This is awesome - I love this! Are you still in Israel? If so, I would like to talk with you about a music project. Please message me on my facebook - Leah Urso (aka Morah Leah)

This song from 2009 was written to our youngest child, a gift to her when she was leaving home for a year abroad and college.

Time To Say Good-Bye

On January 17, 1994, Los Angeles experienced an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 which killed 72 people, injured 9,000 others, and caused $20 billion in damage. One community there responded by organizing a benefit concert where the proceeds would go to a local earthquake relief fund. My first album, "RebbeSoul" had recently been released and had success in the mainstream music world. I was invited to perform. I brought along some of my band mates to help out, especially backing up some of the other artists, among whom, was Reb Shlomo Carlebach.

There were some opening acts and then we were called up to play. At the end of our set, we played Avinu. Usually, it is a rousing and powerful piece and this night was no exception. Afterwards, I ventured out into the audience and noticed a friend motioning me to come over. As I got closer, I saw Reb Shlomo sitting next to him. My friend said, “I want to introduce you to someone,” and introduced me to a man who has probably had the most profound influence on Jewish culture in my lifetime. Reb Shlomo slowly rose from his chair, his eyes fixed on me almost in bewilderment. His mouth was open but hadn’t said anything yet. He embraced me and then said one sentence I shall never forget. He exclaimed, “Gevalt! It was from another world!” With those words, he showed what the Hassidic masters had always claimed about music – that it can be a holy instrument, connecting our world here with the one above, from the heart to the Heavens. I realized I was in the presence of someone who not only understood but lived that notion. He knew - we musicians are channels. Once we hone our skills enough, the best thing we can do is get out of the way and let the light of Heaven shine through. I was in the presence of a real holy man.

“Gevalt! It was from another world!” That is where the title for this RebbeSoul album comes from. It is entirely the music of Reb Shlomo Carlebach and It is called “From Another World.”

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach was one of the greatest spiritual teachers in the last 100 years. People adored him from all over the world, Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hindu,... black, white, red,... young, old,... He always said he had a great wish to meet everyone, to make friends with everyone, everywhere. He touched many. He also wrote over 2000 songs and this is my humble performance of his profoundly simple yet deeply spiritual music that truly alludes to something From Another World.

Moishele's Nigun

PLANET TEXAS

They rode like they was Rangers  
when they came out of the skies.
They had high tech horses, 
with the beacons in their eyes. 

My Colt was cocked and ready 
when I looked into their face.
I’d seen they weren't just common Buckaroos, 
born of the human race. 
No sir!  These Cowboys came from space.

Their shootin' irons shot laser light 
and their spurs was anodized,
bandanas caked with star dust 
and their jeans is pressurized.

They had twenty gallon Stetson hats, 
that turned sometimes and glowed.
And their boots let off a slight exhaust, 
so when they walked their feet just flowed,
about an inch above the road.

Yupee-i-a-a-a-y-e-e

Well they said howdy partner,
don't get yourself alarmed.
We don't mean to bring you trouble
We don't mean to bring you harm.

Us boys is goin' ridin',
why don't you come along,
You could surely take a little break.
Come on, it won't take long, 
and you look tired of writing songs.

Well I thought I best be careful.
It be foolish to get him riled.
When a cowboy got a side iron, 
that shoots for fifty miles.

And he handed me a halter
and I  tightened up the girth.
But before I hit the saddle, 
we were miles above the earth.
Looking down on ol’ Fort Worth.

Yupee-i-a-a-a-y-e-e
Yupee-i-o-o-o-o-o-o

I seen London, Paris, Budapest,
Kashmir and Tokyo.
And there ain't no sight like a desert night,
looking down on Mexico.

To the moons of Mars and Jupiter
'round Saturn’s rings we rode.     
past the frozen plains of Pluto      
where even the sun shines cold.  
And man I do mean cold.             

Then our interstellar stallions
sailed through a starless void.
There was nothing to miss, in that emptiness,      
not even a stray asteroid.                                

'Till we picked up the trail of a comet tail,
man, you can't even dream that far!                                   
and our galloping beat, like the rhythm,
of an old cat gut guitar,
just a strummin' to the distant stars.

Yupee-i-a-a-a-y-e-e

Well it could’ve lasted minutes
or a hundred thousand years.
But they got me down, and I was safe and sound 
and it hadn't even popped my ears.
 
Then they reared back on their broncos
and they shot a bolt of light.
I knew they were the good guys,
yes sir! you got it right
'cause their cowboy hats was white.

Well, I asked them, as they pulled their reigns
towards the setting sun,
"before you go I'd like to know
just where you boys come from." 

Well they opened up a star chart
and said "right here where this X is.
It's the Biggest place in outer space,
a planet known as Texas.
That's right I just said Texas.

Yupee-i-a-a-a-y-e-e
Yupee-i-o-o-o-o-o-o

Planet Texas

THE GHOST OF JOHNNY RINGO

It was a crime 
beatin' up the blind 
by the 'B' train
They took the cash from his cup 
then they beat 'em up 
with his cane
then a police man
said "hold it Stan"
but he didn't see the kid take aim
just a gut shot cop 
on a cold black top 
near a cigarette stand in a subway shop
where a cartoon cowboy on a comic book rack
stared at the cop as his eyes rolled back
Johnny Ringo

Well, the A-Train rattled 
Through the neon shadows 
Of the city
The were just in time 
the Harlem line 
was waitin' and ready
Then they lit up a roach 
on the uptown coach
and gazed at the graffiti
when a wheel spark flickered and the lights went dim
steel rails rumbled out a devil’s hymn
and the same name was scribbled out in red dayglow
with the last letter lookin' like a bullet hole
Johnny Ringo

Hey Johnny hey I heard Johnnie say
his gun is gonna’ get you and you can't get away
Go Johnny Go Johnny Johnny Ringo
The name is gonna’ follow you wherever you go

Well the subway stopped,
and the boys walked off, 
into a wall of dust and heat. 
They looked and they wondered, 
"this couldn't be a hundred 
and tenth street.”
They saw a limestone sign, 
said “Tombstone time,
1863!"
They said somebody must be messin’ with us,
they must o' stepped on our smoke with some Angel Dust.
but it wasn't a drug trip the boys were on
it was more like a journey in the Twilight Zone
with Ringo

Well they walked down the street
through the rustlers retreat of Tombstone.
They saw a mud saloon, 
where they walked in a room 
that the outlaws all called home.
They heard, "boys sit down, welcome to town,
I'm the bartender call me Pete.
Name your poison, put some mud in your eye,
we got Tennessee whisky or Arizona rye.
You don't need money, that there gentleman’s gonna’ buy. 
and then he pointed down the bar into the dark black eyes
of Ringo 

Hey Johnny hey I heard Johnnie say
his gun is gonna’ get you and you can't get away
Go Johnny Go Johnny Johnny Ringo
The name is gonna’ follow you wherever you go

He was sittin' in the back
dressed in black and the boys all laughed and said
"hey there reverend
there's no music in the tavern let’s see if you can dance to lead"
Well, he got up slow 
threw a shadow down the floor with a frame of six foot ten 
He said, "I don't make church and I don't preach
a lesson son is what I teach
Bingo boys is not my game
Mr Ringo is my name
John Ringo"

Well the bad guys broke 
for the guns in their coat
to the voice of a Smith and Wesson
Boot Hill waited  
as the smoke dissipated
and a church bell tolled a blessing
then another bell chimed 
in another time
1989
We're back in the city on a blood-stained street
We got three dead punks with tags on their feet
the homicide detective says, "strange you know,
I found the slugs from an antique '44
Ringo

Hey Johnnie hey I heard Johnnie say
his gun is gonna' get you and you can't get away
Go Johnnie Go Johnnie Johnny Ringo

Hey Johnnie hey I heard Johnnie say
his gun is gonna' get you and you can't get away
Go Johnnie Go Johnnie Johnny Ringo

the name is gonna’ follow you wherever you go.

The Ghost of Johnny Ringo

Amanda Brown's second single from her forthcoming debut album "Dirty Water".

No Good

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Eyes of a Child was composed off of a story of a child's memory of Heaven before birth. Children are chronologically closer to Heaven, which is why they shine. It isn't only because they are little that they are so endearing. As we grow older life looses it's wonder and lustre so we can regain this spirit by seeing through the Eyes of a Child. 
Produced and recorded in Nashville by Ed Pettersen and also in Norway by string wizard Freddy Holm.
This is a song well - loved by many.

Mostly Solo

Eyes Of A Child

Over and Over is a deep track with a Kabbalistic backstory, but your interpretation is valid as are any others. This song taps into Eden.
Produced and recorder by Jon Fiber and Andy Shaw at Shock Studios, U.K.
Acoustic Guitar & Vox - Seth
Synths and Backup Vox - Jon Fiber and Andy Shaw

Over And Over

Vibe list:

Love of my life
Makeda (Ticklah Mix)
Can't take my eyes off of you
Crazy
Tainted
Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong)
Slow Down
7 Days (DJ Premier Remix)
Rock the boat (Dancemix)
Tell me
Got 'til its gone
U know what's up
Dance Tonite
Forthenight
After Party
Don't Talk

For those of you interested and want to get more info feel free to reach out! Drop a comment and let me know what you think! 

- DJ François of Still Us Productions
E: info@stillusproductions.net
M: (510)634-5423
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