"Harleys Breakdown"

                       (perkins/mabry)

                                                        My Uncle Harley Perkins was the first man I ever saw with a banjo.....

                                                Even as a very young boy I remember being entranced by the sounds he was

                                   getting out of his banjo- I even went to school and told about it during

                                                     one of those  'show and tell'  things...He and my Aunt Wanda lived a fair distance

                                                 away from us, so we didn't get to see them as often as I'd have liked to- but we

                                                                  always had the best time at their house. My Mother and Aunt Wanda would cook and visit

                                                                    while my Dad and Uncle Harley would take me out hunting or shooting skeets or looking for

                                                               arrowheads...Then after we had a meal, he'd get the banjo out and maybe Aunt Wanda

                                       would get her accordion out and they'd play for us...I remember watching

                                         President Richard Nixon give his resignation speech on their television set.

                                                                 I also remember when Uncle Harley got a phonograph player that played 33 rpm records.

                                                       The first record I heard played on it was the Flatt and Scruggs classic "Foggy Mountain Banjo"....

                                                             The sound  coming out of those speakers was unbelievable.  30 yrs later- I still have that same reaction

                                        to "that sound"..."Harleys Breakdown" is a tribute and big thanks to people like my  Uncle Harley, and Wade Garrett,

                                    and Banks Patterson, and Curt Ballard,  and of course to Earl Scruggs for the wondrous music they've shared with us...

I can't  imagine what life would be without them...

Victor Wooten played bass

Ronnie McCoury played mandolin

'Steady Eddie' Driscoll played drums

Shad Cobb played fiddle

'Uncle' Josh Graves played Dobro

Mark Edwards played electric guitar

Chris Sharp played guitar

and  the Banjo played me

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Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjot.

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo

Victor Wooten,  Ronnie McCoury, Ron McCoury, Eddie Driscoll, Shad Cobb, Uncle Josh Graves, Burkett Graves, Mark Edwards, Chris Sharp Larry Perkins, Gibson Banjo, Gibson Mastertone banjo, banjo