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Re: Klezmer Clarinet

On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Owen Davidson wrote:
> way the accordion (my instrument) edged out the bagpipes (my ancestors').
> It just does a better job all around.  I'd look like a damn fool trying to
> play bagpipes in a klezmer band.  And, if you like disparaging instrument


Hmm, I wouldn't be so quick to say so. Certainly there's use of bagpipes
in the Balkans - and therefore in Balkan-influenced klezmer. And there's
certainly bagpipes in Sephardic music.
Besides, I'll take bagpipes over almost any instrument any day of the
week (Although clarinet runs close to second). Accordians just  can't moan
in quite the same way. No offense to accordian players. I just *like*
bagpipes better.

 Alana Suskin

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