Vlado Pravdić

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Vlado Pravdić (December 6, 1949) is a Bosnian musician most famous as the organist of the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo Dugme from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1987.

Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Pravdić began musical school at the age of seven their he learned to play the piano. After completing his secondary schooling he studied Physics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Sarajevo. His musical career began in 1965 first with Vokinsi, with whom he was with until 1968, he would go on to play in Kost from 1968-1970, Ambasadori from 1970-1971 and Indexi from 1971-1973 before joining Goran Bregović’s band Jutro in 1973 which would go on to become the highly influential Bijelo Dugme as of January 1, 1974.

Pravdić played on the first two albums “Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme” and “Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu” before commencing his compulsory military service in 1976, he was replaced by Laza Ristovski. He returned to Bijelo Dugme in 1978 and went on to play till 1987. Pravdić joined the rest of the band in the 2005 farewell tour. He currently lives in the U.S.A.