Annotation:Taney County Breakdown

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TANEY COUNTY BREAKDOWN. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Mo. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Composed by Missouri fiddler biography:Lonnie Robertson in the early 1960's. Robertson told guitarist and collector Gordon McCann in an interview that he had newly composed the tune for a square dance, and, since no other title came to mind he called it after the locale where he was playing in Rockaway Beach, Missouri.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Lonnie Robertson (1908-1981, Springfield, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 126.

Recorded sources : - Caney Mountain Records CEP 102 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965‑66. Rounder CD 0375, Lonnie Robertson – “Lonnie’s Breakdown” (1996. Originally recorded 1965).

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Hear Lonnie Robertson playing the tune at youtube.com [1]



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