Re: Klezmer 5-string Banjo

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

If I recall correctly, a sitar is what results when you germinate a five-string
banjo seed inside a pyramid.  Can anyone verify this?

Owen

RLESinger (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> From: R. Lea Singer, The Rivka Network
>
> To the best of my knowledge, Ari is referring to the Fabrangen Fiddlers,
> founded in 1971 by David Shneyer, Sue Roemer and others. They produced
> "American Chai" in 1975 and David and Theo Stone plus Bruce Brill produced
> "The Country Klezmers" in 1978. I think bass player Theo plays sitar on one
> cut.
>
> The group was an outgrowth of the Fabrangen Havurah, founded by Max Ticktin
> and Art Waskow and others. "Fabrangen" is a variant of the Yiddish
> "farbrengen," to have a good time. The group (David, Sue, Theo, Alan Oresky,
> Larry Robinson) now performs in concert only on special occasions. David has
> other bands that play at simkhas. David's other recordings include "Smokey
> Mountain Shabes" and "Love Songs and Blessings." David leads High Holy Day
> services at Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS in Maryland that attract 1500 of the metro
> DC area's havurot members and unaffiliated. Alan, chief  fiddler, who plays at
> the services, has a solo album, "Dream of Peace."  (Any errors in this story
> are mine)
>
> Contact: David Shneyer, Am Kolel Judaic Resource Center, 15 W. Montgomery Ave.
> #204, Rockville MD 20850. Tel: 301-309-2310.
>
> << There was a spinoff from that Washington, DC havura group whose
>  names escapes me just as I need it, called "Country Klezmorim"
>  that did a nice mix of bluegrass and Jewish music, some klezmerish,
>  about 10, 15 years ago.  >>

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