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Singer, musician, composer and lyricist all in one, that is Jan Nedvěd. He represents a living legend of Czech folk and tramp singers. He was born in Prague on September 24, 1946. He grew up with his younger brother František and sister. As a musician, he can not only play the guitar, but also the banjo. For practical reasons, he first learned to be an electrician and graduated from high school by correspondence.
Until 1982, he was employed by the then national company Spoje. He had been very close to music since he was a boy, which led him to beat bands, such as now almost unknown groups such as The Three Long Fingers, The
Singer, musician, composer and lyricist all in one, that is Jan Nedvěd. He represents a living legend of Czech folk and tramp singers. He was born in Prague on September 24, 1946. He grew up with his younger brother František and sister. As a musician, he can not only play the guitar, but also the banjo. For practical reasons, he first learned to be an electrician and graduated from high school by correspondence.
Until 1982, he was employed by the then national company Spoje. He had been very close to music since he was a boy, which led him to beat bands, such as now almost unknown groups such as The Three Long Fingers, The Pearches. Gradually, Jan Nedvěd replaced his interest in this music with an even greater interest in tramp music, because the tramp settlement, including the surrounding nature, was always very close to his heart. In the Toronto tramp settlement in Luka pod Medníkem, Jan and František Nedvědová founded the Toronto group in 1972, in which the first original tramp songs were born. In 1974, the group's name was changed to Berontosaři. Here, the two brothers created a recognized duo. Already in 1974, Honzova, as Jan Nedvěd was generally called, composed his first tramp and, as it turned out, folk hit called Kamarád.
This song won an author's award at the Porta festival. At the same time, he became a recognized singer of the Spiritual Quintet. Similar to the element, Honza launched emotionally charged songs into the world, which quickly became popular and echoed not only from campfires, but also from various means of transport, train station and bus waiting rooms. Performed by the Brontosaurs, they penetrated not only various festivals, but also onto radio, television, and gramophone records, which later replaced CDs and even later mp3s.
The popular ones include: Na kameni kámen, Pražce, Jarní taní, Nad Sázavou, Igelit, Tulácký ráno, Holky tější to maj and many more. In addition to tramp and folk songs, Jan Nedvěd has written his name in the history and traditions of the Ateliér Theatre, for whose performances he wrote incidental music, for example, for the performances: Benzín a láska or Lovers from the 9th kilometer; Provdaná nevesta and others. Since 1988, Jan Nedvěd has also embarked on a solo career, from where he returned with his brother František in 1992.
Since 1996, they have joined Brontosaurů, their parent band. As for the individual songs that Brontosaurů spread at their concerts, Jan Nedvěd, as an author, has again paved a renewed path to his listeners, almost without distinction of age or gender. It is worth remembering the recording of the concert of the Nedvěd brothers and their guests at Prague's Strahov Stadium on June 21, 1996 and the resulting documentary film - How We Made Strahov. Jan Nedvěd occasionally performed with the group Příbuzní.
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