Flamengo


Flamengo was one of the earliest Czech beat or bigbit groups from Prague that started out in the mid 60's, growing into one of the best czech prog/art rock group in the 70s. They recorded the best Czech progressive rock album Kuře v hodinkách (lineup: Vladimír Mišík (lead vocals, percussion), Jan Kubík (saxophone, flute, clarinet, vocals), Pavel Fořt (guitar, vocals), Ivan Khunt (organ, vocals), Vladimír Guma Kulhánek (bass guitar, vocals), Jaroslav Erno Šedivý (drums) ). The band was established by drummer Přemysl Černý in 1966, who brought František Francl (lead guitar), Pavel Fořt (rhytm guitar), Eduard Vršek (keys), Jiří Čížek (bass), Petr Novák (vocals) and Viktor Sodoma (vocals), also Pavel Sedláček appeared sometimes as vocalist. Lyrics were written by Ivo Plicka. The coexistence of two vocalists and personal relations between Novák and Sodoma made troubles. Sodoma was replaced by Karel Kahovec and left for The Matadors. Due to Vršek's military service the members had to switch their instruments. Vocalist Kahovec became rhytm guitarist, rhytm guitarist Fořt took bass and bassist Čížek begun play keys. In 1967 Novák and Čížek left the band. Přemysl Černý focused on managerial activities and set Jaroslav Erno Šedivý as a new drummer. Ivan Khunt (hammond organ, vocals) came instead of Karel Kahovec. Vocalist Joan Duggan from Newcastle joined the group in 1969 and after getting married with Francl left the band with him. However,...

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