Jaromír Nohavica
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Jaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica (born 7 June 1953, Ostrava) is a Czech songwriter, lyricist, and poet.
He was born in Ostrava and has played guitar since he was 13. He began studies at the Technical University of Ostrava but eventually left the school. He tried various jobs and eventually ended up working as a freelance lyricist. He gained fame with his first song for Marie Rottrová, Lásko, voníš deštěm (You Smell of Rain, My Love; actually a cover version of the song She's Gone by Black Sabbath). He lives in Ostrava has a wife and two children.
In 1982 he started performing in public, a sound decision in that a number of his songs gained wide popularity. His first album, Darmoděj (Aimless), released in 1988 was an immediate sell-out. An aura of myth arose around Nohavica which survived even the crisis period of his treatment for alcoholism. His subsequent release of the lovely, slightly pessimistic Mikymauzoleum (Mickey Mousoleum), an album of mainly melancholy songs. In 1994 he live recorded an album Tři čuníci (Three Piglets), intended for children, with humoristic songs.
In 1996 Nohavica released Divné století (Strange Century). He and his producer employed new instruments and voices for the new songs on the album, and it became a huge success. Two years later the Jaromir Nohavica and Kapela (ie. the Band) came out with Koncert (Concert), a record featuring Nohavica playing with a band, and this fact recognizably changed his music. The album contains mainly older material, but the new treatment gave it a new appeal. His studio album from 2000, Moje smutné srdce (My Sad Heart), contains mostly sad songs about love.
Nohavica also starred in Petr Zelenka's movie Rok Ďábla (Year of The Devil), which was awarded the main prize at the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2002 and several other international film festivals. He translated Polish musical Painted on Glass for Divadlo Na Fidlovačce and poeticized Mozart's opera Così fan tutte for The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre.
Apart from his native Czech Republic, he also enjoys popularity in neighbouring Poland and Slovakia.
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- Darmoděj (Aimless) (Panton 1988)
- Osmá barva duhy (The Eighth Color of the Rainbow) (Panton 1989, Monitor 1994)
- V tom roce pitomém (In That Stupid Year) (Panton 1990)
- Mikymauzoleum (Mickeymousoleum) (Monitor 1993)
- Tři čuníci (Three Piglets) (Monitor 1994)
- Darmoděj a další (Aimless and others) (Monitor 1995)
- Divné století (A Strange Century) (Monitor-EMI 1996)
- Koncert (The Concert) (Monitor-EMI, 1998)
- Moje smutné srdce (My Sad Heart) (BMG Ariola, 2000)
- Babylon (Sony Music / Bonton, 2003)
- Pražská pálená (Prague Brandy / Burned) (Jaromír Nohavica, free download on his page: [1] 2005)
- Doma (At Home) DVD, CD (Jaromír Nohavica, 2006)
- Ikarus (2008)
