virginia | Buell Kazee | 4:11 | |
102
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Butcher's Boy (Butcher Boy) | Buell Kazee | 4:28 | |
103
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Dance Around My Pretty Little Miss / Little Mohee / On Top of Old Smoky / Prisoner's Song / Madame I Have Come (medley) | Buell Kazee | 8:55 | |
104
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Wagoner's Lad | Buell Kazee | 3:11 | |
105
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Yellow Pups / Fox Chase | Buell Kazee | 5:02 | |
106
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John Hardy | Buell Kazee | 2:37 | |
107
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John Henry | Buell Kazee | 2:28 | |
108
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The Moonshiner (Moonshiner Song) | Buell Kazee | 1:50 | |
109
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Darling Corey | Buell Kazee | 1:47 | |
110
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Cumberland Gap | Buell Kazee | 1:54 | |
111
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Cock Robin | Buell Kazee | 2:15 | |
112
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Old Grey Mare | Buell Kazee | 1:28 | |
113
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Amazing Grace | Buell Kazee | 2:21 | |
114
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When Moses | Buell Kazee | 2:32 | |
115
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My Christian Friends | Buell Kazee | 3:50 | |
116
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Bread of Heaven | Buell Kazee | 2:39 | |
117
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Eternity | Buell Kazee | 2:37 | |
118
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The White Pilgrim | Buell Kazee | 0:47 |