Breakdown | ||||
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Released | November 18, 1997 | |||
Recorded | October 1973 | |||
Venue | Boarding House, San Francisco | |||
Genre | Folk, bluegrass, acoustic | |||
Length | 69:53 | |||
Label | Acoustic Disc | |||
Producer | David Grisman | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Music Box | [2] |
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. [3] [4]
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