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Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah

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Released
  
August 2006

Release date
  
August 2006

Genre
  
Klezmer

Artist
  
The Klezmatics

Label
  
Jewish Music Group

Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah (2006)
  
Tuml = Lebn The Best of the First 20 Years (2008)

Similar
  
The Klezmatics albums, Other albums

Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah is the eighth album by New York band the Klezmatics, released in 2006. It contains Hanukkah-themed songs, of which the lyrics to most were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1949.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Honeyky Hanuka" (Guthrie/London)
  2. "Happy Joyous Hanuka" (Guthrie/Sklamberg)
  3. "Gilad and Ziv's Sirba" (Sklamberg)
  4. "Hanuka Bell" (Guthrie/Morrissett)
  5. "(Do the) Latke Flip-Flip" (London)
  6. "Hanukah Tree" (Guthrie/London)
  7. "The Many and the Few" (Guthrie)
  8. "Groovy's Freylekhs" (Darriau)
  9. "Hanuka Gelt" (Guthrie/Sklamberg)
  10. "Spin Dreydl Spin" (Gutkin)
  11. "Hanuka's Flame" (Guthrie/London)
  12. "Hanuka Dance" (Guthrie)

Personnel

  • Matt Darriau - reeds, Jew's harp
  • Lisa Gutkin - violin, harmony vocals
  • David Licht - drums
  • Frank London - trumpet, harmonium, alto horn, harmony vocals
  • Paul Morrissett - bass, tsimbl, baritone horn, bass vocals
  • Lorin Sklamberg - lead vocals, accordion, piano
  • Susan McKeown - duet vocal, "The Many and the Few"; harmony vocals, "Happy Joyous Hanuka", "Hanuka's Flame"
  • Boo Reiners - guitars, banjo, mandolin
  • Greg Anderson - guitar, "Hanuka Dance"; zoura, "Hanuka Gelt"; production and mixing
  • Danny Blume - vocals and electric guitar, "(Do the) Latke Flip-Flip"
  • Erik Anjou, Annette Ezekiel, Tine Kinderman, Klara Zikova - chorus, "Hanuka's Flame"

    • Songs

    1Honeyky Hanuka (Hanukkah)2:38
    2Happy Joyous Hanuka (Hanukkah)3:57
    3Gilad and Ziv's Sirba (Hanukkah)2:55

    References

    Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah Wikipedia
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