Special guest Jan Vančura & Plavci

05.04.2017 / 21:35 | Aktualizováno: 10.04.2017 / 18:25

Jan Vančura & Plavci, one of the most successful bands in the history of Czech Country & Pop music will be the main music guest of the Czech Beer Festival Chicago 2017.

The legendary Czech band The Rangers, later Plavci was created in 1964 and co-founded the modern country & folk music scene in the Czech Republic. Already by 1998, Plavci reached the milestones of 2.5 million sold albums and 7,000 concerts all over the world. In 2005, an original lead vocalist of the band Jan Vančura returned to the acoustic sound. He continues to tour with excellent musicians, including accordionist Mário Bihári (founding member of KOA), guitarist Jakub Racek (founding member of Monogram, recipient of several European awards) and singer Kateřina Romansová. The repertoire includes American country music classics, such as Sloop John B. (Zvedněte kotvy), Cotton Fields (Pole s bavlnou), Green, Green (Vím, vím), Five Hundred Miles (500 mil), Blue Moon of Kentucky (Modrý měsíc) and King of the Road (Král silnic) as well as original songs known to virtually everyone in the Czech Republic, such as Vysočina, Teče voda, Ženění, Ženění, Pes suverén, Krajina oblých kopců, Inženýrská, and Trpasličí svatba.

http://www.plavci.com/