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PETE'S BREAKDOWN. AKA - "Peas Breakdown." Canadian, Breakdown. C Major (‘A’ part) & A Minor (‘B’ part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Émilien "Pete" Couture. The strains are sometimes played reversed.

Source for notated version: Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 118.

Recorded sources: Apex 26375, Don Messer & His Islanders (1953). Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, vol. 6" (1960).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Don Messer's 1953 recording on youtube.com [2]




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