Wally Traugott's original 1957 recording of "Snowflake Breakdown".
This popular tune with its "trick" chord, was composed by and first recorded by Wally Traugott in 1957. Traugott was born in Kitchener in 1934. He worked around Ontario as a musician then moved to the US where he became a renowned sound engineer. He mastered albums by The Beatles, The Band, Queen, Pink Floyd, And The Beach Boys to name a very few. Audiophiles still speak his name in hushed tones. Tune transcribed here by Anne Lederman.