Loretta Lynn - part III

Coal Miner's Daughter


Don't Come Home A Drinkin'


Take me Home, Country Roads


Honky Tonk Girl, LIVE

Loretta Lynn - part II

Discography:

Solo studio Album
1963 Loreta Lynn Sings
1964 Before I’m Over You
1965 Songs from My Heart
1965 Blue Kentucky Girl
1966 I like’em Country
1966 You Ain’t Woman Enough
1967 Don’t Come a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)
1967 Singin’ With Feelin’
1968 Fisrt City
1969 Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
1969 Woman of the World / To Make a Man
1970 Wings Upon Your Horns
1970 Loretta Lynn Writes’em & Sings’em
1971 Coal MIner’s Daughter
1971 I Wanna Be Free
1971 You’re Lookin’ At Country
1971 One’s on the Way
1972 Here I Am Again
1973 Entertainer of the Year – Loretta
1973 Love Is the Foundation
1974 They Don’t Make’em Like My Daddy
1975 Back to Country
1975 Home
1976 When the Tingle Becomes a Chill
1976 Somebody Somewhere
1977 I Remember Patsy
1978 Out of My Head and Back in My Bed
1979 We’ve Come a Long Way Baby
1980 Loretta
1980 Lookin’ Good
1981 I Lie
1982 Making Love from Memory
1983 Lyin’, Cheatin’, Woman Chasin’, Honky Tonkin’, Whiskey Drinkin’
1985 Just a Woman
1988 Who Was That Stranger
2000 Still Country
2004 Van Lear Rose

Collaboration studio albums
1965 Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be
1967 Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Singin' Again
1968 If We Put Our Heads Together
1971 We Only Make Believe
1971 Lead Me On
1973 Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
1974 Country Partners
1975 Feelin's
1976 United Talent
1977 Dynamic Duo
1978 Honky Tonk Heroes
1979 Diamond Duet
1981 Two's a Party
1989 Makin' Believe
1993 Honky Tonk Angels

Compilation Ambums
1965 Hymns
1966 A Country Christmas
1968 Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits
1968 Who Says God Is Dead!
1972 Alone With You
1972 God Bless America Again
1973 Story
1974 Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
1976 Blue-Eyed Kentucky Girl
1979 The Very Best of Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
1988 20 Greatest Hits
1991 Country Music Hall of Fame Series
1994 Honky Tonk Girl - The Loretta Lynn Collection
1998 All Time Gospel Favorites
1999 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
2004 All Time Gospel Favorites
2004 The Very Best of Loretta Lynn
2005 The Definitive Collection
2005 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection
2006 Gold
2006 Chronicles
2007 Number 1s

Singles
1960 I'm a Honky Tonk Girl"
1960 New Rainbow
1960 Darkest Day
1962 Success
1963 The Other Woman
1963 Before I'm Over You
1964 Wine, Women, and Song
1964 Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
1964 Happy Birthday
1965 Blue Kentucky Girl
1965 Our Hearts Are Holding Hands
1965 The Home You're Tearing Down
1966 Dear Uncle Sam
1966 You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)
1966 Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
1967 Sweet Thang
1967 If You're Not Gone Too Long
1967 A Man I Hardly Know
1967 What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)
1968 Fist City 1968
1968 You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out oN Me)
1968 Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
1969 Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)
1969 To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)
1969 Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out
1969 Wings Upon Your Horns
1970 I Know How
1970 You Wanna Give Me a Lift
1970 Coal Miner's Daughter
1971 After the Fire Is Gone
1971 I Wanna Be Free
1971 You're Lookin' At Country
1971 Lead Me On
1971 One's on the Way
1972 Here I Am Again
1972 Rated
1973 Love Is the Foundation
1973 Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
1973 Hey Loretta
1974 They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy
1974 As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone
1974 Trouble In Paradise
1975 The Pill
1975 Feelin's
1975 Home
1975 When the Tingle Becomes a Chill
1976 Red, White, and Blue
1976 The Letter
1976 Somebody, Somewhere
1977 She's Got You
1977 I Can't Love You Enough
1977 Why Can't He Be You
1977 Out of My Head and Back In My Bed
1978 Spring Fever
1978 From Seven Till Ten
1978 You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
1978 We've Come a Long Way Baby
1979 I Can't Feel You Anymore
1979 I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind
1979 You Know Just What I'd Do
1979 The Sadness of It All
1980 Pregnant Again
1980 It's True Love
1980 Naked In the Rain
1980 Cheatin' on a Cheater
1981 Lovin' What Your Lovin' Does to Me
1981 Somebody Led Me Away
1981 I Still Believe In Waltzes
1982 I Lie
1982 Making Love From Memory
1983 Breakin' It
1983 There's All Kinds of Smoke (In the Barroom)
1983 Lyin', Cheatin', Women, Chasin', Honky Tonkin', and Whiskey Drinkin' Too
1983 Walking With My Memories
1985 Heart Don't Do This to Me
1985 Woudln't It Be Great
1986 Just a Woman
1987 Honky Tonk Angels Medley
1988 Who Was That Stranger
1988 Fly Away
1988 Makin' Believe
1993 Silver Threads and Golden Needles
2000 Country In My Genes
2004 Miss Being Mrs.
2004 Portland, Oregon

Loretta Lynn - part I

     Few day ago I watch one movie about life of famous country singer, Loretta Lynn. The name of that was Coal Miner's Daughter.

She was born in small village Butcher Hollow in Kentucky, April 14, 1934 to family of coal miner Melvin "Ted" Webb and his wife Clara Marie (Ramey) Webb. Her own name was Loretta Young. She was the second of eight children. She grew up in same village. Maybe somebody didn't know, she is also from one side Indian, because her mother was of Scots-Irish and Cherokee ancestry.

     She was married in January 10, 1948 to Oliver Vanetta Lynn, who was known as "Doolittle," "Doo,". Yes, you see right. Only in her 13 years old. Very young. Her husband had to promise to her father two things: 1., he has never beat her, 2., he has never taken Loretta far away from her family house.

The wedding day was very poor, only few people. She hadn't any experiences of married life and houses works, as she said she was uneducated. Doo worked, she was housewife. But without any knowledges of cooking, of housekeeping. Maybe that's why Doo was angry with her and bagged he. She returned home, to parent's house. In that time she was pregnant but she didn't know it.

Doo decided to leave Kentucky and went to Washington. When he got to know about pregnant we changed decision and stayed with Loretta in Butcher Hollow. To her 17 years old, she had already 4 children (Betty Sue, Ernest Ray, Jack Benny, Doo - I hope I write right). In 1951 they left to Custer, Washington. There she was full time mother.

She started to sing as child in church, but after wedding she stopped it. Again she started to sing from her children and around their house. Doo liked it and that's why he bought her guitar, although she wasn't able to play on it. Loretta learned to play during cooking, during many house works.

One day Doo invited her to pub and there she began singing in local club - Grace Hall. The first embarrassment went away and Loretta had great success. From that time she sang more time but Doo had other plans. Next step was recording single named I'm A Honky Tonk Girl and Doo sent it with her photo to many radios.

It looks her life is on right way, and suddenly hard blow, her father died (1959). Loretta taxed herself with her leaving to Washington.

New plans - open her sing career. Her children stayed with grand mother in Kentucky and Loretta with Doo started to visit all radios, where they sent her single. They took Regional Record Reports and started. The first step was to play her song. In radio they wasn't put it, but Loretta was relentless and it was well.

     The brake point came when she got 14 of full-state hitparade. In that time Doo decided the time is right to come out in Grand Ole Opry. Loretta had never hoped to be there, but it was in Ernest Tubb show. In white hat and in own sewn dress, Loretta was light point of this show. Step by step her fame was growing up and she was in Tubb's show next week again.

After that the success show changed success show.

One day she sang song especially for Patsy Cline, who had car accident. Patsy's husband Charlie Dick invite Loretta to Patsy's room in hospital where she was. Both women found affinity and the friendship started. Loretta went with Patsy on Patsy's tour. Doo went with them.

Loretta became famous, her husband started to go back and it wasn't what he wanted. He drunk, to be aggressive.He still love her and that's why he made decision - Loretta continued in tour, he went home.

Loretta is pregnant again. Patsy make plans but she died during returning from benefit concert(at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas) at plane crash in March 5, 1963 near Camden, Tennessee. Patsy Cline was 30 years old. Loretta was broken-hearted.

The pregnant was ended by childbirth of twin girls. As soon as possible she returned to concert's activity.

     Again she was busy, she traveled on tours, recorded albums, showed on concerts. She became the most favourite country singer, especially The first Country Lady.

The concerts were very strenuous, Loretta slept more in bus as in normal bed in house and she started to have headache. She have taken medicaments, more and more. Tempo is hard, on next tour Lorette was traveled with her husband Doo, but problems of her health has deepen. She didn't remember song words, she is run-down and in the end she flaked out direct on podium.

Later she spent time on their Ranch with her husband and her children. Doo decided to build new house.

The free time was very important for her, she returned to the light of reflector, with new vitality, with new songs.

During the movie, I thought: Yes, it was very long time ago, it was normal, it was in 19-teen century. It can happened only in that time. And after movie? Stop, it was in 20-teen. Loretta is still the first country lady. And she is good example that when man wants something and work on himself, he can have success. REMEMBER IT.

     All information was from movie Coal Miner's Daughter.
(Direction: Michael Apted, Script: Loretta Lynn, Thomas Rickman, George Vecsey, Actors: Sissy Spacek (Loretta Webb / Lynn), Tommy Lee Jones (Doolittle 'Mooney' Lynn aka 'Doo'), Levon Helm (Ted Webb), Phyllis Boyens (Clara 'Clary' Webb), Bill Anderson Jr. (Webb child), Foister Dickerson (Webb child), Malla McCown (Webb child), Pamela McCown (Webb child)).

Invitation - Children's Day

Again invitation. Now it will be something for those, who feels still young. Mainly, if you are junior to 18 years old.

In each town, there will be prepared many attractions.

I will write now only about Bratislava, because I live here. This year this Children's Day will be on Sunday, but shows will start on Saturday.

Shopping Center Aupark

The first will be in Shopping Center Aupark. This center is near of city park Sad Janka Kráľa (Park of John King).

Last year it was first time, what this show was realized. It has success and that's why this year will be again. There were about 70 thousands people. I can only envy that I'm not child more time. :o))

Here are some pics from that:

What it will be prepared for this year?
Program is various:
- face painting,
- inflatable attractions,
- rigging attractions,
- children competitions,
- mini-cars,
- animals (elephant, tiger, lion, lion babies, etc.),
- mountain-wall,
- clown, magician,
- games,
- bubble show, foam show,
- theater,
- bungee runner, trampolines,
- fancy skating exhibition, skating (synthetic ice),
- „Fly” attraction, gladiator,
- presentation of folklore bands, dance school of Miguel Mendez, majorettes, ballet studio, bike3all, dance school of Jumbo-Milan Kereš,
- christening of lion baby,
- profi dance show,
- cotton candy, popcorn, etc.

Shopping Center Polus

On Sunday show continues in other shopping Center named Shopping Center Polus. In this center show starts on Saturday too and finish on Monday, but main programm will be on Sunday.

Program :
Saturday - 02 - 07 pm.
- face painting,
- inflatable attractions,
- baloon animals,
- casting - new faces in advertisement,
- cotton candy

Sunday - 02 - 07 pm.
- face painting,
- inflatable attractions,
- baloon animals,
- children competitions,
- dance show of Fredy Dance Group – junior,
- children musical,
- casting - new faces in advertisement,
- cotton candy

Each day children can visit restaurant Pizza Pazza, where they can cook own pizza at their's discretion.

Monday - 09 am. - 01 pm.
- great children show on lakeside Kuchajda.

Invitation on Junifest in Slovakia

Time runs like wild horse. It isn't so much time ago, what I wrote about Festivals and it's already here. Junifest. It's national beer festival, this year it will be already 5 year anniversary.

Date     June, 13. - 22. 2008,
Time     04 pm. - 02 am
Place: Bratislava, Incheba Expo

DATE	ACTIVITIES	PERFORMERS
June, 13. 2008	Country Festival in Bratislava	Allan Mikušek, Kamelot (CZ), Nový Rownák, Veslári - Peter & The Rowers, Tanečná skupina Cloggshow, Rasťo a Lujza, etc.
June, 14. 2008	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Košice
	Concerts in Bratislava	Senzus, František Nedvěd (CZ), Taktici, Party Lounge, Lenka Ferenčíková & Band
June, 15. 2008	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Prešov
	Golden brassband and Akcent show + Golden Violins and Lúčnica in Bratislava	Jadranka, Martin Jakubec a Akcent Live, folklore band Jánošík, Golden Violins and soloists of folklore band Lúčnica, DH Maguranka, DH Záhorienka, DH Buckovanka, Oľga Szabová, Stano Vitáloš, Zdeno Sychra, etc.
June, 16. 2008	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Bratislava
	Rock Stage in Bratislava	Judas Priest
	Junifest Top Dance Party in Bratislava	top DJ Marco V from the Netherlands, Slovak and Czech DJ-s Milan Lieskovsky, Robert Burian, Michael C
	Judas Priest After Party in Bratislava	Judas Priest
June, 17. 2008	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Trnava
	Concerts in Bratislava	Bukasový Masív, Horkýže Slíže, Big Deal, REA - Kristína Botlóová, Paťa Jurtová, Eva Pšenková + band + guest Barbora Šulíková
June, 18. 2008	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Nitra
	Concerts in Bratislava	rock legendary band OLYMPIC (CZ), Robo Šimko & band, R.A.D.O., Stará Škola - The old school band
June, 19. 2008	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Trenčín
	Concerts in Bratislava	Tublatanka, Fleret CZ), Setback, Waterflow (NL,SK), etc.
June, 20. 2008	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Žilina
	Concerts in Bratislava	Gladiátor, Terne Čhave (CZ), Kmeťo Band, Rockarolla, Arccus, etc.
June, 21. 2008	Junifest Fitness & Aerobic Party in Bratislava
	Casting MISS JUNIFEST 2008 in Banská Bystrica
	Concerts in Bratislava	Nocadeň, Aya, James Evans & Band (GB), Anka Repková a Prorock, Barbora Šulíková & Band, Fredy's Dance Group, Thierry and friends, etc.

As you can see, the program is very rich. Performers will be representants of Slovak, Czech and also foreign popular music scene.

I think, the main croyd-puller of the program will be Olympic. This band is music icon of Czechoslovak pop scene. This legendary band is already on rock scene from 1963. Its show will be June, 18. and I believe, it will be again huge success.

Also fans of hard rock music will find something for them, on Monday June, 16. there will concert of heavy-metal legend, music band Judas Priest in Expo Arena Incheby. Other appearances :
of rock bands (Interitus, Heed a Kreyson)
of heavy metal bands (Sexit and others)

It will be the first time, what you can visit also electronic dance music JUNIFEST TOP DANCE PARTY with special guest, Dutch DJ MARCO V. Besides also the best Slovak DJ-s: Milan Lieskovsky, Robert Burian, from Czech Republic Michael C.

All Sunday (June, 15. 2008) will belong to older generation and for everybody, who likes folklore, brassbands a public music.

In program named Akcent Parada and Zlatá Dychovka (Golden Brassband). In the end of Sunday show, there will be show of Orchestra Golden Violins and soloists of excellence folklore band Lúčnica.

This year, the first time there will be medial beauty competition MISS JUNIFEST 2008. Shows of finalists from each Slovak region will be part of program and there will be also spectator votes.

Each day, in Junifest will be cut a Slovak records, beer and other competitions, tombola, games and many more atractions!

Waldemar Matuska III

     Many his songs became popular and most of them I have on LP or single. I listen them as small child and maybe I was one of his youngest fans. I have still photo album with all news and photos of him. And also singles and albums. Maybe thanks him I prefer men with beard. :o)

I remember that day, when my mother brought news and said: “See there, Walda emigrated to US. Listen his LP Osm lásek, what there he said:” And I wasn’t able to understand why? He was popular, he had many possibilities to travel abroad. I was his fan so much. I switched on LP and listened what he said: Sometimes people ask me, if whether I would like to go visit US. Well I would go and in the moment again back. I prefer this my land.” I was so young, maybe I wasn’t able to understand all reasons. From that time I listened his songs many time but something was broken inside of me.

When he returned after Velvet Revolution, I saw other man. I know, nobody can be still young. He looked like broken and ill old man, without that sparks in his eyes, without charm smile. There was different person. It’s a pity, but I like to sing his songs henceforward and when I sing them, Matuska still looks like I remember him (before his leaving). I wish him so many happiness, much health and good luck.

Discography:
1965 – Zpívá Waldemar Matuška
1967 – Osm lásek Waldemara Matušky

1967 – Waldemar Matuška
1971 – Lidové písně z celého světa

1971 – Waldemar Matuška 1966 / (CD r.v.1990)
1971 – Jo ho ho - Waldemar Matuška zpívá písně o moři
1973 – Láska nebeská
1974 – Johoho (reedition)
1975 – Kluci do nepohody
1977 – Co děláš, to dělej rád
1980 – Suvenýr - Waldemar Matuška a jeho 12 nej...
1980 – Suvenýr
1982 – Waldemar
1985 – The Country Door Is Always Open
1990 – Waldemar Matuška (1966-1971)
1990 – Waldemar a Olga – Niagara
1991 – Co neodnesl čas
1996 – Waldemar - Lidové písně z celého světa + 10x Bonus
1996 – Nebeskej kovboj + 8x Bonus
1996 – Sbohem, lásko + 8x Bonus

1997 – Jo ho ho + 8x Bonus
1997 – Waldemar Matuška a Jeho 23 suvenýrů
1997 – Jsem svým pánem + 6x Bonus
1997 – Láska nebeská (reedition CD)
1998 – To všechno odnes čas
1999 – Osm lásek Waldemara Matušky + 7x Bonus
1999 – Síň slávy (cd 1)
1999 – Síň slávy (cd 2)
2000 – Kluci do nepohody (reedition)
2000 – Portrét hvězd – Waldemar Matuška
2000 – S čertem si hrát (with Eva Pilarová)
2000 – To nejlepší
2001 – Suvenýr (reedition)
2002 – Co neodnesl čas (Největší TV hity)
2007 – Slávik z Madridu (Největší hity)


Albums recorded in US:
Teče voda, teče
Niagara
Merry Christmas

Filmography:
1960 – Sedmý kontinent
1963 – Der Andere neben dir
1964 – Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera

1964 – Kdyby tisíc klarinetů

1966 – Dýmky
1966 – Fantom Morrisvillu
1966 – Revue v mlze
1966 – Smrt zo oponou
1967 – Tajemství Viléma Storitze
1967 – Hotel pro cizince
1967 – Ta naše písnička česká
1967 – 1968 – Píseň pro Rudlofa III
1968 – Všichni dobrí rodáci
1971 – Kam slunce nechodí
1973 – Noc na Karlštejne

1977 – Talíře nad Velkým Malíkovem
1980 – Trhák

2004 – Český Woodstock

Čert ví


Santa Lucia


Santiano


Hříšník a fláma

Waldemar Matuska II

     In Czechoslovakia, there was very popular competition named Zlatý slavík (Golden Warbler). Waldemar won it twice, in 1962 and 1987, and few times he was on second position.

His popularity grew up.

As he said one time, he had never acted, but life brought him these experiences and he created unforgettable characters in various movies (Patrik in Kdyby tisíc klarinetů – 1964, Kojot Kid in Limonádový Joe – 1964, Cyprian ambassador in Noc na Karlštejne – 1973) and in serials (Píseň pro Rudolfa III, etc.).

He left with Eva Pilarová Semafor and started in theatre Rokoko and here he was actor of dramas named Labyrint světa, Drak je drak, Filosofova historie and recitals Rokokokoktejl and Osm lásek Waldemara Matušky. Eva Pilarová very early returned to Semafor, but Waldemar got new partners. He sang with Marta Kubišová, Helena Vondráčková, Karel Gott, Jitka Zelenková, Hana Hegerová, Václav Neckář, etc.). From this period are hit such as To se nikdo nedoví, Tisíc mil, Úžasná láska and Jen se s písničkou smát (all with Helena Vondráčková), Červencové ráno, Nech tu lásku spát, Píseň za paddle,Víc nechtěl by snad ani D’Artagnan and Píseň Ofélie (all with Marta Kubišová), Tak aby ste to vědela (with Hana Hegerová), Mám malý stan (with Karel Štedrý), Co z toho mám(with Karel Gott).

1970’s came and Waldemar brought hit by hit. It was for example Jó třešně zrály, Růže z Texasu, Sedm dostavníků, Mrholí, Kladivo, Divoké koně, Píseň pro Kristínku, Buď pořád se mnou, Slávici z Madridu, Sbohem lásko, Už koníček pádí, Pojď se mnou lásko má, Tuhle rundu platím já.

In the beginning of 70’s he sang folksongs and he release album Waldemar Matuška zpívá lidové písně z celého světa, from folksong from various countries of the world. In this time also was recorded album with marine evergreens Johoho (most popular songs were Má láska je za velkou louží, Námořníckej bál, Santiano, Hříšník a fláma, Čas chvátá, Kvetou lípy).

In Rokoko he had met his love Olga Blechova, who sang with him hits such as Míle, Vítr to ví, Žít jen žít. In 1976 he married Olga. They sang together from that time to today.

From period in turning point 60 and 70-teen, Waldemar had hits Krysař, Ráno, Bůh ví odkud já tuhle písničku znám, Až se můj čas ponachýlí, Asi do věží, etc.

He presented himself on different festivals and competitions, such as Bratislavská Lýra (He was on the first position with song Pláňka and few years on third position with songs To se nikdo nedoví, Don diri don, Už modrej činžák zhas), Dečínska kotva, Zlatý klíč.

In 1976 he with Olga came to music band K.T.O. (Kamarádi Táborových Ohňů – Friends of Campfires). From this period came many famous songs, for example Co děláš to dělej ríd, Kluci do nepohody, Jezebel Jen se hádej, Má co chtěla, Léta pádí, Tam nad tou hrází, Září bílej sníh, etc.

His popularity in Czechoslovakia was so high; it gave him chance to have concerts abroad (UK, India, Iraq, Kuvajt, Cuba, US, Canada). He took this chance and in 1986 he left Czechoslovakia and emigrated to US. He stayed in Saint Petersburg, Florida and there he lives up to this day.

Communist prohibited to play his songs and stopped to release his album Jsem svým pánem.

He received US nationality. He showed for fellow-countrymen in US and recorded other albums.

After Velvet Revolution in 1898 he came back and had more concerts. His songs are still popular.

He is still living in Florida and at times he visit Czech Republic. Matuška songs were so popular and evidence thereof is establish of Waldemar Matuška Revival Band.

Píseň pro Kristínku


Ach, ta láska nebeská


Po starých zámeckých schodech


Harfa

Waldemar Matuska I

     What all in the field of music we could lose if he would stay in glasshouse? And what so nice glass products we lost, when he decided to go on singer’s road? I hope you agree with me, the second decision was that right. His unforgettable songs Jo třešně zrály, Tereza or Růže z Texasu are known in all generations of country fans in our countries (Slovakia, Czech).

Maybe you would be surprised that two states have some authority to consider him an own. He was born on June 2, 1932 in Košice. All youth he lived with three brothers in center of Prague. He inherited his talent of his mother, who was operetta singer in Vienna theatre scene. Despite this fact, he wasn’t accepted in school band and he hadn’t good rating of singing at school. This fact didn’t stop him to show with various bands and he had be able to play on many music instruments (for example guitar, violin, banjo, harmonica, etc.)

He finished studies and worked as glassmaker only short time, but during that time he had shows with different bands.

The first success was with band Matrosov. In 1950 he tried happiness in State band of songs and dances, from that he went to Reduta and there he established band Mambo Kvintet.

In 1960 he was first time in recording studio and he recorded his first song Suvenýr (Souvenir).

He came to theatre Semafor (Divadla SEdmi MAlých FORem - Theatres of Seven Short Forms), where very early he became star. His colleges were besides Jiří Grossmann, Miloslav Šimek, Jiří Suchý, Jiří Šlitr, Karel Štedrý, Miluška Voborníková, Eva Pilarová, etc.

The first dramas were Člověk z půdy, Zuzana je zase sama doma, Taková ztráta krve. With these dramas there also became hits as Árie měsíce, Klokočí, To všechno vodnes čas and Píseň pro Zuzanu. He sang alone and also duets. Popular duets were with Karel Štedrý (Takový je život, Opilá bílá myška), with Jiří Suchý (Píseň o koni, Kočka na okně).

In 1961 there Eva Pilarová came and she created famous duo with him. Their song Ach ta láska nebeská was Song of the Year 1962. Other famous duets with Eva were Tam za vodou v rákosí, Pozvání, S čertem si hrát, Dnes v noci etc.

This popularity open him the doors to radio and television. I can tell you programs Revue pro banjo, Pijácka romance, Kam slunce nechodí.

Růže z Texasu


Slavici z Madridu


Tisíc mil


Divoký koně

Bob Dylan – Icon of many music styles IV

     Millennium he celebrated by work, his song Things Have Changed won Golden Globe Award for the Best Original Song and Academy Award for Best Song. Dylan's greatest recent album was Love and Theft, which was realized on September 2001. This album was produced by Bob Dylan, but under pseudonym Jack Frost. Next years he released songs, and after five years he brought new studio album. During this period he recorded some songs and realized some different projects (He was grateful to Johnny Cash, who helped him and how Dylan said, „for standing up for me way back.“ He recorded song for Johnny Cash TV tribute. Releases movie – Masked & Anonymous – by Larry Charles). The movie had a limited run in Theatres and got many good critics.

On June 23, 2004, Dylan was awarded an honorary degree (Doctor of Music) by University of St.Andrew. On October of the same year, Dylan published his autobiography – Chronicles: Volume One, where he wrote also about the process, which ignited him to start to write own songs. The book was nominated for a National Book Award.

Martin Scorsese made film about Dylan's biography – No Direction Home. The movie presented Dylan during years 1961 (Dylan came to New York) and 1966 (Dylan had motorcycle accident). The film received Peabody Award and Columbia duPont Award.

In 2005 Bob returned to recording studio to record Tell Ol' Bill and in the next year album Modern Times, which was nominated for three Grammy Awards.
In his 65 years old, Bob became the oldest living musician to top the Billboard albums chart.

On May 3, 2006 there was premiere of Dylan's DJ career, hosting in weekly radio program for XM Satellite Radio. BBC Radio 2 started transmission of Dylan's radio to UK on December same year and BBC 6 Music on January next year.

On August 2007 the movie I'm Not There by Todd Haynes won Award. This movie was inspired by Dylan's life, original soundtrack and the other tracks were Dylan's songs, especially recorded for the movie by various interprets. Later Haynes wrote about person Dylan:
The minute you try to grab hold of Dylan, he's no longer where he was. He's like a flame: If you try to hold him in your hand you'll surely get burned. Dylan's life of change and constant disappearances and constant transformations makes you yearn to hold him, and to nail him down. And that's why his fan base is so obsessive, so desirous of finding the truth and the absolutes and the answers to him - things that Dylan will never provide and will only frustrate.... Dylan is difficult and mysterious and evasive and frustrating, and it only makes you identify with him all the more as he skirts identity.

On October 2007 Columbia Records (recording studio) released Dylan's anthology, and there was also released DVD The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965. In the same month, there was opened the first public exhibition of Bob Dylan paintings in Germany, with 170 watercolors and gouaches.

In the end of last year Dylan recorded new version of A Hard Rain's A- Gonna Fall, double CD (Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan).
And what about his plans: Dylan is working on the next volume of his autobiography Chronicles: Volume One. He plans tour through Texas, Mexico, South America, Canada, Iceland, Russia and Europe.

Bob Dylan's private life.

He married Sara Lownds on November 22, 1965. They had four children (Jesse Byron, Anna Lea, Samuel Isaac Abraham, Jacob Luke) and Dylan adopted Maria Lownds, daughter of his wife Sara Lownds' first marriage.

On June 1986 Dylan married Carolyn Dennis and they had daughter Desiree Gabrielle Dennis.

Discography:
1962 – Bob Dylan
1963 – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
1964 – The Times They Are a-Changin
1964 – Another Side of Bob Dylan
1965 – Bringing It All Back Home
1965 – Highway 61 Revisited
1966 – Blonde on Blonde
1967 – John Wesley Harding
1969 – Nashville Skyline
1970 – Self Portrait
1970 – New Morning
1973 – Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 – Dylan
1974 – Planet Waves
1975 – Blood on the Tracks
1975 – The Basement Tapes
1975 – Desire
1978 – Street-Legal
1979 – Slow Train Coming
1980 – Saved
1981 – Shot of Love
1983 – Infidels
1985 – Empire Burlesque
1986 – Knocked Out Loaded
1988 – Down in the Groove
1989 – Oh Mercy
1990 – Under the Red Sky
1992 – Good as I Been to You
1993 – World Gone Wrong
1997 – Time Out of Mind
2001 – "Love and Theft"
2006 – Modern Times

Compilations:
1967 – Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
1971 – Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II
1971 – masterpieces
1985 – Biograph
1991 – The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
1994 – Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3
1997 – The Best of Bob Dylan Vol. 1
1997 – The Best of Bob Dylan Vol. 2
2000 – The Essential Bob Dylan
2005 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
2005 – The Best of Bob Dylan
2007 – Dylan

Live Albums:
1974 – Before the Flood
1976 –Hard Rain
1979 – Bob Dylan at Budokan
1984 – Real Live
1989 – Dylan & The Dead
1993 – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1995 – MTV Unplugged
1998 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall"

Concert
2001 – Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances
2002 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue
2004 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall
2005 – Live at the Gaslight 1962
2005 – Live at Carnegie Hall 1963

Singles
1962 – Mixed Up Confusion
1964 – Blowin' in the Wind
1965 – The Times They Are a-Changin
1965 – Maggie's Farm
1965 – Subterranean Homesick Blues
1965 – Like a Rolling Stone
1965 – Positively 4th Stret
1965 – Can you Please Crawl Out Your Window?
1966 – One of Us Must Know
1966 – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
1966 – I Want You
1966 – Just Like a Woman
1967 – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
1969 – I Trew It All Away
1969 – Lay Lady Lay
1969 – Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
1970 – Wigwam
1971 – Watching the River Flow
1971 – If Not for You
1971 – George Jackson
1973 – Knockin' on Heaven's Door
1973 – A Fool Such as I
1974 – On a Night Like This
1974 – Something There Is About You
1974 – Most Likely You Go Your Way
1974 – All Along the Watchtower
1975 – Tangled Up in Blue
1975 – Hurricane
1976 – Mozambique
1977 – Rita Mae
1978 – Is Your Love in Vain?
1978 – Baby Stop Crying
1978 – Changing of the Guards
1979 – Gotta Serve Somebody
1979 – Precious Angel
1980 – Man Gave names to All The Animals
1980 – Solid Rock
1980 – Saved
1981 – Shot of Love
1981 – Heart of Mine
1983 – Union Sundown
1984 – Jokerman
1984 – Sweetheart Like You
1985 – Tight Connection to My Heart
1985 – When The Night Comes Falling from the Sky
1986 – Band of The Hand
1986 – Got My Mind Made Up
1988 – Silvio
1989 – Everything Is Broken
1989 – Slow Train
1990 – Unbelievable
1993 – My Back Pages
1995 – Dignity
1998 – Love Sick
2000 – Things Have Changed
2006 – Someday Baby
2007 – Most Likely You'll Go Your Way

Movies:
Main roles:
1967 – Don't Look Back
1969 – Eat the Document
1978 – Renaldo and Clara
2003 – Masked & Anonymous
2005 – No Direction Home

Actor:
1973 – Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1987 – Hearts Of Fire
1990 – Backtrack aka „Catchfire“
1999 – Paradise Cove
2003 – Masked and Anonymous

Concerts:
1967 – Festival
1972 – The Concert For Bangladesh
1978 – The Last Waltz
1986 – Hard To Handle
1993 – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1995 – MTV Unplugged

Books:
1971 – Tarantule
1972 – Writings And Drawings
1985 – Lyrics: 1962
1994 – Drawn Blank
2004 – Chronicles: Vol. One
2004 – Lyrics: 1962 – 2001
2005 – The Bob Dylan Scrapbook, 1956-1966

Biography:
2007 – I'm Not There by Todd Haynes

Appearances
1967 – Festival
1971 – The Concert for Bangladesh
1972 – Rock of Ages
1978 – The Last Waltz
2002 – Postcards of the Hanging
2003 – Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
2005 – A Musical History
2006 – Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan DVD

I want you


Desolation Row Live 1966


Don't Think Twice, It's Alright


A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Bob Dylan – Icon of many music styles III

     In 1970 Dylan released two alums. In the same year he had co-written with George Harrison opening track of The Beatles' album All Things Must Pass - I'd Have You Anytime. He cooperated with George also in Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh. In this year, Dylan had poor studio activities, he recorded only two songs, but next year he recovered it and recorded the second compilation Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, singles George Jackson, Watching The River Flow, new recording When I Paint My Masterpiece.

In 1972 we could see him in movie Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, where he had role as Alias, member of Billy's gang. He also wrote the song from this movie (Knockin' on Heaven's Door), which to these days has about 150 artists in their repertoires.

Year 1973 he started by recording album on Atlantic Records (recording studio). In this year his contract with Columbia Records expired and he signed contract with David Geffen's Asylum Records (recording studio).

He recorded album Planet Waves with The Band. This album has two versions of the song Forever Young.

New year and new tour with The Band. Now it was through North America. From this tour there was live double album Before The Flood. This album was released on Asylum Records and in the mind of 70's also by Columbia Records.

After this tour, he had problems in his private life (he and his wife became estranged). He wrote a lot of songs about his problems in his marriage and recorded new album Blood on the Tracks. In the end of the year, he re-recorded some songs in Sound 80 Studio by production assistance of his brother David Zimmerman.

In 1975 he visited boxer Rubin Hurricane Carter in the prison and after that he wrote the successful protest song Hurricane. He believed such as Rubin, the boxer is innocent.
New tour again and new album Desire, with many of Bob Dylan's new songs. TV documented part of this tour. Same year brought the film Renaldo and Clara.
When I wanted to write about Bob Dylan, I try to find more info what I had. I haven't idea, that he has such rich discography. I found, that he brought each year some albums, singles, songs or movies. He didn't write only for himself, but also for other interprets (for example Eric Clapton). It means much, much hard work.
Lyric album Street Legal came in 1978.

In the beginning of the year 1979, he participated in Bible study class. He wanted to find Christ in his life. In that time Dylan released two albums with gospel music. One of them named Slow Train Coming and one song from that album (Gotta Serve Somebody) got Grammy Award as Best Male Vocalist. The second album named Saved. Christianity character of the albums didn't accept so well by some of his fans.
Musical retrospective Shot of Love was released in the springtime of 1981 but met only negative appreciation by critic.

During his life, he engaged in many public appearances, which were organized helping to some groups of people in the world (for example Live Aid concert in 1985).
He went through more music styles, such as country, rock and roll and also rap. In 1988, Bob Dylan went into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Bob Dylan is author, songwriter, singer, musician and poet in the same person.

New decade and new Awards. In 1991 he went into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame and he celebrated it by tour with Santana.

Next year he became to country style and recorded two albums with old folk and blues songs (Good as I Been to You – 1992, World Gone Wrong - 1993) 25 years after famous Woodstock Festival, he brought Woodstock 94.

As 80's, also 90's were rich on albums (Good as I Been to You – 1992, World Gone Wrong – 1993, Time Out of Mind), songs and other activities around the music. He collaborated with many interprets (Mike Seeger, Daniel Lanois, Michael Bolton, Ralph Stanley, Paul Simon, etc.).

In 1997 president of US Bill Clinton presented Bob Dylan in the East Room of the White House.

In 1998 he made duet with bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley on song The Lonesome River and in the middle of next year he traveled on tour with Paul Simon. He recorded album Self Portrait and finished these 90's by movie Paradise Cove by Robert Clapsaddle (role of Alfred the Chaffeur).


Forever Young


Lay Lady Lay


Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton

Bob Dylan – Icon of many music styles II

     In 1961 he leaved this town and went to New York and visited the musical icon Woody Guthrie, who was in hospital in New Jersey. The days of life of Woody were going to finish. Woody was great inspiration for Bob. Such as later Dylan said "You could listen to his songs and actually learn how to live." In hospital Dylan met Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and they became friends.

During year, Bob played at various clubs; in July he presented himself in radio, in program "Saturday of Folk Music". He got public recognition when The New York Times published positive review by critic Robert Shelton. In September, he was invited by folk singer Carolyn Hester to play on harmonica on her album. This helped Dylan to sing contract with Columbia Records (John Hammond from that recording company listened him during recording Hester's album).

In 1962 Dylan recorded album Bob Dylan. There were folk, blues, gospel and also own songs. Maybe that does why he was unknown interpret; the album had little impact (only 5000 copies were sold). Columbia wanted to finish the contract, but Hammond and Johnny Cash ranged oneself with Bob. The contract continued and Bob recorded many songs. Someone of them was recorded under pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt.

In 1962 he changed his name to Robert Dylan and signed contract with Albert Grossman, who was his manager to 1970.

The second album was recorded in 1963, its name was The Freewheeling' Bob Dylan. Bob presented himself as singer and songwriter. Many songs from this album were protest songs, the most famous was Blowin'in the Wind. Apropos, this album inspired also The Beatles.
Other famous songs from that album were A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall and Lord Randall. Dylan had been introduced as singer with accompanied acoustic guitar.

Bob didn't train his voice and his voice had unusual sound, it was that why he was different from other singers.

He met Joan Baez, who became his lover and advocate. She helped him with career. Some other interprets (The Turtles, The Byrds, The Hollies, etc.) singed and recorded his songs, but nobody coudn't sing his songs like himself.

In 1963 he engaged in civil rights movement, he sing at rallies, he presented on BBC television. In the same year he had conflict with media: He recorded new album, The Times They Are a-Changin' (famous songs were Ballad of Hollis Brown, North Country Blues, Boots of Spanish Leather, One Too Many Mornings, Brechtian, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol, etc.).

Next album (Another Side of Bob Dylan) was already next year. In this album you can feel rock and roll came to dominate in his music. He moved from folk scene to rock and roll. Also he changed his look and wardrobe.

Year 1965 was very rich on his activities: He started to use electric guitar. He recorded album Bringing It All Back Home, single Subterranean Homesick Blues, music video Don’t Look Back. He went to tour in England, recorded album B side, with maybe one of the most known song Mr. Tambourine Man, he had controversial presentation in Newport, other single (Like a Rolling Stone – got No 2 in US and No 4 in UK charts).

This song Like a Rolling Stone became number one on Rolling Stone magazine of its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

In 1966 Dylan agreed to record in Nashville (also Nashville is name of the city. Who doesn't know, Nashville is like Mecca of country music). Here had met great sessions, which produced the album Blonde on Blonde.

Many critics say three albums from 60's (Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde) were great cultural achievements of that century.

Year 1965 was successful not only in Dylan's professional life, but also in private. He married Sara Lownds.

Next year he traveled on world tour in Europe and Australia, when every his shows consisted of two parts – in the first he singed and played on acoustic guitar and harmonica, in the second backed by band The Hawks he singed and played high voltage electric music.
In this year, his first child Jesse Byron Dylan was born.

After tour he returned to US, especially to New York. The pressures on him increased, his manager had to prepared schedule of new concert tour, his publisher waited for his manuscript of novel. This period was hard for him, accordingly he had motorcycle crash and he broke several vertebrae in his neck. This accident showed him, what is important in his life and got change to leave that pressures for 18 months.

During this time he resumed his work, he started to edit his film from his tour in 1966, recorded with The Hawks many of his old and new songs. Many of these songs were compiled in five CD The Genuine Basement Tapes.

The Hawks renamed to The Band and recorded independent album Music from Big Pink and started their own successful career.

In October 1967 Bob Dylan returned to Nashville and recorded his first album after motorcycle accident. The name was John Wesley Harding.

Twenty month after Woody Guthrie death (on October 3, 1967), Bob made live concert at Guthrie memory.

The album Nashville Skyline brought duet with Johnny Cash and the hit single Lay Lady Lay.


Like A Rolling Stone


Knockin' On Heaven's Door


Hurricane

Bob Dylan – Icon of many music styles I.

     He inspired by his unique music, where he is interpret, author, guitar player, player on electronic mouth harmonica and strange looks in same time. A lot of interprets was inspired by him. Thanks to him, phenomenal guitar player Jim Hendrix decided to start sing. He inspired Mick Jagger,Madonna and Michael Jackson, in folk style for example Joan Baez, band Frames.

Somebody say, Bob Dylan has croaking voice, which nourish soft poetry. When he sing, sometimes he doesn’t finished some phrases and started with another and he does it again and again. He switches between sing, harmonica and other instruments.
Same as Chuck Berry, Bob swing rock’n roll authors, interprets and bands (Beatles, Jim Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Donovan, etc.).

He was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota US. It isn’t interesting that his grand parents came from Europe. Many grand parents of people, who are inhabitants of US, came from this continent. Why is it so? After 1492, when Christopher Columbus had found America, there came people to create a new life. (Try to see History of country). His father’s grandfather came from Russian Empire after anti-Semitic pogroms) and grandmother came from Turkey. Both immigrated to US in 1905. His mother’s grand parents (they were also Jews) came from Lithuania to US in 1902.

His origin name is Robert Allen Zimmerman. (My uncle is Zimmerman too, but I don’t think that Bob Dylan is my family. It’s only small interest.)

He spent his childhood in Duluth and Hibbing. During his youth, he listened much time the radio, blues and country stations, later rock and roll. During the study in high school, he formed the music band named The Shadow Blasters. The band has short life, but his next band named The Golden Chords played popular songs.

Bob registered at University in Minnesota in 1959. His words about his beginning in folk music: "The first thing that turned me onto folk singing was Odetta. I heard a record of hers in a record store. Right then and there, I went out and traded my electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustical guitar, a flattop Gibson. The thing about rock'n roll is that for me anyway it wasn't enough... There were great catch phrases and driving pulse rhythms...but the songs weren't serious or didn't reflect life in a realistic way. I knew, that when I got into folk music, it was more of a serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings."

He started to interested in Dinky town folk music. With local folk enthusiasts. During this day he introduced himself as Bob Dylan. Why this name? The name Dylan came from name of Dylan Thomas, who was poet. Every time I thought, Bob is derivate from the name Robert, but it isn't true. Bob is from popular music in that time, there were Bobbies.

He finished his college in the end of freshman year and started to work in Minneapolis.


Mr. Tambourine Man


Blowin' In the Wind


House Of The Rising Sun