Guy Peppi - Former Sol Blazowitz Manager

The Hippie movement was no place for the show-stopping/Torah speeches the Swingin' Rabbi Show offered. Eventually, in a difficult career decision, Sol headed to the live entertainment capitol of the world, Las Vegas. The Rabbi's former manager, Guy Peppi still has reservations about the move today:

"We weren't sure if Sol knew what he was getting into. Vegas was so over-the-top corrupted in the early '70s we thought they'd eat him alive. But he'd heard that Neil Diamond was packing them in out there and he was adamant about going. For better or worse, I think it changed him."

At first things were rough for Sol in Las Vegas, but according to his management and many of the casino promoters of the time, the Swingin' Rabbi Show reached new heights when Sol added his Funk & Boogie Review replete with a horn section. Soon, there were only a few key musical performers who could headline with him. Diamond Jack Glitz, who often opened shows for Sol, was a firsthand witness to the Vegas era.

"Tom Jones, Elvis Presley and Sol Blazowitz, that was the holy trio. That hep cat swung it hard and fast back then. No one could fashion a tune like the Rabbi! The chicks dug him and celebrities flocked to his dressing room. There was always something happening around the dude. One night Sinatra comes in and can't get a table and Sol tells him, 'Chairman… you can sit on stage.' True story!"