Eef Barzelay
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Ifar "Eef" Barzelay (Template:Langx; born May 12, 1970) is an Israeli-American musician. He is the principal songwriter and singer of alternative country band Clem Snide, but has also toured as a solo act, both as a headliner and in support of various artists such as Ben Folds.
Early life
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 12, 1970,[1] Barzelay grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and attended Teaneck High School.[2]
Career
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At the A.V. Fest 2011 in Chicago, Illinois, Barzelay performed the music of the popular rock band Journey.[3]
In 2014 Barzelay recorded a version of Bee Gees's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" for a fundraising CD titled "More Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU. He also wrote and recorded five songs for the Rudderless soundtrack such as "Sam Spirals" and "A Day on the Water".
Discography
- Bitter Honey (CD) – spinART – February 21, 2006
- Rocket Science (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD) – Lakeshore Records – August 7, 2007
- Lose Big (CD) – 429 Records – June 17, 2008
- Black Tin Rocket: Songs of the Transmissionary Six EP (Digital download) – Bandcamp release – March 14, 2011
- Bitter Honey (Redux) (Digital Download) – Bandcamp release – March 31, 2011
- Clem Snide's Journey (Vinyl, Digital Download) – Bandcamp release – June 29, 2011
- Fan Chosen Covers (Best lets see if this works Of) (Digital download) – Bandcamp release – September 20, 2011
- Janie Jones - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, digital download) – Nettwerk – October 11, 2011
- Girls Come First (Digital Download) Bandcamp release – March 4, 2015
- Oh, Smokey (Vinyl, CD, Digital Download) - Cloverdale Records - November 15, 2024
References
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- ↑ Buried Love: From sipping iced tea and playing Al Green to imagining you're watching Ricky beat Lucy Template:Webarchive, Village Voice, March 1, 2005. Accessed May 12, 2008. "Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay has a dry voice and an even drier wit. Barzelay was born in Israel, raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, and did time studying jazz at Berklee before dropping out to start a noise-rock band named for the talking asshole in William Burroughs's Naked Lunch."
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External links
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Jewish Israeli musicians
- Israeli emigrants to the United States
- Jewish American musicians
- Musicians from Teaneck, New Jersey
- 429 Records artists
- Jewish rock musicians
- Songwriters from New Jersey
- 21st-century American singers
- SpinART Records artists
- 21st-century American Jews