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