''Songs of Our Fathers'' is an album by

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musicians

David Grisman David Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic mu ...

and

Andy Statman Andy Statman (born 1950) is a noted American klezmer clarinetist and bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist. Life and career Statman was born in New York City and grew up in the borough of Queens. Beginning at age 12, he learned to play banjo and gui ...

, released in 1995. It's a collection of Jewish songs, many of which are more than 100 years old. Much of the music is influenced by the Jewish instrumental folk music of Eastern Europe known as Klezmer.Dawgnet.com entry for ''Songs of Our Fathers''.
Retrieved November 2009.

Track listing

All songs traditional except for tracks 2a, 3, 7, and 9 by

Shlomo Carlebach Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime. ...

and track 5 by Andy Statman. # "Shalom Aleichem" # "Chassidic Medley: Adir Hu/Moshe Emes" # "Shomer Yisrael" # "Toska" # "Bashie's Bounce" # "Dovid Melech Yisrael" # "Shabbos Waltz" # "For the Sake of My Brothers and Friends" # "Der Rebbe" # "Adon Olam" # "Kazatski" # "Shalom Aleichem"

Personnel

– mandolin *

– clarinet, mandolin * Hal Blaine – drums * Edgar Meyer – bass * Zachariah Spellman – tuba *

Enrique Coria Enrique "Quique" Coria (coh-rhia) is a guitarist from Dique Los Molinos, Argentina. Coria has appeared on over 400 recordings in South America and the US including with David Grisman's DGQ (David Grisman Quintet). He speaks both Spanish and E ...

– guitar * Jim Kerwin – bass

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums David Grisman albums Jewish music albums 1995 collaborative albums