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Jews in country music[edit]
This article covers the relationship between Jews and country music. Artists, producers, songwriters, music executives, and other figures of Jewish descent have long been involved in both mainstream and independent country music scenes. Additionally, performers of klezmer and contemporary Jewish religious music have occasionally drawn influence from country and bluegrass, such as klezmer/bluegrass musician Andy Statman, Jewish bluegrass band Nefesh Mountain, and country-themed parodist and children's entertainer Country Yossi.
History[edit]
1920s to 1950s[edit]
While some Jewish musicians performed for Nashville's WSM radio station in the early 1920s, the industry was not historically welcoming to Jews.[1] In the 1930s, the New York-based American Guild of Authors and Composers (later the Songwriters Guild of America) attempted to establish a branch in Nashville but, according to veteran country songwriter John D. Loudermilk, because the organizations was led by Jewish songwriters, "[they] couldn't get in down there".[1] The American country music group Tompall & the Glaser Brothers' 1962 induction into the Grand Ole Opry was reportedly withheld until it was confirmed that, despite rumors spurred by their surname, the brothers were not Jewish.[2] As late as 1993, then-Country Music Association program director Helen Farmer allegedly witnessed antisemitic rants from Buddy Lee Attractions agents who were unaware Farmer was Jewish.[3]
Despite these hostilities, a number of Jewish figures played key roles in the evolution of the country music industry.
- Paul Cohen[4][5][6]
- Syd Nathan' King Records (1940s)
- Fiddler Maurice "Mutt" Ruben appeared with bands at the Grand Ole Opry from 1945 to 1952 and played with the likes of Howdy Forrester, Roy Acuff, and Rod Brasfield.[4]
- Hill & Range (Jean Aberbach, Julian Aberbach) published most of the country hits from 1945 to 1955[3]
- Nudie Cohn[5][6]
- Si Siman[5][6]
- Neil Reshen helped facilitate the 1970s outlaw country movement by negotiating contracts for the likes of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson[5]
- John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers (1960s)[4]
- Bob Dylan often explored country music, most notably on his 1969 album Nashville Skyline, and performed a rendition of "Girl from the North Country" at the Ryman Auditorium for The Johnny Cash Show[5]
- Shel Silverstein wrote country songs in '60s and '70s, was integral to opening up Key West as a songwriting destination for the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker and Jimmy Buffett[5]
- Barbi Benton (1970s)[5]
- Olivia Newton-John, Jewish descent, country career in the 1970s
- Paul Burch, 1990s-present, Bloodshot Records artist[5][6]
- Victoria Shaw, songwriter and artist, 1990s[7][5][6]
- Eric Silver, sideman for Keith Urban, The Chicks, Shania Twain[5][6]
- Jaron Lowenstein had a brief country career in 2009-2010 as Jaron and the Long Road to Love
- Early history of the genre, leading up to 1999 (Harris)
- [5]
- List of Jewish figures in country music as compiled by Saving Country Music
- [6]
- Forward article about history of Jews in the Nashville industry
- [8]
- Mal Blum discussing country and Americana sounds on Ain't It Nice
- [9]
- List of Jewish country songs
- [10]
- List of Jewish country artists
- Israeli country-ish artists: Geva Alon, Nachman Fahrner
"Jewgrass"[edit]
- Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys included Jewish fiddler Gene Lowinger, one of the first Jews to play on the Opry stage and author of one the first books translating bluegrass fiddle to musical notation[4][5]
- The Greenbriar Boys formed by Ralph Rinzler, Eric Weissberg, and Bob Yellin (1950s)[4]
- Weissberg performed "Dueling Banjos" for Deliverance
- Rinzler, Cohen, Izzy Young, and Moses Asch's Folkways Records each played a role in introducing older Appalachian music to the American folk revival of the 1960s
- Rinzler managed Monroe in the early 1960s and helped him find a new audience in the folk revival scene[11][12]
- [13]
- Profile of Nefesh Mountain, Joe Buchanan, Mark Rubin, Andy Statman, Henry Sapoznik, and Michael Alpert as Jewish figures in bluegrass
- [14]
- Profile of "Jewgrass", particularly Margot Leverett
- [15]
- More on Jewish bluegrass
Bibliography[edit]
- Harris, Stacy (1999). "Kosher Country: Success and Survival on Nashville's Music Row". Southern Jewish History. 2. Southern Jewish Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-27 – via Academia.edu.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Harris, p. 113
- ^ Harris, p. 116
- ^ a b Harris, p. 114
- ^ a b c d e Harris, p. 115
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Coroneos, Kyle ("Trigger") (2022-10-26). "Country Music's (Not So) Surprising List of Jewish Contributors". Saving Country Music. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g Littman, Margaret (2017-10-15). "Why The Nashville Music Scene Is More Jewish Than You Think". The Forward. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ Harris, pp. 116-117
- ^ Munoz, Abel (2022-04-15). "Mal Blum's New Americana". Country Queer. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ Sparber, Max (2017-11-29). "Yiddish cowboys: Jews in country songs". American Jewish World. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ Cholst, Rachel (Sep 10, 2021). "A&T Playlist #5: Jewish Country Music". Adobe & Teardrops. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ Thanki, Juli (2009-11-03). "The Music That Matters Part One: Bill Monroe and Ralph Rinzler". PopMatters. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1729/30. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Gruber, Ruth Ellen (2017-08-17). "Jews Plus Bluegrass Equals Toe-Stompin' Jewgrass". Hadassah Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ Kaufmann, David (2008-03-06). "O, Landsman, Where Art Thou?". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ Regenstreif, Mike (2010-12-13). "Monday Music: Circles of Jewish Bluegrass". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
Jews in heavy metal[edit]
Mainstream[edit]
(source notes)[edit]
Category:Jewish heavy metal musicians
Slan, with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, and Ted Epstein, cited as "the first all-Jewish heavy metal band"[1]
https://kahn-harris.org/work-theme/jews-and-metal/
Jewish filmmakers Jeff Krulik and John Heyn directed the 1986 cult classic documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Barzel, Tamar (2015-01-30). "Breaking a Thick Silence". New York Noise: Radical Jewish Music and the Downtown Scene. Indiana University Press. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-0-253-01564-8.
- ^ Samuels, David (2011-09-13). "Anthrax's Scott Ian Talks About Jews and Heavy Metal". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Kahn-Harris, Keith (2009-04-06). "Heavy Shtetl". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Kurtz, Moshe (2020-07-13). "Why Jewish music should take a lesson from heavy metal". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Norwood, Stephen Harlan; Pollack, Eunice G. (2008). "American Jews and Music". Encyclopedia of American Jewish History. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 676. ISBN 978-1-85109-638-1.
- ^ Kampeas, Ron (Oct 26, 2021). "The Jewish stories behind a heavy metal cult classic documentary". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2023-03-01.