Danny Sanderson

Danny Sanderson
Born	November 30, 1950 (1950-11-30)
Origin	Kfar Blum, Israel
Genres	Pop rock, hard rock, pop
Occupations	Musician, Singer-songwriter, Guitarist
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1966–present
Labels	NMC Music, Hed Arzi
Associated acts	Kaveret, Gidi Gov, Gazoz, Doda
Notable instruments
Fender Telecaster Fender Stratocaster

Danny Sanderson (born November 30, 1950 in Kfar Blum, Israel) is an Israeli musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist.

History

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 band broke up in 1976.

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 carbonated drink), which was also a success (2 albums) and then another band called Doda (דודה, Aunt), which had a heavier rocking sound, and despite producing some radio 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 [Us]").

Discography

Studio albums

• Begodel Tiv'i (בגודל טבעי, In natural size) (1982)
• Haf Mi'pesha (חף מפשע, Not Guilty) (1984)
• Hacham al Ktanim (חכם על קטנים, Smart ass) (1987)
• Kofetz Leshni'ya (קופץ לשנייה, Just popped for a second) (1991)
• Met Livkot 2 (מת לבכות 2, Dying to cry) (1994)
• Ha'lo Noda (הלא נודע, The Unknown) (1997)
• Congo Blue (קונגו בלו, Congo Blue) (2005)
• Lo Yafrid Davar (לא יפריד דבר, Nothing Will Separate) (2009)

Live albums

• Black&White (2004)

Compilation albums

• Ha'tovim le Tayis - Nivheret Shirim (הטובים לטייס - נבחרת שירים, The Best for flying) (1992)
• Ha'meitav (המיטב, The Best) (2006)

References

• This article incorporates material from the Citizendium article "Danny Sanderson", which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License but not under the GFDL.