SOBO

SOBO was founded in 1995 by song-writing team Assaf Ganzman and Daniel Kriman.

The two met when Daniel was playing at a Jerusalem Mike's Place.

Assaf remembers that moment well: “You gotta understand, I'm coming from Nashville and New York of the early 90"s. So anyway, I stumble into a small smoky club and there's this kid with long blond hair to his ass, a beat-up acoustic guitar, literally a broken beer bottleneck in his hand, a harmonica in his lips, a tambourine tied to his foot and this guy is wailing like you couldn't believe.
It was like nothing I'd ever seen. Lucky for me his mouth was so busy on the harp that he needed someone to sing... and that's how it got started.”

Sammy and Daniel jammed together for the first time that night and have been a musical team ever since.

Yoni Beynoni

Yoni Becker is one of Shilo's fine musicians, and the first to come out with his own CD.

Mostly original compositions, the CD contains 16 songs of Yoni singing and playing electric guitar, in a Country-Rock good-feeling sort of way.

Contact Yoni by email at ncoom@shilo.org.il

SOBO Sammy

Was born in Haifa Israel in 1969.

His family relocated to New York city in 1972.

Assaf started to take guitar lessons at age nine.

When he was twelve he went to the studio and recorded an album of Beatles and Eagles covers.

After winning a local talent contest with an original song called "Witches Night Out".

His carly influences were: The Rolling Stones, Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel and Aerosmith.

When Assaf was 15 his family moved back to Israel and situated in Jerusalem.

In those days Assaf was the singer of a local band called "Skoop" that did mostly pop rock covers, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, what can you say it was the 80"s…

At age 17 Assaf joined a local band called "China Black" wich had moderate seccess.

This band was responsible for getting him back to his Rock'n'Roll roots.

When he was 19 Assaf was drafted into The Israel Defense Force, where he was Drill Sergeant in a fighting unit.

After finishing his service with an honorable discharge he put together a band called "Noah's Ark". They played regularly at the UNDERGROUND in Jerusalem.

At age 22 Assaf moved to Nashville Tennessee to rejoin his friends from "China Black".

While living in Tennessee Assaf was not active musically in any bands but did allot of listening and practicing.

At age 23 he moved to Darien CT for one year.
When he was 25 he decided to move back to Jerusalem, where he met Daniel Kriman and started playing blues.

They formed SOBO soon after. During this time Assaf also played in other local bands: Aliens, Blue Steel, Sammy Secret Soiree.

Blues Power Trio (Exentra)

The Blues Power Trio play a wide variety of  blues standards spiked with flavors of Chicago blues, rock and jazz.

Yoni, Tomer and Gaby prove that guitar, bass,  drums and a whole lot of improvisation are all it takes to deliver an energetic electric blues show at a volume that won't leave you with bleeding ear drums.

Blues Train

Manchester born Mike Pery, the lead singer of Jerusalem's blues band, "Blues Train".

Like so many bands in J'town, Blues Train was born out of The Mikes Place jam sessions and despite charted success following the release of their self-titled first album, Blues Train remain true to their roots as regular guests on The Mikes Place music scene.

Pery is performing with Gadi Sheinfeld on drums and Andrei Goldenthal on bass.

With the release of their second album, Pery's eclectic mix of delta blues, soul and Jewish gospel influences, are set to exceed past successes.

Barry Gilbert

English singer-songwriter nicknamed The Pirate because of his English sea shanty compositions. Original material performed in the English traditional folk style

Dov Hammer

Dov Hammer is Israel's #1 blues harmonica player and singer.

Now residing in Tel Aviv, Hammer came to Israel from Chicag, ILL.

Originally a bass player, he took up the harmonica at the age of 20, and has'nt looked back since! He spent 4 years playing with Canadian blues artist Ted Cooper, and has played with various American Blues artists, such as the late King Ernest ,Zora Young and Ronnie Peterson.

Today Hammer co-leads "CG & The Hammer Blues band", as well as appearing acoustically, accompanied by Ronnie Katz on guitar.

Also a featured guest artist with "The Midnight Mojo Blues Band".

CG and the Hammer

When Dov Hammer (formerly of “The Daily Blues”) and Sagi (CG) Shorer (formerly of “CG Blues”) first met in 1999, both had already paid plenty of dues, both as sidemen (sharing stages with such blues greats as Paul deLay, Zora Young, Billy Branch and the late King Earnest Baker, among others) and leading their own bands.

The two soon joined forces to create a “Supergroup” first called “The Midnight Mojo Blues Band”, and now known as “CG & The Hammer”.

From Bars to festivals to concert halls, CG & The Hammer continue to thrill audiences with a combination of passion, energy and honesty.

Their music is never a re-creation of sounds from the past, but rather an updated, vital celebration of the Blues as the soundtrack of real life.

4WD

Pantomime

Covers for the best of the 60' and 70'

D9

Barry Gilbert - Vocals, Bass
Chilly Sigalsky (Blues Messengers) - Guitar
Mike Perry (Blues Train) - Guitar
Fish (SOBO) - Drums

The Mercy Band

Eitan Barsoslavsky - Vocals, Bass
Eran Alchik - Vocals, Guitar
Guy Shabi - Guitar
Tony Dadush - Drums

www.mercy.co.il

Remedy

Ben Katz - guitar, lead vocals
Menachem Katz - drums, percussion ,vocals
Avi Hershberg - bass
Eli Ben Ze'ev - guitar, vocals
Yosef Adest - Keyboard

Funky, sweet and all at once soulful, Remedy is the sound of a rock band determined to cure the blues.

It is an elixir made up of the smooth bass playing of Avi Hershberg, the soulful melodies of Yosef Adest, and the charged drumming of Menachem Katz mixed with the interweaving guitars and vocal harmonies of Eli Ben Ze'ev and lead singer Ben Katz.

Fueled by the classic grooves of the likes of the Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers, Hendrix and Santana, and influenced by modern classics like Pearl Jam and Ben Harper, Remedy, based in the Jerusalem area, bring a new soul to a wide range of cover tunes and many of their original songs too.

www.remedyhotel.com

Mark Rashkow Blues Band

Mark Rashkow - lead vocals & guitar Galor Taite - bass & vocals
Doron Eshel - guitar
Danny Dorchin - harmonica, acustic guitar & vocals
Noam Binshtog - keyboard & vocals
Yair Smoylov - drums

Mark Rashkow the chicago blues legend, is now living & playing in Israel.

Born in Chicago in 1951, and immigrated to Israel in May 2003, Mark has played with superstars such as: Buddy Guy , Junior Wells , Buddy Miles , Howling Wolf , Muddy Waters , Paul Butterfield , Mike Bloomfield , opened for Michael Jackson & the Jackson Five and many more.

Mark formed the blues band in Israel with Galor Taite on bass, Doron Eshel on guitar, Yair Smoylov on drums, Danny Dorchin on harmonica & Noam Binshtag on keyboard.

After being together for only a year, the blues band are currently gigging and preforming all over Israel, playing blues like only mark can.

MySpace.com/MarkRashkowBluesBand

Yood Power Rock Trio

Lazer Lloyd - Guitars, vocals, harmonica
Yaakov Lefcoe (Dr. Jake) - Bass, vocals
Moshe "Russian Percussion" Yankovski - Drums, vocals, sound effects

YOOD, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet, is the new name for great, big sound. Three guys originally from North America, for the last decade playing backup to the giants on the Israeli scene, take virtuosity to new levels on their debut album, Passin'over, which has the kind of soulful, soaring guitar riffs you feel before you hear. Drawing inspiration from Hendrix, Cream and Dylan, this professionally trained classic rock trio performs original music and lyrics along with classic covers.

Front man Lazer Lloyd, who has toured extensively with legendary Israeli jam band Reva L'Sheva, and has played with Matisyahu and Danny Sanderson, does his magic with guitars and harmonica; Yaacov Lefcoe (Dr. Jake), whose roots are in hard rock / funk, is master of the ?monster bass sound?; and Moshe ?Russian Percussion? Yankovsky charms the drums with his ethnic, fusion sound. Their band was born in Jerusalem at the start of the new millennium, and is known for its massive tight groove and high energy live show.

YOOD's intense instrumentation harnesses the power of the thinking, feeling, and agile electric guitar on a burning journey to elevate Rock?s heyday, via Kabbalah and Chassidic influences.

yood.org