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George and Beatovens
years active: 1963 - 1997

cultic rock'n'roll band founded in 1963 by Petr Novak and his friends, called Beatles in the beginnings; renaqmed after the drummer Jiri Jirasek (alias George). The very first demo recordings made a big success in the radio musical show Houpacka by the reviewer Jiri Cerny. A lot of top Czech musicians went through. Several times disbanded or line-up changed: in 1966-67 Novak sings with Flamengo; in 1972 disbanded, Bohuslav Janda founded another backing band for Petr Novak in 1974 which takes over the repertoir as well as a part of the name (Beatoveni); later several time schanging the name (the authorities did not approve of foreign language names in those times, so the band was called Bohuslav Janda Band, Oldrich Wajsar Band, or G&B); in 1990 renamed back to George and Beatovens. Even after Novak's death in 1997, still active in concerts, though only quite sporadically.


Members:

Petr Novak  (1963-1965, 1967-1972, 1979-1990, 1992-1997) , vocal
Michal Burian  (1963-1965)
Karel Sluka  (1963-1965)
Jiri Jirasek "George"  (1963-1965, 1967-1972) , drums, timpani, tambourine
Miroslav Helcl  (1967-1968) , organ
Jaroslav Bednar  (1967-1968)
Jiri Cizek  (1967-1972) , bass guitar, background vocal
Lubos Andrst  (1968-1968)
Vladimir Misik  (1968-1968)
Zdenek Juracka  (1968-1968) , guitars
Miroslav Dudacek  (1968-1972) , guitars, background vocal
Jan Obermayer "Farmer"  (1969-1972) , keyboards, saxophones, background vocal, piano, organ
Petr Bezpalec  (1970-1971) , flute, saxophones, tambourine, background vocal
Jiri Smetana  (1970-1972) , piano, background vocal, production
Petr Formanek  (1974-1974)
Pavel Zuman  (1979-1980) , drums
Oldrich Wajsar  (1979-1982) , bass guitar, background vocal, leader
Stanislav Stanek  (since 1979) , guitars, background vocal, flute
Vera Wajsarova-Mazankova  (1980-1981) , vocal, violin
Hubert Tauber  (1980-1988) , drums
Ladislav Klein  (1980-1990) , keyboards, flute, violin, synthesizers, background vocal, leader
Karel Novak  (since 1982) , bass guitar, background vocal
Adolf Seidl "Andy"  (since 1982) , guitars, steel/slide guitar, background vocal
Jana Hruskova  (1988-1990)
Martin Rychta  (1988-1997) , drums, percussion, background vocal
Michal Pavlik  (since 1992) , keyboards, violoncello, background vocal
Miloslav Benysek  (1993-1993)
Karel Kahovec

Discography:

Kolotoc svet ( Roundabout The World ) , Panton 1970 ,
Modlitba za lasku ( Prayer For Love ) , Panton 1971 ,

compilations / live recs.:

The Greatest Hits ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1984
12 nej ( 12 Best ) ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1986

samplers etc.:

2. cs beat festival ( 2nd CS Beat Festival ) , Panton 1969
Gong 9 , Panton 1981
Petr Novak Live ( Novak, Petr ) , Reflex Records 1992

SP / EP:

Be My Daughter / Why Do You Leave ( Novak, Petr ) , Sonet 1968
Klaunova zpoved / ... , Panton 1968 ,
Pokoj c. 26 / Lez blazniveho basnika , Panton 1968 ,
Bezhlavy rytir / Jdi dal ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1969 ,
Den stesti / Kdyz padaji skaly , Panton 1969 ,
Stuj / Divky z perel , Panton 1969 ,
Toreador se nesmi bat / Rekni proc places , Panton 1969 ,
Zla chvile / Utec driv, nez prijdu k vam , Panton 1969 ,
Detsky oci / Ja , Panton 1970 ,
Esther / Kde ticho umira , Panton 1970 ,
Happy End / Nocni boure , Panton 1970 ,
Morsky racek / Vyrusen ze spani , Panton 1970 ,
Ostrov detskych snu / V risi pohadek ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1970
Ja se vratim / Jak cerstvy snih , Panton 1971 ,
Jarni den / Zahrada za domem ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1971
Krasna divka / Nejstarsi automobil ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1971 ,
Klaunova zpoved / Detsky oci ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1980 ,
Holka s bilou halenou / Blaznivy snilek ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1981 ,
Zivot muj sel dal / Sladke trapeni ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1981 ,
Ahoj, ctrnactileta / Taxikar ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1983
Dej mi cas / Malo jsem te znal ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1983
Chci te mit / Svitis ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1985
Jak mi sbohem dat / Svet a nesvet ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1987

participation:

Ve jmenu lasky ( In the Name Of Love ) ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1971 ,
Co je to laska-Planeta snu ( What Is Love - Planet Of Dreams ) ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1980 ,
Sladke trapeni ( Sweet Misery ) ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1982
Ahoj, Tvuj Petr ( Sincerely yours Petr ) ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1983
Zpoved ( Confession ) ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1985
Memento ( Novak, Petr ) , Panton 1990

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