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Breakdown
Live album by Old & In the Way
Released	November 18, 1997 (1997-11-18)
Recorded	October 1973
Venue	Boarding House, San Francisco
Genre	Folk, bluegrass, acoustic
Length	69:53
Label	Acoustic Disc
Producer	David Grisman
Old & In the Way chronology
That High Lonesome Sound (1996) Breakdown (1997) Old & In the Gray (2002)
Jerry Garcia chronology
How Sweet It Is (1997) Breakdown (1997) So What (1998)
David Grisman chronology
That High Lonesome Sound (1996) Breakdown (1997) Doc & Dawg (1997)

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AllMusic
The Music Box

Breakdown is the third live release of bluegrass music by Old & In the Way.

Like the first and second albums (Old & In the Way and That High Lonesome Sound), Breakdown was recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco in October 1973.

Track listing

1. "Introduction by Peter Rowan" – 1:35
2. "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (Connie Gateley, Joe Talley) – 1:59
3. "Down Where the River Bends" (Jack Anglin, George Peck, Johnnie Wright) – 4:35
4. "On and On" (Bill Monroe) – 3:25
5. "The Hobo Song" (Jack Bonus) – 4:58
6. "Old & In the Way Breakdown" (Jerry Garcia) – 3:47
7. "Till the End of the World Rolls 'Round" (Thomas Newton) – 2:15
8. "Panama Red" (Peter Rowan) – 2:41
9. "You'll Find Her Name Written There" (Harold Hensley) – 3:25
10. "Kissimmee Kid" (Vassar Clements) – 3:10
11. "Goin' to the Races" (Carter Stanley) – 2:35
12. "Midnight Moonlight" (Rowan) – 5:16
13. "Working on a Building" (traditional) – 2:35
14. "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn) – 2:57
15. "Pig in a Pen" (trad.) – 2:50
16. "Drifting Too Far from the Shore" (Charles Moody) – 4:50
17. "Jerry's Breakdown" (Garcia) – 4:29
18. "Wild Horses" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:39
19. "Blue Mule" (Rowan) – 4:26

Hidden track:

20. "Catfish John" (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 2:16

Credits

Old & In the Way

• Vassar Clements – fiddle
• Jerry Garcia – banjo, vocals
• David Grisman – mandolin, vocals
• John Kahn – acoustic bass
• Peter Rowan – guitar, vocals

Production

• Producer – David Grisman
• Executive producer – Craig Miller
• Recording engineers – Owsley Stanley, 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

References

1. Owens, Thom. Breakdown at Allmusic
2. Metzger, John. Breakdown, The Music Box, February 1999
3. "Garcia/Grisman Get 'Old and in the Way' One More Time" Rolling Stone, November 11, 1997
4. Breakdown at the Grateful Dead Family Discography

• Old & In the Way live albums
• 1997 live albums
• Acoustic Disc live albums