Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene

Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene is an album by the American musicians Norman Blake and Rich O'Brien, released in 1999.

Track listing

1. "Tennessee Wagoner" (Traditional) – 3:22
2. "Old Pal of Yesterday" (W. S. Stevenson) – 4:29
3. "Texola Waltz" (Blake) – 2:23
4. "When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley" (Traditional) – 3:37
5. "Bowling Green Rag" (Blake) – 2:33
6. "Homestead on the Farm" (A. P. Carter) – 3:30
7. "Mexico" (Bryant) – 2:25
8. "Going Home" (Antonín Dvořák, Traditional) – 3:39
9. "Kentucky's Your Home" (Blake) – 3:14
10. "Under the Double Eagle" (Traditional) – 4:08
11. "Grandpa's Barn" (Richard O'Brien) – 4:25
12. "Seamus O'Brien" (Traditional) – 3:45
13. "Flop-Eared Mule" (Traditional) – 4:05
14. "A Maiden's Prayer" (Bob Wills) – 3:32
15. "Callahan" (Traditional) – 2:13
16. "Heavenly Sunlight" (G. H. Cook, H. J. Zelley) – 3:45

Personnel

• Norman Blake – guitar, banjo, fiddle, vocals
• Rich O'Brien – guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Don Edwards – guitar