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August 27 = 2009

he band Yid
Vicious never
intended to live
up to its name. The seven
instrumentalists, based in
Wisconsin, just want the
name adding to the fun.
With a plan to mix
klezmer with today's musi-
cal styles, the founding
musicians linked them-
The klezmorim of Yid Vicious
selves to punk through a
name that bounced off the
stage name Sid Vicious, the bass player a patchwork of people playing music
that everybody liked.
in the band Sex Pistols.
"Over time, the percentage of Jews
Yid Vicious, since launching in 1995,
has been random, depending on who's
has brought its sounds and humor to
around and reflecting a lot of influ-
religious and nonreligious venues and
ences. That's what the klezmorims
is making a second appearance at the
always have done.
Ark in Ann Arbor. Members will per-
"Klezmer music is Jewish, but it's
form a wide-ranging show and infuse
secular. For me, it's the equivalent of
some songs from their most recent
playing in a salsa band but not being
recording, Dollars to Doinas, Sunday
Latin or playing country-western
evening, Aug. 30.
music without being from the South."
"We're known for our energy, and
While Yid Vicious performs at tra-
we love to joke',' says Melissa Reiser,
ditional Jewish celebrations, the band
34, who plays sax. "We love when
also has appeared at outdoor fairs and
people in the audience dance. That's
done cultural exchange programs for
the most important thing.
the state. The group recently played in
"We blend in very traditional songs,
several Japanese cities.
and we play a number of pieces corn-
"The people in Japan had no idea
posed for us by our drummer, Geoff
what klezmer is, but they totally loved
Brady, who grew up in Pontiac.
Reiser says. "We played for several
"We have a unique instrumentation
schools, elementary and junior high,
and include French horn, which is
where behavior is regimented, and we
not a traditional klezmer instrument.
got these kids dancing and laughing."
Saxophone wasn't originally part of
In the fall, Yid Vicious is heading for
klezmer, but that has become more
a klezmer festival in Argentina.
common."
The group, with members' ages close
The new recording reaches from
to 40, does about 30 concerts a year.
the big band favorite "Bei Mir Bist Du
Their recordings, which can include
Schoen" to the Latin-infused "21st-
singer Anna Parnell, are available at
Century Tangar."
appearances.
Organized by Bob Jacobson, Yid
"We always look for new repertoire,'
Vicious has experienced musician
says Reiser, a music teacher and multi-
changes that include the moving on
band member specializing in ethnomu-
of Jacobson and now does not list any
sicology."That keeps the music fresh: E
Jewish members. Fiddler Daithi Wolfe
grew up in Ann Arbor.
"Bob came from Chicago, where
Yid Vicious appears 7 p.m.
he was in a klezmer band," explains
Sunday, Aug. 30, at the Ark, 316
Reiser, who married into a Jewish
S. Main, in Ann Arbor. $15. (734)
family. "When Bob began to miss
761-1818; www.theark.org .
klezmer, he looked for musicians to
work with him and brought together

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