Breakdown (Old and in the Way album)
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Breakdown is the third live release of bluegrass music by Old and in the Way
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Like the first and second ones (Old and in the Way
and That High Lonesome Sound), it was recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco in October 1973.
Hidden track:
Old and in the Way
Old & in the Way was a bluegrass supergroup in the 1970s. The group performed traditional tunes such as "Pig in a Pen" as well as bluegrass-flavoured versions of The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" and Peter Rowan's "Panama Red"....
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Like the first and second ones (Old and in the Way
Old and in the Way (album)
Old and in the Way is the self-titled first album by the bluegrass band Old and in the Way. It was recorded 8 October 1973 at the Boarding House in San Francisco by Owsley Stanley and Vickie Babcock utilizing eight microphones mixed live onto a stereo Nagra tape recorder...
and That High Lonesome Sound), it was recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco in October 1973.
Track listing
- "Introduction by Peter Rowan" - 1:35
- "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (Connie Gateley, Joe Talley) – 1:59
- "Down Where the River Bends" (Jack Anglin, George Peck, Johnnie WrightJohnnie WrightJohnnie Robert Wright, Jr. , known professionally as Johnnie Wright, was an American country music singer-songwriter who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the husband of Kitty Wells.-Early life and career:Born in Mount Juliet,...
) – 4:35 - "On And On" (Bill MonroeBill MonroeWilliam Smith Monroe was an American musician who created the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader...
) – 3:25 - "The Hobo Song" (Jack Bonus) – 4:58
- "Old & in the Way Breakdown" (Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
) – 3:47 - "Till the End of the World Rolls Round" (Thomas Newton) – 2:15
- "Panama Red" (Peter Rowan) – 2:41
- "You'll Find Her Name Written There" (Harold Hensley) – 3:25
- "Kissimmee Kid" (Vassar ClementsVassar ClementsVassar Clements was a Grammy Award- winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical...
) – 3:10 - "Goin' to the Races" (Carter StanleyCarter StanleyCarter Glen Stanley was a bluegrass music lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player. He formed the Stanley Brothers band together with his brother Ralph. The Stanley Brothers are generally acknowledged as the first band after Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys to play in the bluegrass genre...
) – 2:35 - "Midnight Moonlight" (Rowan) – 5:16
- "Working on a Building" (traditional) – 2:35
- "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie RodgersJimmie Rodgers (country singer)James Charles Rodgers , known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling...
, George Vaughn) – 2:57 - "Pig in a Pen" (trad.) – 2:50
- "Drifting Too Far from the Shore" (Charles Moody) – 4:50
- "Jerry's Breakdown" (Garcia) – 4:29
- "Wild Horses" (Mick JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
, Keith RichardsKeith RichardsKeith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
) – 4:39 - "Blue Mule" (Rowan) – 4:26
Hidden track:
- "Catfish John" (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 2:16
Old and in the Way
- Vassar Clements – fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- Jerry Garcia – banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, vocals - David GrismanDavid GrismanDavid Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
– mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, vocals - John KahnJohn KahnJohn Kahn was an American rock bass player. For a period of about twenty five years Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead.-Biography:...
– acoustic bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - Peter Rowan – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals
Production
- Producer – David Grisman
- Executive producer – Craig Miller
- Recording engineers – Owsley StanleyOwsley StanleyOwsley Stanley also known as Bear, was an essential and transitional personality in the development of the San Francisco Bay counter-culture. Spanning the Beat-era years of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters scenes, he was equally pivotal to the explosion of 1960's Psychedelia culture...
, Vickie Babcock - Liner notes – Neil V. Rosenberg
- Principal photography – Roberto Rabanne
- Additional photography – Nobuharu Komoriya, Robert Minkin, Greg Mudd, Gary Nichols
- Design & layout – D. Brent Hauseman
- Mastering – Paul Stubblebine