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Breakin' Down

from Stories and Memories by MohaviSoul

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This MohaviSoul song from Randy Hanson is both a Tribute to Bill Monroe’s infamous bus called “The Bluegrass Breakdown” and represents a humorous sequel to salute Peter Rowan’s song “Walls of Time” and the story he loves to talk about the bus and Bill every time he plays his great song. The Bus that finally gave out traveled many a mile to bring Bluegrass far and wide for Bill’s Bluegrass Boys.

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Breakin’ Down by Randy Hanson, MohaviSoul Music (BMI)
(A Tribute to Bill Monroe’s Bus & Peter Rowan’s song “Walls Of Time”)
Intro-Mando
Verse 1
Bluegrass Breakdown escapes the night
Flyin’ back home at first light
But one day, his bus gave way
Leavin’ his boys with nowhere to play
Chorus/Break-Fiddle
Verse 2
“Ain’t no part of nothin” says ole Bill
Kicking the tire on the side of the hill
Bluegrass Boys hit the walls of time
Jammin by the road, in quarter time
Chorus
Bluegrass Breakdown, met its hill
Bluegrass Breakdown, lost it’s will
Bluegrass Breakdown, livin it’s name
Breakin’, Breakin’, Breakin’ down
Verse 3 Break-Banjo
Back roads all night, on the down low
Playing for Bill, was kinda touch and go
Endless highway, in three-part harmony
Wheel Hoss screamin’ with breaks on fire
Chorus
Outro on last line of Chorus Plus Tag
Breakin’, Breakin’, Breakin’ down,
Breakin’, Breakin’, Breakin’ Down……….

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from Stories and Memories, track released November 3, 2021
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MohaviSoul San Diego, California

MOHAVISOUL, is 5-piece California-style Contemporary Bluegrass-Americana music from our soul, rooted in Folk & Country, reflected in our original music & choice of covers coming from West Virginia roots and 5th-generation California heritage. MohaviSoul has four CD’s, Every Second (1/2013), Blue Diesel (12/2013), Hometown Blues (8/2017), and Live at the 42nd Annual Huck Finn Jubilee (12/2019). ... more

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