Jewish songs infiltrate rock 'n roll

[Art Werschulz <agw...>]

Hi all.

> > On the other hand, the professional musicians I know are so sick of
> > playing Hava Nagila that they just call it "the H song".

> The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has a sign that requests are $1, but
> requests for "When the Saints Come Marching in" are $5.

For awhile, I was a drummer in various Scottish Bagpipe Bands.  (As a
result, I would bet that our shul is one of the few in the USA with a
kilted Megillah reader on Purim.)  Our least-loved song was "Scotland
the Brave."  (We *did* have a shlock set containing, among other
things, "Hava Nagila" and "When the Saints Come Marching In".)

  Art Werschulz         (8-{)}
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