Re: klezmer band names

[Bob Jacobson <bjacobs...>]

Lori Lippitz wrote:
>Fun with names....
>
>I made up a few names in my youth which belong to a few bands such as The
>Shtetl Blasters and Heavy Shtetl (my synagogue band), though I've heard the
>same puns since.  I remember the Hava Nagila Monsters--I think that it was a
>group name that came up at Klez Kamp in 1982.  Ah, those days.
>
>I always thought it'd be great to have an all-female group called The
>Klezbians.  However, if anyone asks, I didn't say it!
>
>Lori Lippitz
>Maxwell St.K-Band, Chicago
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I'm pretty sure there has already been a band called the Klezbians, and I
am also pretty sure it was not all-female. Another pun name that was once
suggested to me by an inebriated audience member was The Bar Misfits.

Bob Jacobson
Yid Vicious