{"id":34499,"date":"2026-07-01T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=34499"},"modified":"2026-06-28T08:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:26:20","slug":"buddy-holly-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/01\/buddy-holly-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"BUDDY HOLLY AND ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nI dream about Buddy Holly.<\/p>\n

One problem: I wear clear-frame glasses and Buddy Holly had black, and I don’t feel like going to the optician’s for new frames. I want to be Buddy Holly, but I’m kind of lazy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I may have to settle for Klezmer Guy.<\/p>\n

Animal voices \u2014 the sound of cats and fleas. Significant to my music? Definitely.<\/p>\n

There are no rules for good music, only examples of it.<\/p>\n

Yiddishe Cup\u2019s Meshugeneh Mambo<\/em> is a terrific record. (It’s on Spotify.)<\/p>\n

The wrong song in the wrong place can often be the right song.<\/p>\n

Hope You Like Klezmer is <\/em>a coffee table book with more than 100 color photos of klezmer musicians. Some tied up, some with instruments in odd places. I\u2019m in a bathtub with reeds, like Moses.<\/p>\n

Half-ended melodies are fun.<\/p>\n

I want to play gigs with the Buddy Holly Klezmer Band. Instead, I’m playing with Yiddishe Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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