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