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Musical Awakening
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From jamming afier school to the big time, Blue
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B
y day, they are three easy-going
Yeshiva University students and
a preschool teacher, but when
school's out, they turn into the world-
touring, CD-recording, Jewish pop rock
sensation Blue Fringe.
The four 20 something young men of
Blue Fringe spend weekends and sum-
mers on concert tours and the school
week rehearsing and writing words and
music to the Hebrew and English songs
they perform.
"We started out rehearsing in the
music building at YU after classes, from
about 10:30 p.m. until midnight," said
Dov Rosenblatt, 23, of Teaneck, N.J.,
the band's rhythm guitarist, songwriter
and lead singer. "It was very intense at
the beginning."
The New York-based group — join-
ing Rosenblatt are guitarist-composer
Avi Hoffman, 23, of Elizabeth, N.J.;
drummer Danny Zwillenberg, 22, of
Philadelphia; and bassist Hayyim
Danzig, 23, of Philadelphia — describes
their original music as running the
gamut, from soul searching to irreverent,
including a tune that uses the terms
"flipping out" and shepping nachas
(deriving joy) in the same line.
Now, just three years after getting
together, Blue Fringe is working on a
second CD and has plans to spend the
upcoming winter school break in
England, performing in concert. This
past summer, they were on the road
playing in upstate New York and
Pennsylvania in the early months and on
tour in South Africa and Australia in
August.
Although they include Hebrew songs
in their performances, their sing-along,
stuck-in-your-head phrases make the
band popular with those not familiar
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with the Hebrew words. Their perform-
ances have included appearances at
mainstream clubs in New York, like B.B.
King's Blues Club & Grill and Makor.
While three songs on their breakout
CD My Awakening are in English, six of
the seven Hebrew tunes are performed
with original music written to liturgy
and well-known favorite lyrics familiar
to many.
Only one track does not include origi-
nal words or music from the band.
"Hafachta" was recorded with permis-
sion from Rabbi Moshe Shur, a found-
ing member of the Diaspora Yeshiva
Band, said Jon Perl of Perl Productions,
Inc., a YU graduate living in New York
who is the group's manager and booking
agent. "Rabbi Shur insisted that all of
his royalties go to a specific charity in
Israel."
And the royalties are higher than the
group expected. "Sales of the CD are
way beyond our expectations," Perl said.
"When we put the album out, we were
hoping for sales of 5,000. As of late,
we've sold around 13,000."
Who Listening?
Blue Fringe — named for blue-dyed
fringes of the tallit (prayer shawl) —
plays to crowds with varying musical
interests.
"Fans of all ages — teens to baby
boomers — write to give kudos on the
disc," Perl said.
Perhaps the wide range of listeners is
due to the versatility of the music, influ-
enced both by Hebrew bands and the
likes of Coldplay, Phish and John Mayer.
Maybe it's that the group's tunes
include everything from laugh-out-loud,
clever social satire describing the
Orthodox Jewish dating scene to mean-
ingful, smooth emotional songs about
Israel.
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