Tennessee Schmaltz: Biography

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• Rabbinical School Dropouts
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Formed:

Jan 1, 1995 in Knoxville, TN

Genre:

Country Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Founded in Knoxville, TN in 1995, Tennessee Schmaltz plays in a hybrid Old World klezmer style peppered with strains of Appalachian string band music, jazz, country, bluegrass and Yiddish music hall all tossed in for good measure. Although membership in the group has shifted somewhat over the years, the current lineup of Larry Hoffman on clarinet, Dan Shapira on accordion, Manny Herz on piano, Rob Heller on washtub bass and clarinet and vocalist Carolyn SilverAlford has been a fairly consistent one. The band selfreleased the album Old Country Klezmer in 2000, following it with Pachelbel's Canon Other Jewish Hits in 2006.

- Steve Leggett, All Music Guide