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I was thinking bigger than that, like a punk rock version of “Happy Thanksgiving”, or a bluegrass version of “And the Youth Shall See Visions”. Also I think the opening section of Phish’s “Weekapaug Groove” (like everything in the first minute of this video) would make a kickass leadin to “Miriam’s Song” – it’s basically the right chord progression.
Then again, I’ve heard enough horrifying organ/cantor renditions of “Mi Shebeirach” to know that Reform temples are also capable of this sort of genre-bending reinterpretation.