RE: Klezmer 5-string Banjo

[Dick Rosenberg <drosenberg...>]

That's what I meant about the magic of the Midi accordion :-)  (Sure
sounds like a banjo to me)

Dick
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Julian Siegel [SMTP:jsiegel (at) mdsi(dot)bc(dot)ca]
>Sent:  Monday, January 11, 1999 3:38 PM
>To:    World music from a Jewish slant.
>Subject:       RE: Klezmer 5-string Banjo
>
>Sorry to disappoint you, Dick, but what you hear is indeed a shameless
>emulation of a banjo using the Midi accordion. But thanks for the compliment,
>anyway. 
>
>Best regards. 
>
>At 02:35 PM 11/01/99 -0500, you wrote: 
>>Have a listen to "Gib Mir A Heym" (Home on the Range in Yiddish) by 
>>Tsimmes on their "Sweet and Hot" album. There's some really nice 5 
>>string banjo on that cut (or are you making magic again or your 
>>midi-accordion, Julian?) Go to 
>>http://www2.portal.ca/~jsiegel/tzimmes.html 
>> 
>> 
>>Dick Rosenberg 
>> 
>>>-----Original Message----- 
>>>From:        Peter Rushefsky [SMTP:rushefsky_p (at) healthcareplan(dot)com] 
>>>Sent:        Monday, January 11, 1999 1:54 PM 
>>>To:  World music from a Jewish slant. 
>>>Subject:     Klezmer 5-string Banjo 
>>> 
>>>Along the lines of this Klezmer/Bluegrass fusion discussion I'm trying 
>>>to create an inventory of klezmer recordings, other klezmer materials 
>>>that feature 5-string banjo.  Here's a first shot from the top of my 
>>>head, will work on formalizing structure.  You'll notice it's a fairly 
>>>short list.  If anyone (Henry?, Wendy?, Andy?) knows of any other 
>>>sources, would love to know them. 
>>>  
>>>The Klezmer 5-String Banjo Source List 
>>> 
><snip> 
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>> 
>> 
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>
>  Julian  
>
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