BREAKDOWN

Old & In the Way

Breakdown, with 18 previously unreleased tracks, is the third release from Old & In the Way, the legendary bluegrass ensemble featuring Jerry Garcia on banjo, fiddle giant Vassar Clements, guitarist/singer-songwriter Peter Rowan, mandolin maven David Grisman and John Kahn on upright bass. This music was recorded at the same live performances made famous by the group's two previous releases, Old & In the Way, originally issued on the Grateful Dead's Round Records in 1975, and That High Lonesome Sound, released in 1996 on Acoustic Disc.

Old & In the Way's eclectic, extensive repertoire is again well represented with bluegrass classics like "Mule Skinner Blues," "On and On," "Working On a Building," "Home Is Where the Heart Is" and "'Til the End of the World Rolls 'Round." Also included are two Garcia original banjo tunes — "Old & In the Way Breakdown" and "Jerry's Breakdown," heard here for the first time. As an added bonus, producer Grisman has included alternate versions of six tunes that appeared on the original Old & In the Way LP — "Pig In a Pen," "Midnight Moonlight," "Wild Horses," "Panama Red," "Kissimee Kid" and "The Hobo Song." A 20-page pdf booklet featuring newly-discovered photos, notes by bluegrass scholar Neil Rosenberg plus personal reminiscences from Rowan, Clements and Dawg, make this collection a must for all bluegrass fans, Deadheads, Dawgheads and lovers of American acoustic roots music.

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