Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Easydisc
• ASIN: B000006OU1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,377 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cluck Old Hen - Alison Krauss & Union Station

2. John Henry - Tony Furtado

3. Back Up And Push - Jason Carter

4. Bluegrass Breakdown - Tom Adams

5. Katy Hill - Bobby Hicks

6. Goodbye Liza Jane - Bill Evans

7. Sally Ann - Dreadful Snakes

8. Schuckin' The Corn - Ronnie & Rob McCoury

9. Orange Blossom Special - Johnson Mountain Boys

10. Foggy Mountain Chimes - Bluegrass Album Band

11. Whistlin' Rufus - Stuart Duncan

12. Crazy Creek - Bill Keith

13. Fishers Hornpipe - Wyatt Rice

14. Carroll County Blues - Nashville Bluegrass Band

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great bluegrass -- Excellent value, January 5, 2003

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Ronald Scheer "rockysquirrel" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals (Audio CD)

All-instrumental collections of bluegrass are hard to find, and if you like it when a band takes a break from singing and just plays their instruments, here's your chance for total immersion. All the songs on this compilation are from Rounder Records albums released 1976-1998, by artists with familiar names like Alison Krauss and Tony Rice, and others you may never have heard of. All are first rate, foot stompin' renditions of bluegrass traditionals, with a few great originals -- Bill Monroe's "Bluegrass Breakdown" and Earl Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Chimes." Best known for most listeners is a rousing version of "Orange Blossom Special" by the Johnson Mountain Boys. If you like bluegrass with plenty of pickin' at breakneck speed, this CD will keep you smilin' through many, many replays.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bluegrass Breakdown, September 3, 2000

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Rick L Peden (Phila, Pa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals (Audio CD)

...It's a shame the scale only goes to 5 stars,because this CD is...if you know and love Bluegrass is of the best I've heard in a long time..not withstanding the major bands out there!!!...If you crave Bluegrass.....GET THIS CD.....!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing compilation, March 31, 2009

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J. B. Robert (Murphy, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals (Audio CD)

I received this CD about 9 years ago, ripped all the tracks to MP3 format and tossed the disc. After listening to it several times in my workshop, I realized that it was the best single collection of instrumental bluegrass I have ever listened to, far better than the highly touted "Three Pickers". Unfortunately I did not retain the tag data so I never knew who the artists were. Thanks to Lee @ BluegrassCountry.org who identified several tracks just by listening to them, I was able to identify this album as my original source. I have over 600 bluegrass MP3s on my computer and these are the best of the best. If you want good, clean, pure, classic bluegrass, this is the album for you.