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Meet David Licht who plays drums in The Klezmatics

December 10, 2014 James Britton
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The Klezmatics @ Bimhuis 2009 - David Licht by concert fotograaf Utrecht Maarten MooijmanDavid Licht was born in Detroit and raised in Greensboro, N.C. where he studied drums with jazz drummer Sam Anflick. He went to the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, N.Y. in 1978 and met Eugene Chadbourne, who along with keyboardist Mark Kramer became the legendary rock trio, Shockabilly. Licht moved to NYC in 1985 to help Kramer manage the recording studio, Noise NY, and they formed the band Bongwater. He met Frank London the first week he was in NYC and by the end of that year the Klezmatics were formed. 24 years later, Licht has become a touring musician part-time and spends more time with his family and works as a painter and plasterer, something he started back in 1974 in order to be able to play drums for a living!

The Klezmatics will perform “Happy Joyous Hanukkah” on December 13 in Loeb Playhouse.

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