Breakdown (Old and in the Way album)

Breakdown
Live album by Old and in the Way
Released	November 18, 1997
Recorded	October 1973
Genre	Folk, bluegrass, acoustic
Label	Acoustic Disc
Producer	David Grisman
Old and in the Way chronology
That High Lonesome Sound (1996)That High Lonesome Sound1996 Breakdown (1997) Old and in the Gray (2002)Old and in the Gray2002
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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Breakdown is the third live release of bluegrass music by Old and in the Way.

Like the first and second albums (Old and 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 and 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