Breakdown: Original Live Recordings 1973 Vol. II available on July 13 2016 from Amazon for 7.57
Old & In The Way - Breakdown available on April 10 2015 from Base for 11.29
UPC bar code 715949102820 ξ2 registered July 13 2016
UPC bar code 715949102820 ξ1 registered May 12 2015
UPC bar code 715949102820 ξ3 registered September 27 2014
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Country Audio
Manufacturered by Acoustic Disc
Product weight is 0.23 lbs.
18 unreleased tracks from the legendary 1973 sessions, including two Jerry Garcia original banjo tunes! Short-lived and with only a limited output, this five-piece bluegrass band nevertheless helped spread the gospel of this extraordinary genre via the famous coattails of its most notorious member: Jerry Garcia. However, they were no novelty act. Breakdown is the second posthumous release culled from a series of 1973 concerts in San Francisco. At a robust 70 minutes, the album flows like a complete live set, featuring scrumptious musicianship and harmonious camaraderie. Much better than the eponymous debut from 1975--and a perfect second volume companion to 1996's equally worthy That High Lonesome Sound--Breakdown features covers of greats Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, originals by the band's guitarist Peter Rowan, fiddler Vassar Clements and banjoist Garcia. A must own for any fan of acoustic music and a great primer for bluegrass neophytes. --Greg Emmanuel
Many folks are initially suspect of Old & In the Way's authenticity considering the group includes Jerry Garcia. Let there be no doubts of Garcia's bluegrass integrity (personally, I think he should have played more bluegrass.) Garcia introduced a whole new generation of folks to bluegrass...and most of them probably would not have heard it otherwise. That being said...onto the music review.This is truly an all-star lineup: Vassar Clements! David Grisman, Peter Rowan &a..
