Album Notes

Rav Shmuel has a beard and sidelocks and loves The Grateful Dead! He does not see an inconsistency between these two identities. Rav, who has taught Jewish Philosophy and Talmus at various Universities, has also toured the USA with Gelfiltefish, his first stateside band, playing sold-out parking lots before and after Phish shows.

Born in Brooklyn, Rav spent seven years in Jerusalem teaching by day and playing in the clubs at night. Rav moved back to New York in 2001, quickly becoming a house favorite at The Sidewalk Café, which has produced such stars as Beck, Hamell On Trial and The Moldy Peaches.

So what we’re talking about here is a forty-something
Orthodox Rabbi with six kids who is currently rocking
out the East Village’s freshest scene and will soon be
rocking out the world!