Re: klezmer experience

[Seth Austen <klezmusic...>]

on 9/4/03 11:53 PM, BlackMonk at BlackMonk (at) email(dot)msn(dot)com wrote:

> Right on both counts.
>
> And Peter Green was the one I was thinking of about finding Jesus,
> Bloomfield just liked the music.

I can sure relate to liking the music. As a longtime player of acoustic
blues, my absolute favorite repertoire are the spirituals of Blind Willie
Johnson, Rev Gary Davis and Son House, among others. Powerful stuff!
 
> I also wonder if he'd gotten into the klezmer revival if he hadn't passed
> away. The scales aren't too far from East-West and he was something of a

That would've been something to hear!

A gute shabbes

Seth

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