associated_acts death_date death_place label name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
megama january 8 , 2011 -lrb- age 65 -rrb- tucson , arizona , united states cbs records international moshe yess solo_singer april 18 , 1945 country , contemporary jewish moshe yess
 morris arthur yess composer , singer-songwriter
moshe yess

moshe aaron -lrb- morris arthur -rrb- yess -lrb- april 18 , 1945 -- january 8 , 2011 -rrb- was an orthodox jewish musician , composer and entertainer from montreal , canada .
a member of the chabad community in montreal , yess was a regular performer at chabad house events and shows , together with general music festivals and the annual `` a time for music '' concert .
in the 1960s , yess shared stages with david crosby , jefferson airplane , and the association .
for a time he was part of a psychedelic music group named research 1-6-12 which produced one album in 1968 .
as a solo performer he played in las vegas , reno , and other hot spots .
in 1978 he moved from hollywood , california to jerusalem , israel , where he enrolled in dvar yerushalayim yeshiva .
there he met rabbi shalom levine , who became his mentor in halacha and his musical partner in megama .
they spoke about harnessing american-style music to communicate the beauty and values of judaism .
thus was megama -lrb- hebrew for `` trend '' -rrb- born .
one of yess 's biggest hit songs was `` my zaidy , '' in which the speaker remembers his grandfather , who was his last link to judaism .
`` my zaidy '' -- `` zaidy '' is the yiddish word for `` grandpa '' -- touched several generations of american and canadian jews .
other hits by megama included `` ai n't gon na work on saturday '' and `` not ashamed , '' and one of their successful children 's shows was called `` judeo rodeo . ''
yess collaborated with abie rotenberg to produce the children 's audio series called `` the marvelous midos machine '' composed of three volumes , with all-original material .
when rotenberg produced the 4th episode in december 2011 , he made the album in tribute of yess .
in the 1990s , yess started a rock band called burnt offering with the blessing of the lubavitcher rebbe .
the band 's mission was to spread the message to the world to engage in acts of goodness and kindness .
he eventually became an extreme believer in lubavitch messianism , creating a website promoting his views .
yess retired from music in his later years when his health began to decline .
moshe yess died of cancer on january 8 , 2011 , in tucson , arizona .
he was 65 years old .
