Buell Kazee

Buell Kazee

Buell Kazee

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Song from Appalachia - The Authentic Folk of Buell Kazee album art
  • Song from Appalachia - The Authentic Folk of Buell Kazee
  • May 2025
  • 11 Songs

Top Songs

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The Little Mohee
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Red Wing
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Lady Gay
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The Dying Soldier
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Snow Deer

Albums

  • The Butchers Boy

    Dec 2019 • 1 song

  • Buell Kazee Sings and Plays

    Jan 1958 • 18 songs

  • East Virginia

    Feb 1929 • 1 song

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Buell Kazee

Biography

Buell Kazee was a minister who played banjo and sang the ancient songs of his beloved Kentucky mountains during the 1920s. Considered one of the very best folk singers in U.S. history, he was a master of the high, "lonesome" singing style of the Appalachian balladeer. Kazee was born in the foothill town of Burton Fork, KY, and learned most of his songs from his family. He began picking banjo at age five and often played during local gatherings. He prepared for the clergy even as a teen and after high school began studying English, Greek, and Latin at Georgetown College, KY. It...
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