u egr ass ; ▁namely , ▁he ▁re defined ▁the ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar ▁as ▁a ▁solo ▁instrument ▁instead ▁of ▁conf ining ▁it ▁to ▁just ▁background ▁status ." ▁ ▁Band ▁bi ograph ers ▁Tom ▁and ▁Chris ▁Sk ink er ▁have ▁also ▁commented ▁on ▁how ▁Clar ence ' s ▁guitar ▁playing ▁" show ed ▁the ▁end less ▁possibilities ▁open ▁to ▁bl u egr ass ▁guitar ists ▁and ▁established ▁the ▁guitar ▁as ▁an ▁active ▁and ▁powerful ▁solo ▁voice , ▁giving ▁the ▁instrument ▁the ▁impact ▁and ▁strength ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁place ▁it ▁now ▁holds ." ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁R ough ▁Guide ▁to ▁Music ▁USA , ▁Rich ie ▁Unter berger ▁called ▁App al ach ian ▁Sw ing !, ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁classic ▁instrument al ▁bl u egr ass ▁albums ." ▁ ▁Re issues ▁App al ach ian ▁Sw ing ! ▁has ▁been ▁re iss ued ▁several ▁times ▁since ▁its ▁initial ▁release . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁re iss ued ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁Kentucky ▁Col on els , ▁with ▁both ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁non - album , ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁single ▁" B all ad ▁of ▁Far mer ▁Brown " ▁b / w ▁" For ▁Lov in ' ▁Me " ▁included ▁as ▁bonus ▁tracks . ▁This ▁expanded ▁edition ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁on ▁CD ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁by ▁B GO ▁Records . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁with ▁its ▁original ▁track ▁listing ▁and ▁art work ▁int