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2 unusual facts about Andy Statman


Andy Statman

On June 19, 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Andy Statman would be awarded a National Heritage Fellowship, the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

In 1969 he attended Franconia College in Franconia, New Hampshire, but eventually dropped-out to pursue a musical career.


David Grisman discography

As a very fruitful author, Grisman issued albums with his own groups David Grisman Quintet and Old and in the Way, performed in various duo collaborations with Jerry Garcia, Andy Statman, Martin Taylor, John Sebastian, Tony Rice, played in psychedelic band Earth Opera with Peter Rowan, produced a number of solo records and cooperated with many other artists in different genres.

Metropolitan Klezmer

Individually, Metropolitan Klezmer players have worked with such diverse artists as Bonnie Raitt, The Toasters, Bill Frisell, Toshi Reagon, Juan Carlos Formell, Indigo Girls, Burning Spear, Amy Sedaris, Max Roach, Rufus Wainwright, Nora York, and the Microscopic Septet, as well as Jewish music performers from the Klezmatics and Andy Statman to David Krakauer, Sephardic stars Alhambra and SF's Charming Hostess.


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