Yoshke Yoshke: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, August 2020 

In August 2020, after six months of performance cancellations, Chicago's Maxwell Street Klezmer Band was invited to take part in the Blue Skies Concert Series, an outdoor performance limited to an audience of 50 (conforming to Illinois law) which was broadcast as a livestream. What resulted was a joyous experience for the actual and virtual audiences as well as the musicians.
This Chassidic folk song that goes by different names is a celebratory song with the chorus, "Der Rebbe hot geheysn freilech zayn--trinkn bronfn, nisht keyn vayn!" The Rabbi says that now we should rejoice, and drink whisky instead of wine!"
Lori Lippitz
Alex Koffman
Cantor Pavel Roytman
Tanya Melamed
Lisa Fishman
Shelley Yoelin
Bartek Warkoczynski
Ivo Braun
Bob Samborski
Gail Mangurten
Jim Cox
Justin Kramer
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