Songs of Our Fathers explained

Songs of Our Fathers
Type:Studio album
Artist:David Grisman, Andy Statman
Cover:1995_fathers.jpg
Released:1995
Genre:Americana, newgrass, jazz, Klezmer
Label:Rounder
Producer:David Grisman
Prev Title:Mandolin Abstractions
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:New Shabbos Waltz
Next Year:1995

Songs of Our Fathers is an album by American musicians David Grisman and Andy Statman, 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.[1]

Track listing

All songs traditional except for tracks 2a, 3, 7, and 9 by Shlomo Carlebach and track 5 by Andy Statman.

  1. "Shalom Aleichem"
  2. "Chassidic Medley: Adir Hu/Moshe Emes"
  3. "Shomer Yisrael"
  4. "Toska"
  5. "Bashie's Bounce"
  6. "Dovid Melech Yisrael"
  7. "Shabbos Waltz"
  8. "For the Sake of My Brothers and Friends"
  9. "Der Rebbe"
  10. "Adon Olam"
  11. "Kazatski"
  12. "Shalom Aleichem"

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dawgnet.com/acd_html/acd14.html Dawgnet.com entry for Songs of Our Fathers.