Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah

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.

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"

See also

• Mermaid Avenue (1998)
• Man in the Sand (1999)
• Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000)
• Wonder Wheel (2006)
• The Works (2008)
• New Multitudes (2012)
• Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (2012)
• Secular Jewish music

External links

• Klezmatics official website
• Woody Guthrie official website