Rock 'n Roll Yiddish

This is a great story: "Folk singer Gerry Tenney breaks into song midway through an interview: 'Ze ikh a royte tir ikh vill es farbn schvartz….' Sound familiar? Perhaps not in Yiddish, but in English: 'I see a red door and I want it painted black….' Yes, the Rolling Stones classic is only the latest to which Tenney, 66, has turned his attention. When the California-based musician put his Yiddish version of The Beatles’ 'A Hard Day’s Night' — 'Shvereh Togidikeh Nacht' — up on his band’s Web site, www.californiaklezmer.com, it wasn’t long before he was hearing feedback from around the world."