Ivan Mládek

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Ivan Mládek

Ivan Mládek (born February 7, 1942 in Prague ) is a Czech singer , composer , songwriter and comedian .

Life

Mládek lived in Prague. His father was a lawyer and painter, which enabled him to learn to draw at an early age. However, he preferred to make music and formed the Banjo Band . It had its first appearance in 1966.

In 1968 Mládek emigrated to France to pursue his musical career there. A short time later he came back to Czechoslovakia , where he became known as a musician through the said song. In the 1980s he was also known as a comedian through humorous stories. His first work was published in the magazine Mladý Svět . In total he wrote eight books. Mládek is married and has one son.

Career

The comedian career began in the 1980s. His programs "The Country Estrada" and "ČundrCountryShow" were shown on Czech television. "The Country Estrada" continued on TV NOVA until 2005. Then the "Evergreen Show" ran briefly in a similar format. According to Mládek, no further broadcasts are planned as there would be no broadcaster to finance them.

Older editions of his programs are still shown in ČT (Česká televize). His performances consist of standups , sketches as well as wordless gestures and texts from his songs, among other things.

As an actor he played in the Czech productions Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali and Na druhé koleji .

Mládek has several regular singing partners, some from the Banjo Band , such as Ivo Pešák, Lenka Plačková, Milan Pitkin, Jan Mrázek, Vítězslav Marek, Libuše Roubychová (Libuna), Lenka "Kalamity" Šindelářová, Pavel Skalník.

Others

Mládek is a co-inventor of the Guitariano , a mixture of a guitar and a keyboard . Instead of the strings, there is a fingerboard on which keys corresponding to the respective pitch are attached.

The Děda Mládek Illegal Band refers to Ivan Mládek's name and plays his songs.

The song Jožin z bažin by the Banjo Band , which is about a swamp monster, became an international internet phenomenon after 2008 .

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • Dobrý den! Panton 1976
  • Nashledanou! Panton 1977
  • Ej, Mlhošu, Mlhošu! Panton 1979
  • I. Mládek uvádí L. Sobotu Panton 1979
  • Přeposlední leč Panton 1980
  • Good day! Panton 1981
  • Úterý (Oral Stories) Panton 1981
  • I. Mládek zase uvádí L. Sobotu Panton 1982
  • Moje rodina (+ Oral Stories) Panton 1983
  • Banjo z pytle ven! Panton 1985
  • Potůčku, nebublej! Panton 1986
  • Ta country česká Multisonic 1989
  • Pepa z Kadaně (sung by Josef Dvořák) Punc 1990
  • Škola zvířátek (Dagmar Patrasová) Tommu 1991

Singles

  • Ta country česká Multisonic 1991
  • The Best Of Banjo Band I. Panton 1992
  • The Best Of banjo Volume II. Panton 1993
  • Vykopávky Multisonic 1993
  • Řeky (with band Zelenáči) EMG 1993
  • Pohádky a jiné povídačky (storys) Monitor 1994
  • V hospodě u šesti trampů BaM Music 1994
  • Písničky Čundrcountry show I BaM Music 1994
  • Písničky Čundrcountry show II. BaM Music 1995
  • Dobrý den! (+ 6x bonus) Bonton 1996
  • Písničky na chatu Bonton 1998
  • Nashledanou! (+ 6x bonus) Bonton 1999
  • Sweet Sue (storys Lenka Plačková) Fonia 2000
  • Anecdotes do 1. and 4. cenové skupiny
  • Písně o lásce a pravdě BaM Music 2000
  • Do hlavy ne! Radio servis 2001
  • Děda Mládek Illegal Band BaM Music
  • Děda Mládek Illegal Band II. BaM Music
  • Proč mě ženy nemaj rády Warner Music 2002
  • Milan Pitkin v Coutry estrádě 1 Noveta
  • Milan Pitkin v Coutry estrádě 2 Noveta
  • V Mexiku v taxiku (Dušan Barczi) Barci Music 2002
  • Dáme si eště raz! (Dušan Barczi) Barci Music 2003
  • ... a vo tom to je! DJ World 2002
  • 60 nej Sony Music 2003

Web links

Commons : Ivan Mládek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594876/
  3. ↑ http://www.guitariano.com/index.php
personal data
SURNAME Mládek, Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech singer, composer, songwriter and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague