Buell Kazee Sings and Plays

Buell Kazee

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	4:11
102	Butcher's Boy (Butcher Boy)	Buell Kazee	4:28
103	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	Wagoner's Lad	Buell Kazee	3:11
105	Yellow Pups / Fox Chase	Buell Kazee	5:02
106	John Hardy	Buell Kazee	2:37
107	John Henry	Buell Kazee	2:28
108	The Moonshiner (Moonshiner Song)	Buell Kazee	1:50
109	Darling Corey	Buell Kazee	1:47
110	Cumberland Gap	Buell Kazee	1:54
111	Cock Robin	Buell Kazee	2:15
112	Old Grey Mare	Buell Kazee	1:28
113	Amazing Grace	Buell Kazee	2:21
114	When Moses	Buell Kazee	2:32
115	My Christian Friends	Buell Kazee	3:50
116	Bread of Heaven	Buell Kazee	2:39
117	Eternity	Buell Kazee	2:37
118	The White Pilgrim	Buell Kazee	0:47