Yosi Piamenta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yosi Piamenta

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1951

Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Israel

Date of Death: 23-Aug-2015

Profession: singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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".