Re: Kammen tunes

[Fred Jacobowitz <fredj...>]

On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Linda Littleton wrote:

> >Names don't mean a thing. Usually they are just a publishing ploy. As an
> >example, Max Epstein told me that when his band recorded for one
> >producer, the guy renamed all the tunes because he thought it would make
> >the album sell better. In my band's recording, we did Freylakhs #1 and 3
> >and called them "Wedding Freylakhs".
> 
> Yes, I had heard this too (about the tunes not really having names).  So
> what do bands usually do when they record un-named tunes - just make up a
> new name that seems appropriate?  Or try to use the same name someone else
> recorded it by?
> 
> 
> 
Yes and yes.

Fred Jacobowitz
Machaya Klezmer Band in the Washington/Baltimore area