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ABOUT THE AMISH OUTLAWS

It is a little-known fact that most Amish practice a tradition similar to the Christian “Confirmation” and Jewish “Bar Mitzvah” called “Rumspringa” (literal translation: “running around”) in which Amish children at the age of 16 have an opportunity to live free of the strict Amish code of conduct before deciding if they want to come back and be baptized into the Amish church.

Surprisingly, virtually all of the youths return.

But sometimes they don’t.

Four out of the original six members of The Amish Outlaws were born and raised in Lancaster, PA and had a strict Amish upbringing. No electricity from land lines, no alcohol, no musical instruments, but their spirits were too wild for the Amish lifestyle. Once they trampled in the Devil’s Playground, there was no turning back. In the years since Rumspringa, the members of the Amish Outlaws have become very well acclimated to the pleasures and vices of the modern world…  music, most of all.

Thus, with a bold lust for life and a fire for music and performance that can only come from 16 years of repression, The Amish Outlaws were unleashed upon the world.

hezekiah

Favorite food: Foie Gras or SPAM.

BROTHER HEZEKIAH X
Lead Vocals
Brother Amos

Favorite food: Anything that used to be alive.

BROTHER AMOS DEF
Keyboard/Vocals
abel

Favorite food: A 4 by 4 from In & Out

BROTHER BIG DADDY ABEL
Lead Vocals
eazye

Favorite food: Hamburgers
Endorsed by: GHS Strings

BROTHER EAZY EZEKIEL
Bass
Brother Job

Favorite food: Ceviche

BROTHER SNOOP JOB
Guitar/Vocals
jakob

Favorite food: Lobster poached in butter

BROTHER JAKOB THE PIPELAYER
Drums

THE AMISH OUTLAWS FAQ

We are regularly asked a lot of questions by people, not just about the weather or the time, but about ourselves. We decided to answer some of them here for the curious folk out there.

1) Are you really Amish?

Well, this all depends on who you ask. Brothers Job, Abel and Jakob are not now and never were Amish (though we do consider them to be “honorary Amish”). The other three Brothers (“from a different mother,” as the saying goes) were raised Amish, however were not baptized as adults in the Amish faith. We are still “Amish,” however, the same way that if an individual raised Catholic or Jewish that is not practicing is still Catholic or Jewish.

2) Is this a joke?

No. This is a joke:

 

An Amish lady is trotting down the road in her horse and buggy when she is pulled over by a police man. The officer says, “Ma’am, I’m not going to ticket you, but I do have to issue a warning. You have a broken reflector on your buggy.”

 

She replies, “Oh, I’ll let my husband know as soon as I get home.”

 

“That’s fine,” the officer replies. “Another thing, ma’am. I don’t like the way that one rein loops across the horse’s back and around his testicles. I consider that animal abuse. That’s cruelty to animals. Have your husband take care of that right away.”

 

Later that day, the lady is home telling her husband about her encounter with the cop.

 

“Well, dear, what exactly did he say?”

 

“He said the reflector is broken.”

 

“I can fix that in two minutes. Anything else?”

 

“I’m not sure, something about the emergency brake.”

3) Do you still see your family?

Yes, we do. It is a popular misconception that the Amish shun individuals that decide not to be baptized. That is not true. If an Amish person decides not to be baptized, his or her decision is accepted (though not usually approved of), and the family and community still accept that individual. If you are baptized and then leave the faith or get baptized into another faith, then you will most likely be shunned, but even then, it is a last resort. The Amish believe in forgiveness and will always try to bring an individual back to the faith before shunning him or her. They will also always welcome you back, even after being shunned, as long as you make a confession and apology.

4) What does your family think about what you are doing now?

Speaking for myself (Ezekiel), they are happy for me, because they know I have found something (playing music) that makes me happy and allows me to bring happiness to others. While they are not thrilled that I decided not to be baptized and would rather I was living back in the Amish community, they respect my decision and have never tried to dissuade me from doing what I love to do.

5) Can you drink?

Obviously, yes. If we couldn’t, we would either be dead from dehydration or have to walk around with IVs providing us with the necessary fluids to survive.

6) Can you drive cars?

Yes, we can, though, Brother Hezekiah has a little more trouble with it than most folks. If we were still practicing Amish, we would not be allowed to. HOWEVER, even practicing Amish people can ride in cars and buses but are forbidden to own one. The Amish can ride tractors on the farm though they must have metal tires instead of rubber to prevent them from being used for traveling long distances.

7) Is your beard real?

Yes.

8) Can I have your hat?

No. We like our hats and need them to cover our heads. We have lost a handful of hats (well, actually more than a handful as a handful of hats would be just one hat) by letting people at shows wear them. Then we are hatless, which is not a good thing, as none of us have good hair. One time, Brother Ezekiel had his hat stolen at a show in New York. He was asked by a young lady in the audience if she could wear the hat, and he obliged, making her promise to return it. She didn’t. The passing of the hat was even captured on camera, shown in this image. If anyone knows where my hat is, I would love to get it back as it had been my hat for over two years, and I miss my hat. I have since obtained a new hat, but it doesn’t fit as well and tends to fall off of my enormous head.

CONTACT THE AMISH OUTLAWS

BOOK THE AMISH OUTLAWS

 

The Amish Outlaws are available to play private parties, corporate functions, bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings, clubs, bars and just about any event. Clients have included Volvo, The Washington Redskins, NASDAQ, Nike Inc., McDonald’s Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, The Boy Scouts of America, The Special Olympics, The New York Police Department, The Dannon Company, Red Bull USA, Barclays Capital, Miller Brewing Company, Visit Baltimore, American Visionary Arts Museum, Bucknell University, Cornell University, Rowan University, The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, and more.

 

Represented by  Scott Weiss at Atomic Music Groupscott@atomicmusicgroup.com

 

 


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      Amish Outlaws, LLC
      7209 Lancaster Pike
      Suite 4 – 1303
      Hockessin DE 19707

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