Breakdown – Alan Lomax | Mississippi Delta

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Listen Now	Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources
	Solider's Joy	6109B2	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, washtub bass	Nashville	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.” Followed by Lomax interview with mandolinist James Kelly, native of Pulaski, Tenn., about his repertoire and that of the black and white Pulaski communities.
	Arkansas Traveler	6109B3	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Nashville Washboard Band, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.” Followed by Lomax interview with mandolinist James Kelly, native of Pulaski, Tenn., about his repertoire and that of the black and white Pulaski communities.
	Old Joe	6109B4	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, vocal, washtub bass	Nashville	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.”
	Washboard solo: breakdown tempo (I)	6604A1	Theophilus Stokes	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune	washboard	Nashville	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III
	Washboard solo: breakdown tempo (II)	6604A5	Theophilus Stokes	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune	washboard	Nashville	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III
	Deary, Don't Be Angry (fragment)	6630B2	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III

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