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

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Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene
Studio album by Norman Blake, Rich O'Brien
Released	1999
Genre	Americana, bluegrass, folk
Label	Shanachie
Producer	Norman Blake
Norman Blake chronology
Chattanooga Sugar Babe (1998) Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene (1999) Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm (1999)

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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