Re: Klezmer Bluegrass Fusion

[Ms. Cat <alanamscat...>]

Sorry guys. That last message was supposed to be private.

Alana




---M Rubin <mdrubin (at) bga(dot)com> wrote:
>
> >Someone on the list mentioned the Bad Livers' Klezmer-Bluegrass cut
on their
> >new disc.  I checked it out and it is excellent in their special
irreverent
> >style.  Does anyone know if they have done other klezmer tunes?
> 
> Not yet. With as many Yids as we have in the forefront of this
genre, I
> tried to interest several prominent Bluegrass labels in a "JewGrass"
> concept recording. But nobody expressed any interest in it. Guess
I'll have
> to do it myself.
> 
> >Also, does Mark Rubin's Klezmer band make this kind of fusion?
> 
> As for my little group, nope. Do mess around a bit with Persian
Oudist on
> Terkische/Taxim on our new CD, but nothing off the chart.
> <http://www.nonpareil.net/rubinchik>.
> 
> Am actively looking for a hamische Bob Dunn, however. You can't
properly
> field a proper band in Texas with out fiddle AND steel.
> 
> ___________________________________________________________
> Mark Rubin
> 
> POB 49227
> Austin TX  USA  78765-9227
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> "Soon, we will eat again..."   -A wise old Mexican man.
> 
> 
> 
> 

==

Alana Suskin
Ms.Cat
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