Kabalas
Quad Cities klezmer band known for vaudeville stage antics.
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The Kabalas were a four-piece band from the Quad Cities area of the American Mid-West. Their music blended traditional Eastern European Klezmer with Jewish folksongs, Israeli popular songs, Polka, and popular music. They gained national attention after performing at the South By Southwest Music Conference in 1996 and were named best alternative band by Oil Magazine in 1995.
Quick Facts
- Origin
- Quad Cities area, American Mid-West
- Members
- Scott Morschhauser
- Barry 'The Wolfman' Wolf
- 'Nervous' Neal Smith
- the late 'Mr.' Joel Dick
- Years active
- 1994 through 1999
- Record label
- Dionysus Records
- Albums
- Martinis and Bagels (1994)
- The Eye of Zohar (1997)
- Time Tunnel (1999)
- Notable performance
- South By Southwest Music Conference
- Austin
- Texas (1996)
- Final performance
- December 31, 1999
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- Wikipedia: Kabalas (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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