Teev:Danny, Gidi and Friends

KAVERET/POOGY

Kaveret/Poogy is the most celebrated rock band in the history of Israeli pop music. The band began playing in the mid-seventies and quickly rose to fame. The seven original members: Danny Sanderson (guitar/vocals), Gidi Gov (vocals), Efraim Shamir (lead vocals), Alon Olearchik (bass/vocals), Yitzhak Klapter (guitar/vocals), Yonny Rechter (piano/keys/vocals) and Meir "Poogy" Fenigstein (drums/vocals) re-emerged after a long silence for a one-time reunion concert in Park HaYarkon in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1997.

Known as Israel's answer to the Beatles, Kaveret/Poogy holds the record for the largest concert attendance in Israel's history, having drawn over 500,000 fans to their Tel Aviv concert in 1984. The band's rich legacy includes four successful albums and over half a million record sales with approximately 20 number-one hit singles.

Kaveret/Poogy's show is an eclectic, exciting combination of Marx Brothers-style slapstick, Frank Zappa's sarcasm, and music reminiscent of the Allman Brothers, all tied within an original Hebrew framework. The songs are cleverly interlaced with light theatrical comedy skits, apolitical and fun in nature. Kaveret's fans have come to adore the pure entertainment value of their concerts. The music, lyrics and comedy all mesh together in perfect harmony.