Markyz John

legendary Prague vocal band from the 1960's-70's. Influenced by the Westcoast music (vocal sounds of Beach Boys, Byrds or Mamas & Papas). Attemp to to comeback in the late 1980's but with nobody from the original line-up present.

Line-Up: Jan Vrsecky gt,voc,ldr (i-iv); Jiri Sohajek voc(i-iii); Milan Koudelka gt,voc(i-iv); Vladimir Klenka bg,voc(i-iv); Pavel Hlavaty dr(i-iii); Oldrich Kellner gt,voc(iv); Petr Petrasek dr (iv); Jan Prachar voc(v); Jan Hoerlichter kb(v); Martin Schwaller bg(v); Jaroslav Solc dr(v,1); Vladimir Ruzek gt,voc(v,1); Emil Smatana voc(1); Josef Zvonicek kb(1); Petr Kratky bg(1); Vlasta Voral synth(1); Zdenek Kaplan bg (2-3); Jakub Ruzek kb,voc(2-3); Viktor Barsa dr(2-3)

Discography

1. Markyz John 1991 (Monitor 1991)

2. Rozkaz generale (1996)

3. TOTO, no proto... (2003)

SP

i. Bim bam/Doznivajici smich (Panton 1970)

ii. Vanocni/Kouzelna noc (Panton 1970)

iii. Slzy (EP Panton 1970)

iv. Paleta/Sacramento (Panton 1972)

v. Lesni muz/Ve stinu slovanske lipy (Supraphon 1989)

Sample (MP3): Doznivajici smich (SP i., 57", 340 kB)

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