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Michal Prokop
12+ albums
bluesCzechrockProgressive rockbig beat
about
Michal Prokop (born August 13, 1946) is a man of various interests and professions, known in the music domain especially as a singer being associated with rock, soul and blues genres. In 1968 he graduated from the University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic. Through the studies, he already acted as a guitarist and singer of Michal Prokop & Framus Five. During their first breakthrough, the band focused themselves on soul and rhythm and blues and was influenced by afroamerican artists, particularly by Ray Charles. At the first czechoslovakian beat festival in 1967, Michal Prokop was awarded best singer. Michal Prokop & Framus Five released two albums: Blues in Soul (1968), an all-covers soul album, and Město Er (1971) which was sung in Czech with a long opening track featuring lyrics by Josef Kainar. After the band broke up, Michal Prokop devoted himself to the mainstream for most of the seventies and was even a member of Semafor theatre. In 1978 he reunited Michal Prokop & Framus Five under a slightly different name Michal Prokop & Framus 5. An initial search for band's line-up and style (captured on the Holubí Dante album from 1980) led to a perfect symphony with the poet Pavel Šrut and the composer Petr Skoumal combined with a sound harmony of a line-up headed by the violinist Jan Hrubý. This lucky period culminated in an outstanding album Kolej Yesterday (1984), which initiated an open album trilogy of Prokop's (so far) best creative period. It is completed with recor
