"Blues for Peace Song" genre: Spiritual Blues
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	The "Blues for Peace Song" is a rockin' spiritual blues in Hebrew from the prophet Isaiah. It has the BFP slogan... "And they shall beat their swords into guitars."
	Credits: Shmuel Meir - Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar, Bass
	Story Behind the Song The Blues for Peace Song is dedicated to Ofra Haza, a Yemenite singer from a poor neighborhood of Tel Aviv that passed away on February 23, 2000. I met Ofra Haza in 1976 when I lived near the "Hatikvah" (hope) area of Tel Aviv. She would stop by frequently for the nightly blues jams at my apartment and introduced me to Bezalel Aloni, her manager. At the time, Ofra Haza and Bezalel Aloni were beginning to create a new sound based on western dance beats and Arab melodies that would make Ofra Haza world famous. Bezalel liked my music and suggested I write a blues song for Ofra Haza based on a biblical text. I started to make up a melody for the song, but never quite finished it. When Ofra passed away, I dug out the song and called Bezalel to express my condolences and talk about old times. After I got off the phone, I picked up my guitar and came up with "The Blues for Peace Song" and dedicated it to Ofra Haza. Lyrics The words to the song are from the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 2. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation Neither shall they learn war anymore Hal-le-lu-jah (2x's) And they shall beat their swords into guitars And their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation Neither shall they learn war anymore Hal-le-lu-jah Hebrew Lyrics Lo yisa goy al goy che-che-rev Lo yil-mi-doo od mil-cha-ma Hal-le-lu-jah (2x's) Vi-ke-ti-tu char-vo-tam li-gi-tar-rot, Vi-cha-ni-to-to-tae-ham li-maz-me-rot. Lo yisa goy al goy che-che-rev. Lo yil-mi-doo od mil-cha-ma. Hal-le-lu-jah Blues for Peace Song © 2000 by Johnny Mayer.

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