60s Polish Instrumental band

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60s Polish Instrumental band

Postby Clarry » Mon Sep 25, 2017 4:26 pm

I popped over to Szczecin in Poland for a few days holiday and was informed that an old 60s bar had re-opened, The Sorrento.
I went along and found a very pleasant place in the basement and yard of an old Prussian house (c.1880s). It had originally been a hangout for young beatniks in the mid-60s through to the 70s and the new owner had tried to keep the spirit of the place with loads of old photos and items from the period. Sadly, no guitars.
Live music is played there, but on a rather broader theme than the original period.

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Later in the week, I went for a meal in Szczecin’s Pomeranian castle (c.1500s) and whilst nursing a beer at our allotted table noticed a book on the shelf next to me about local bands from the 60s who played in the old club. I had a flick through the photos and came across one of a band…with NO MICROPHONES!!



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My interest piqued, I noted the name of the band…Kon-Tiki… So flicking through, I came to the chapter about them and lo and behold, they were influenced by The Shadows, The Ventures and The Spotnicks.


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and played “jace styl Hanka Marvina z The Shadows”.

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Sadly, I’ve not unearthed any recordings, and it’s highly unlikely. But it’s nice to find a bit of musical history in my “second home” that’s relevant to my tastes.

As an aside; judging from the other photos in the book, there seems to have been quite a few Burns Bisons and Burns “Shadows” basses used by the mid to late 60s Polish bands.
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