Safri Duo קורות חיים של/bio Safri Duo
Early years/The Tivoli Garden Boys´ Guard
Morten Friis has always known, that he wanted to be a musician. At the age of 4-5 he started playing the drums. At that time he already had a drum set, because his mum was tired of him always nicking the pots and pans from the kitchen!
Uffe Savery was halfway through high school when he was certain, that he wanted to pursue a career in music. Still he started playing the drums when he was 7 years old.
Morten and Uffe met each other when they started playing in The Tivoli Garden Boys´ Guard in 1977. Back then Morten was 7 and Uffe was 9 years old.
Some great friendships were formed in the Boys Guard and to this day The Tivoli Garden still means a lot to Safri Duo. They have stated, that their basic musicality was founded during this time.
Morten and Uffe became close friends and spent their past time together; jamming and doing boys´ stuff.
Their first "real" concert was during a carnival in Copenhagen. They got so hooked, that they wanted to try their luck outside Illums Bolighus on Strøget (Copenhagen). Sadly the manager of Illums did not share their enthusiasm and they were (kindly?) asked to leave!!
With the years in The Tivoli Garden Boys´ Guard, Morten and Uffe celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 2002!