Re: Klezmer Bluegrass Fusion

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Bill,

I don't have the album myself and don't know where the All-Music Guide
gets its information, but you can check out their web site at
http://www.allmusic.com/

Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Barabash <billb (at) harlequin(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: Klezmer Bluegrass Fusion


>robert wiener wrote:
>>
>> The first I ever heard of Andy Statman was in a Stereo Review
review
>> (now deep in my files) of his first LP Flatbush Waltz (appeared in
>> 1981) of bluegrass mandolin.  In fact, I believe that sending him a
>> photo-copy of the review (complete with a picture of Andy and
>> mandolin) must have helped persuade him to play at our wedding.
>>
>> Here's a list of recorded non-klezmer (all?) Andy Statman
appearances
>> (from All-Music Guide):
>
>> 1972 Bromberg, David Demon in Disguise  Mandolin, Saxophone
>
>I got that album on vinyl at a Dave Bromberg concert where he
performed
>the entire thing solo.  Great album but the credits don't list
Statman,
>it just says:
>
>    To David Alpert and Ned Wright and Dan Armstrong
>    Thanks to Al Aronowitz, Norma and Annie Blake
>    Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Keith Godchaux appear
on
>    the album courtesy of Warner Brothers Records.
>
>> 1973 Sahm, Doug Doug Sahm & the Band  Mandolin
>> 1973 Country Cooking Barrel of Fun  Mandolin
>> 1973 Okeefe, Danny Breezy Stories  Mandolin
>> 1974 Bromberg, David Wanted Dead or Alive  Mandolin, Saxophone
1976
>> Breakfast Special Breakfast Special  Mandolin, Saxophone, Vocals
>> 1977 Clements, Vassar Bluegrass Sessions  Mandolin
>> 1981 Rowan, Chris and Lorin Peter Rowan & the Wild Stallions
>> Mandolin, Saxophone
>> 1981 Rowan, Peter Walls of Time  Mandolin
>> 1983 Greene, Richard Somebody's Ganna Love You  Mandolin
>> 1983 Barenberg, Russ Behind the Melodies
>> 1983 Trischka, Tony Robot Plane Flies over Arkansas  Mandolin
>> 1984 Rowan, Peter Red Hot Pickers  Mandolin
>> 1985 New Acoustic Music New Acoustic Music  Mandolin
>> 1987 Barenberg, Russ Halloween Rehearsal  Mandolin
>> 1988 Trischka, Tony Dust on the Needle  Mandolin
>> 1988 Rounder Banjo Rounder Banjo  Mandolin
>> 1988 Rounder Bluegrass, Vol. Rounder Bluegrass, Vol. 2  Mandolin
>> 1993 Acoustic Disc - 100% Ha Acoustic Disc - 100% Handmade Music
>> Clarinet, Mandolin, Arranger, Producer
>> 1994 Wretched Refuse String Wretched Refuse String Band  Mandolin
>> 1995 Sahm, Doug Best of Doug's Sahm's Atlantic Sess  Mandolin
>> 1996 American Fogies, Vol. 1 American Fogies, Vol. 1  Mandolin
>> 1996 Rounder Bluegrass Guita Rounder Bluegrass Guitar  Mandolin
>> 1996 Blue Ribbon Fiddle Blue Ribbon Fiddle  Mandolin
>> 1997 Kosek, Kenny Angelwood  Mandolin
>> 1997 Sholle, Jon Out of the Frying Pan  Mandolin
>> 1997 100% Handmade Music, Vo 100% Handmade Music, Vol. 3  Mandolin
>> 1998 Bromberg, David Player: Retrospective  Saxophone
>>   Amram, David Subway Night  Mandolin
>>   Conway, Jeff Jeff Conway  Saxophone
>>   Country Cooking Country Cooking: 26 Instrumentals  Mandolin,
>> Saxophone
>>   Rounder Fiddle Rounder Fiddle  Mandolin
>>   Grisman, David DGQ-20
>>
>> Bob
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Owen Davidson <owend (at) tp(dot)net>
>> To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>> Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 1:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: Klezmer Bluegrass Fusion
>>
>> >Hmm...  Didn't Andy Statman start out playing bluegrass?
>> >
>> >Owen
>> >
>> >Marvin Margoshes wrote:
>> >>
>> >> How did this thread continue for so long without a mention of
the
>> CD by Andy
>> >> Statman and David Grisman, "Songs of Our fathers"?  Grisman
taught
>> Statman
>> >> to play a bluegrass mandolin, and Statman taught Grisman to play
>> klezmer and
>> >> other Jewish music.  Their joint effort is delightful.
>> >
>