[HANASHIR:8258] Re: Hey, Mon...

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Jeff,

What's the name for the new CD?

Yonatan




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From: "Jeff Klepper" <jeffklepper (at) yahoo(dot)com>
Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:07:47 -0500

>> "Hey Man" was written by Cantor Stephen Richards, not Jeff
>> Klepper.  It is a really fun song - even the older kids seem to like it.
>
>Indeed.  Steve Richards was one of my professors at HUC in the late 70s. One
>day we sat down and he introduced me to some of his more pop-style Jewish
>tunes.  The minute I heard his "Purim Calypso" (the original title) I knew
>it was a winner.  Dan and I arranged the song, playing off the reggae "Hey,
>Mon" attitude.  We recorded it in 1981 on Kol B'seder's live "Shalom Rav"
>record, and the rest is history.
>
>We redid the song for our "Growin' vol 2" tape, and I'm happy to report that
>the two Growin' cassettes are about to be released on *one* CD by
>Transcontinental, and available wherever fine Jewish music is sold...
>
>Speaking of CDs and Transcontinental, the brand new "Ruach 5761" CD  of "New
>Jewish Tunes" contains 15 new and new-ish songs by the likes of Dan Nichols,
>Craig Taubman, Debbie Friedman, Steve Dropkin, Beth Schafer, Cantor Wally,
>Rick Recht, Mah Tovu, Peri Smilow, Danny Maseng, Julie Silver, and yours
>truly. It's a great collection of tunes that kids are singing or will be
>singing soon.  It just came out in honor of the huge NFTY convention in L.A.
>(which concludes tomorrow!) and it's available from the Transcontinental
>Music web site.  http://www.eTranscon.com/
>
>Jeff Klepper
>
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