Yossi Piamenta is a Jewish Orthodox electric guitar player, often called the Hasidic Hendrix. As a young secular Israeli prog-rock electric guitar player, he was brought to the United States by saxophone legend Stan Getz. Both he and his brother Avi Piamenta became Baal teshuvas (returning to Orthodox Jewish observance) and have affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement in particular. Wikipedia
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Piamenta grew up in 1960s Jerusalem, listening to the music of his Sephardic family, of his Arab neighbors, and of the exploding rock and roll scene. www.shmoozenet.com/jsps/stories/0998Ben.shtml
Welcome to official website of The Piamenta Band, featuring guitarist Yosi Piamenta and flautist Avi Piamenta. Lists upcoming concert dates. www.piamenta.com/
