Andrzej “Qńa” Grzela – a resident of Bytom, physician, founder and vocalist of the “Ryczenia Twentyski” band, one of many oldest bands performing people music and shanties working in Silesia, has died. He was 59 years outdated.
First, there was a love for crusing and shanties sung along with associates – musicians from the first Water Crew of the Bytom ZHP troop, following which the choice to play underneath a typical banner. In 1983, Andrzej Grzela based Roaring Twenty. Over time, the band began recording albums, giving live shows and reaching success at festivals.
The primary album “Spanish Women” bought over 100,000 copies. copies, and the title track turned an enormous hit. The group has developed a brand new model of singing shanties, preferring primarily purely vocal performances with the division of vocal components into particular person voice timbres, conventional for shanties.
The Roaring Twenty carried out in any respect main shanty occasions within the nation, in addition to in Norway, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Germany, Denmark, Hungary and the USA.
Andrzej Grzela has been struggling for nearly 10 years to recuperate following an enormous stroke that occurred in 2015 throughout a live performance on the Shanties competition.
We specific our honest condolences to the household and family members.
