We only knew their first names and they move on to other prisons all the time. It's a constant revolving door. I began receiving mail from people with names like Christian Smith or Takashi Akagi telling how they liked songs like Avinu which is a traditional Jewish prayer. It's a real combination of things but played pretty radically. Those people who expect to hear us play ethnic music in a traditional way that has been done for years will fall out of their chairs.
Nothing is sacred and everything is sacred- at the same time.
My music has run the spectrum of being called sacred to sacrilegious. Yet, I've been banned in certain religious neighborhoods where teenagers have confided in me that they listen behind closed doors with headphones on. Either way, as RebbeSoul, I'm just playing music from the Jewish soul. It's a glimpse into a world of who we are as a people. Whether, one is Jewish or not, we are all still part of a bigger group which is the human race.