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

Track listing

"Tennessee Wagoner" (Traditional) – 3:22

"Old Pal of Yesterday" (W. S. Stevenson) – 4:29

"Texola Waltz" (Blake) – 2:23

"When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley" (Traditional) – 3:37

"Bowling Green Rag" (Blake) – 2:33

"Homestead on the Farm" (A. P. Carter) – 3:30

"Mexico" (Bryant) – 2:25

"Going Home" (Antonín Dvořák, Traditional) – 3:39

"Kentucky's Your Home" (Blake) – 3:14

"Under the Double Eagle" (Traditional) – 4:08

"Grandpa's Barn" (Richard O'Brien) – 4:25

"Seamus O'Brien" (Traditional) – 3:45

"Flop-Eared Mule" (Traditional) – 4:05

"A Maiden's Prayer" (Bob Wills) – 3:32

"Callahan" (Traditional) – 2:13

"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

1999 albums

Norman Blake (American musician) albums

Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene