Yo Yo Band

band of Tesarik Brothers from Hanspaulka district of Prague. Together with Babalet the greatest pioneers of reggae in former Czechoslovakia. Beginnings as vocal quartet singing soul. In the early 80's regarded as New Wave band, although they mostly played reggae;  later inspiration by other ethnic styles (both african and latin-american).

Members : Vladimir Tesarik voc,kb,perc(1-7); Richard Tesarik voc,perc(1-7); Miroslav Linhart voc,gt,perc(1-7); Jiri Sima voc,sax,synth(2-7); Roman Kubat kb,perc(2-7); Jan Mann timbales,rototoma,perc(2-5); Imran Musa Zangi conga(2-4); Jiri Chlumecky dr prog.(2); Pavel Razim dr(6-7); Peter Pavlik bg(7)

Discography:

1. Velbloud, ten se ma (LP Panton 1987) *** 

2. Do backor ne (LP Panton 1988)

3. Lehkou chuzi (LP Best I.A, 1991, CD Monitor 1993)

4. Karvina (LP and CD Bonton 1993)

5. Dej mi prachy na klobouk (CD Bonton 1994)

6. Jenom kour (Bonton 1995)

7. Gejza (Bonton 1997)

8. Plavu si, ani nevim jak (1999)

Compilations:

I. Best Of Yo Yo Band (Monitor 1994)

Singles:

i. Horký vzduch a pisek/Tic Tac Hugo (with Combo FH, Panton 1980)

ii. Reggae jenom tak/Ja se s tebou loucim (Panton 1981)

iii. Kamila/Kralovna tancovacek (Panton 1985)

iv. To teda ne ne ne/Zady k sobe (Panton 1986)

Samples:

[MP3] Rybitvi (album #4., 48"; 282 kB)

[WMA] Gejza (album #7.; 56"; 338 kB)