12/29/2022 0 Comments Shlock rock my menorah![]() ![]() ![]() But the band was given lots of time to shine. Their opening songs set the tone of the show the band would play ensemble and Krakauer would be flying solo in front and up an octave. ![]() I thought Krakauer and the band were fabulous. It was a pretty grey haired crowd and even though the band kept the volume down, I saw some questioning faces. For me this was combo was perfect, but I'm not so sure everyone in the audience got it. The band instrumentation was much more like a rock band, with electric guitar and bass, drum kit, and Socalled's sequencer, in addition to accordion and Krakauer's clarinet. My wife and I saw him play tonight in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his group Klezmer Madness (including Socalled). He can can sputter, fret, laugh and yell. Klezmer clarinetists often have two modes, anguished wailing and hippity hoppity dancing. I wish I could play at all, but bear with me). Not as a clarinetist, sadly, but as a research scientist.ĭavid Krakauer plays the clarinet that way I wish I could (ok. I picked it because, of the five or so instruments I could choose from, it was the only one I knew nothing about. I'd love to say I chose the clarinet because I was inspired by Dave Tarras or Naftule Brandwein but it isn't so. I have since I was in fourth grade and signed up to learn it in music class. ![]()
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