Songs of Our Fathers

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]

Songs of Our Fathers
Studio album by
David Grisman, Andy Statman
Released1995
GenreAmericana, newgrass, jazz, Klezmer
LabelRounder
ProducerDavid Grisman
David Grisman, Andy Statman chronology
Mandolin Abstractions
(1983)		 Songs of Our Fathers
(1995)		 New Shabbos Waltz
(1995)
David Grisman chronology
Dawganova
(1995)		 Songs of Our Fathers
(1995)		 Tone Poems 2
(1995)

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

References
  1. Dawgnet.com entry for Songs of Our Fathers. Retrieved November 2009.
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