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SOBO Sammy - Assaf Ganzman - vocals / guitar
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.
