Re: Andy Statman (Klezmer Bluegrass Fusion)

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Statman plays Tar? You're talking about a frame drum, I assume? Was he any
good at it?
                        EK


At 11:24 PM 1/14/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Andy has been a busy boy, all right.  The first time I saw him live, he
>was playing a tiny baglama in a rembetika-revival group called
>"Palioparea."  Another time, he performed Persian music on the tar at the
>Alternative Museum (meaning the instrument; they weren't redoing the
>floor).  Who knows what other musical ventures have escaped the recording
>stylus?
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>Owen
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>robert wiener wrote:
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>> 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
>> 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
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