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Nov 29, 1951 Jerusalem, Israel Died on 23 Aug 2015 (aged 63) Sagittarius
Yosi Piamenta - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Yosi Piamenta
- Yosi Piamenta (Hebrew: ???? ???????; November 29, 1951 – August 23, 2015) was an Orthodox Jewish singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for introducing the electric guitar to Jewish music.
- Piamenta played rock and roll tunes, often infused with heavy rock licks and extended guitar solos – all while dressed in Orthodox Jewish religious clothing and singing Biblical Hebrew lyrics.
- Piamenta was widely acknowledged by rock critics as a guitar virtuoso.In addition to being an original songwriter, Piamenta covered others' music in the religious Jewish music category – his album Songs of the Rebbes includes various Lubavitch, Belz, and Sephardi nigunim and zemirot – as well as secular American music, such as Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, and Jimi Hendrix.
- Piamenta described his music style saying, "I do klezmer with electric guitar".
