Danny Sanderson

Sanderson Was Born In Kfar Blum In Israel Grew Up In Haifa And Savion And At The Age Of 10 Moved With His Family To The United States Where He Lived Until He Was 18. Sanderson Was Drawn Early In Life To Music And Played In Several Rock Bands Mainly Influenced By Mid-60s American Pop And Rock. At The Age Of 18 He Was Conscripted To The Israel Defense Force And Played Guitar With The Nahal Military Singing Band. Sanderson Was Mainly Noted At The Time As A Phenomenal Guitar Player But Soon Also Gained Reputation As A Composer And Arranger. In 1972 After A Short And Unsuccessful Bout In London Sanderson Returned To Israel And Founded Along With Friends Alon Oleartchik Ephraim Shamir Gidi Gov Meir Feningstein And Later On Yoni Rechter And Yizkhak Klepter A New Band Called Kaveret Hebrew כוורת Bee Hive . The Original Idea For The Band Formulated By Oleartchik And Sanderson Was To Create A Pop-Rock Operatic Show Centered Around The Fictional Figure "Poogy" Which Feningstein And Sanderson Created. The Operatic Show Did Not Work But When Separated Into Individual Songs Became An Instant Hit In Israel Catapulting Kaveret Into The Position Of The Most Successful Pop-Rock Band In Israel Then And Since. Sanderson Was The Dominant Force In Kaveret. He Wrote The Music Alone Or With Other Kaveret Members To All The Songs In Kaveret's First Two Albums Except One Which Was A Cover Of An Old Israeli Song As Well As The Lyrics Which Set A Witty And Humorous Line For The Band. Only With The Third And Last Album Of The Band Were Six Songs Written By Other Members Four Of Whom Later Became Important Song Writers Themselves. In 1976 Most Of The Other Band Members Were Anxious To Embark On Their Own Individual Careers And After A Short Performance Tour In The United States Kaveret Disbanded. Sanderson Took A Break From Music To Write A Nonsense Book Nekhira Pumbit נחירה פומבית A Public Snore Musically Produced A Successful Stand-Up/music Show For Yehonatan Geffen And Met Neomi Whom He Married In April 1978. Sanderson Went On To Create Another Band Called Gazoz גזוז A Type Of Aerated Drink Which Was Also A Success 2 Albums And Then Another Band Called Doda דודה Aunt Which Was More Rockish In Orientation And Although Producing Some Hits Ultimately Failed. Sanderson Soon Rebounded With His First Solo Album And Solo Show And Went On To Create Two Other Albums And Solo Shows In 1984 And 1987 Which Were Even More Successful. His Next Album Kofetz Leshni'ya קופץ לשנייה Just Popped For A Second From 1991 Was A More Mature And Musically Sophisticated Achievement But Was Less Successful Than His Earlier Solo Albums. This Illustrated A Problem Constant In Sanderson's Career The Israeli Audience Enamored With Sanderson's Blend Of Humor Jokes And Lighthearted Music Was Willing To Accept Sanderson's Brilliant Music Only When Masqueraded As 'simple Pop' But Was Much Less Enthusiastic About More Earnest Musical Attempts By Sanderson. Sanderson Later Created Two More Albums In The 1990s An Album Of His Songs Sung By Others 2001 And A Melancholy Album 2006 Called Congo Blue קונגו בלו Which Coincided With The Death Of His Wife Neomi. Sanderson Also Released Several Compilation Albums And Participated In Two Albums Commemorating Reunion Shows Of Kaveret. In 2007 Famed Israeli Punk Rock Singer And Bassist Yotam Ben-Horin Of Useless ID Started Touring With Sanderson As A Touring Bassist He Has Since Also Became A Session Bassist For Sanderson And An Official Member Of His Solo Band. In 2009 Ben-Horin Sang On One Of The New Tracks On Sanderson's Upcoming Album Lo Yafrid Davar לא יפריד דבר "Nothing Will Separate read less