Banjo Band

Czech country band

Banjo Band

Banjo Band in 2008

Background information
Also known as| Banjo Band Ivana Mládka
Origin| Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genres|

* Country
* folk
* jazz

Years active| 1966–present
Members| Ivan Mládek
Jan Mrázek
Lenka Šindelářová
Lenka Plačková
Milan Pitkin
Libuše Roubychová
Past members| Ivo Pešák (deceased)
Website| mladekivan.cz

Banjo Band, also known as Banjo Band Ivana Mládka, is a Czech country band formed in 1966 and led by singer and comedian Ivan Mládek.[1][2] They are best known both at home and internationally for the song "Jožin z bažin".[3][4]

## Band members[edit]

Current

* Ivan Mládek
* Jan Mrázek
* Lenka Šindelářová
* Lenka Plačková
* Milan Pitkin
* Libuše Roubychová

Past

* Ivo Pešák

## Selected discography[edit]

* Dobrý den! (1976)
* Nashledanou! 9 versions Panton 1977
* Ej, Mlhošu, Mlhošu! (1979)
* Předposlední leč (1981)
* Skupina Ivana Mládka (1983)
* Banjo, z pytle ven! (1985))
* Potůčku, nebublej! (1987)
* Ta country česká, ta je tak hezká (1991)
* Proč mě ženy nemaj rády (2002)
* ... a vo tom to je! (2002)
* Jožin z bažin w Polsce (2008)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ivan Mládek vystoupil v Rusku, Jožina, který se dotkl Putina, omluvil". Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
2. ^ Kachlíková, Markéta (13 January 2013). "Ivan Mládek mit seinem Banjo-Band". Radio Prague (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2013.
3. ^ "Metallica zahrála v Praze Jožina z Bažin" [Metallica performed Jožin z bažin in Prague]. novinky.cz (in Czech). 3 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
4. ^ "Metallica zahrála v Praze. Došlo i na Jožina z bažin a práškovací letadlo" [Metallica performed Jožin z bažin and the Cropduster in Prague.]. irozhlas.cz (in Czech). 3 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Banjo Band.

* Official website
* Banjo Band discography at Discogs

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Czech Republic

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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