Efraim Shamir - Biography

In 1968 he joined the army.
Served in the military band - the Nahal (Lahakat Hanahal).
Played the guitarand sang.
In the band he met Alon Oleartchik, Gidi Gov, Danny Sanderson and Meir (Poogy) Fenigstein.
In 1973 he joined 'Kaveret'.
The band was signed by Aberaham Deshe (Pashanel).
The opera was splitted into two parts: songs and sketches.
On November 1973 the album 'Poogy Tales' was released.
In 1974 'Kaveret' participated in the Eurovision contest with the song 'I Gave Her My Life', written by Danny.
The album 'Poogy In A Pitah' was released.
In 1975 the album 'Crowded In The Ear' was released.
In 1976 moved to the USA and toured.
Kaveret split up.
In 1977 he released his first solo album, together with his wife Astar.
In 1984 'Kaveret' reunited again and toured.
An album documenting the tour was released.
In 1990 'Kaveret' reunited for the last time. The show was called 'Kaveret Returns' ('Kaveret Hozeret').
A film called 'Kaveret - Pictures From The Band's Life' was made by Zvi Shissel.
In 1992 released the album 'Sof Sof Geshem'.
In 1995, on November 12th, in a concert in honor of assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, all kaveret's members but Meir appeared together on stage and performed an acoustic version of 'Little Kingdom'.