More Rock and Roll Jews
“I got a friend in Jesus” threw a bunch of us off when we first heard “Spirit in the Sky.” But Norman Greenbaum is indeedy-do, a Jew. With Orthodox roots (he kissed the mezuzah on the doorpost every time he went into a room), Greenbaum explained, “It was an artistic and commercial idea, not a religious epiphany.” Marc Feld, aka Marc Bolan – of T-Rex (Bang a Gong) fame had a Jewish father and Church of England mother. Kinky Friedman (and the Texas Jewboys) wrote one of my all time favorites,... Sign in to see full entry.