Drummer
David Licht co-founded the Klezmatics in NYC in the late '70s. A member of the legendary groups
Shockabilly and
Bongwater, he also performed with
Ned Rothenberg,
John Zorn and
Tom Cora in the early '80s. Other collaborations include: composing for choreographer Karen Heifetz, and performing with
Kapelye,
Giora Feidman,
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness. A father, painter and plasterer,
Licht still records with When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, and the Klezmatics. ~ Joslyn Layne