a little bit about us
began singing from the pulpit of his Philadelphia-area synagogue at age 10. Then, after several forgettable attempts to master the cello and the piano he finally picked up the guitar at age 17. Today Saul is a professional cantor, composer of contemporary Jewish music and, by day, a public relations maven.
Saul sings lead vocals, plays guitar and writes for the band.
plays every instrument he’s ever made – from upright basses to lutes to steel drums (which he insists are not called kettle drums). One of these days, if we buy him a truck, he will find a way to incorporate all his instruments into our repertoire.
Most of the time he plays banjo and mandolin and he writes pastiche pieces for the band which we call "shmooshtas."
taught herself to play the fiddle as she approached yet another anniversary of her 29th birthday. She performs with the fiddle her father played many years ago. She even tunes it now and then... to the great relief of the band.
Gail plays the fiddle, surprises folks with the washboard, and sings harmony.
our bass player and the newest member of the band, brings his own great style to providing the "boom boom" in our Jewgrass music. While he often imagines himself as the rock solid foundation of a band, he knows that a few folks confuse rock solid foundations and rocks in the head.
In addition to bass, Eric plays diverse styles of acoustic and electric guitar really well.
“...you blend an absolutely American musical form - bluegrass - with absolutely Jewish content - and make it work. Well done!”
--Larry Bell, Executive Director, Arizona Jewish Historical Society
Shalom Feivel and Rocky Mountain Jewgrass® is the original Jewgrass band combining bluegrass and Jewish music producing a new and unique sound - the high lonesome kvetch! To die-hard bluegrass fans, we apologize. We hope you enjoy our picklin' and grinnin'.
