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Breakdown 155

Tune Title
Breakdown 155
Artist
Bob Walters
Key
G
Tuning
GDAE
Year
1956
Media Source
Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory University of Missouri LP (1976)
Played By
Bob Walters
Notes

This tune is another illustration of the metamorphosis in fiddle tunes. The parent tune is "Bummer's Reel," published by Howe in the 1860s. "Bummer's Reel" appears as "Levantine's Barrel" in 1000 Fiddle Tunes. Recorded by Bob Walters, December, 1956.

Collections Reference
The Old Time Fiddler's Repertory
Old Time Fiddling From The State Of Nebraska

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