Songs of Our Fathers

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Songs of Our Fathers

Studio album by

David Grisman, Andy Statman

Released

1995

Genre

Americana, newgrass, jazz, Klezmer

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)

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.

"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

David Grisman – mandolin
Andy Statman – clarinet, mandolin
Hal Blaine – drums
Edgar Meyer – bass
Zachariah Spellman – tuba
Enrique Coria – guitar
Jim Kerwin – bass

References

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

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Discography
with Earth Opera	Earth Opera (1968) The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1969)
with Muleskinner	Muleskinner (1973) Muleskinner Live: Original Television Soundtrack (1994, recorded 1973)
with Old & In the Way	Old & In the Way (1975) That High Lonesome Sound (1996) Breakdown (1997) Old & In the Gray (2002) Live at the Boarding House (2008) Live at the Boarding House: The Complete Shows (2013)
with Jerry Garcia	Jerry Garcia / David Grisman Not for Kids Only Shady Grove So What The Pizza Tapes Grateful Dawg Been All Around This World
with David Grisman Quintet	The David Grisman Quintet (1977) Hot Dawg (1978) Quintet '80 (1980) Mondo Mando (1981) Dawg '90 (1990) Dawgwood (1993) Dawganova (1995) DGQ-20 (1996) Dawgnation (2002) Dawg's Groove (2006)
with Andy Statman	Mandolin Abstractions (1983) Songs of Our Fathers (1995) New Shabbos Waltz (2006)
with Martin Taylor	Tone Poems 2 (1995) I'm Beginning To See The Light (1999)
Solo albums and collaborations	The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964) The David Grisman Rounder Record (1976) Early Dawg (1980, recorded 1966 & 1973) Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live (1991) Here Today (1982) David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas (1983) Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass (1983) Acousticity (1984) Svingin' with Svend (1987) Home Is Where the Heart Is (1988) Bluegrass Reunion (1992) Common Chord (1993) Doc & Dawg (1997) Retrograss (1999) Dawg Duos (1999) New River (2001) Traversata (2001) Life of Sorrow (2003) Hold On, We're Strummin' (2003) DGBX (2006) The Living Room Sessions (2007) Satisfied (2007)
Tone Poems project	Tone Poems (1994) Tone Poems 2 (1995) Tone Poems 3 (2000)
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