About Us
Larry
Fogel
was
born in Florida
and came to Israel with his family at the age of 12. He fell in love
with the
guitar at the age of 11, and taking to the piano as well, developed his
talent
on both instruments. Larry's affection for folk music began in 3rd
grade
literature class, when he was taught one of Simon & Garfunkel's
tunes -
"Feelin' Groovy".
He started performing in school parties during senior high. His first
performance was in front of an audience of around 400 people, with an
unamplified acoustic guitar and a vocal microphone. During his
mandatory
military service in the Israeli Air Force he was always with a guitar
ready for
social entertainment. (During basic training, a rumor spread that he
was Paul
Simon’s younger brother – and everyone believed it was true!)
When Larry was released from the army in 1980, he began performing at
clubs in
Tel Aviv
like "Briza", the "Asam" (managed by Matti Caspi and Arik
Sinai), the "Bikta" (managed by Danny Litani) and other popular
places singing songs by Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Don
McLean, James
Taylor, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and more.
A year later, Larry stopped performing for a very long time to build a
career in
hotel/tourism/retail management, and to raise a family. In 2003, he
returned to
the music scene and started performing at folk clubs around the
country, where
American folk music is played and sung, including taking part in the "Jacob's Ladder"
bi-annual folk
festival. Between 2004 and 2011 he also appeared with Moni Arnon (from
the
Israeli "Brothers and Sisters" group) in a successful "Simon &
Garfunkel Tribute"
show, until he gave that up to concentrate on his performances with
Mindy.
Both pictures are from 1982 - the picture on right is from a performance in Omar Khayam, Old Yaffo.
Mindy Fogel
was
born in New
York and moved to Florida when she was 10 years old.
She moved
to Israel on her own for Zionistic reasons at the age
of 19. From the
age of 14 till she immigrated to Israel she was lead
singer in a
Jewish music group that performed all over
the USA and Canada.
Mindy studied nursing and social work at the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem and
later also studied to be a Veterinary Technician. For 10 years, she
worked as
Import Manager at a well-known computer hardware corporation, and later
developed a freelance career in translating.
Throughout the years singing remained Mindy’s love and she performed at
parties
and functions of friends and colleagues singing songs by Judy Collins,
Barbra
Streisand, Billy Joel, Rita, Beatles and more. She was also a member of
a local
theatre group. She plays piano, flute and guitar.