Zoran Redžic
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Zoran Redžić is a Bosnian
musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Yugoslav
rock
band Bijelo Dugme
.
Born in Sarajevo
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
, Yugoslavia, he is a younger brother of another Bosnian musician Fadil Redžić from band Indexi
. He first performed with the group Čičci, then in 1970 he and drummer Milić Vukašinović
joined Željko Bebek‘s
band Kodeksi, of which Goran Bregović
was already a member. After Bebek departed his own band, Redžić opted to stay with Goran Bregović in his new band Jutro
which would go on to become the highly successful Bijelo Dugme in 1974.
Redžić was Bijelo Dugme's bassist from 1974 to 1975 and then from 1977 to 1989 and appeared on every album except Eto! Baš hoću!
. He took part in Bijelo Dugme's prolonged 2005 farewell tour and currently lives and works in Sarajevo
.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Yugoslav
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
.
Born in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
, Yugoslavia, he is a younger brother of another Bosnian musician Fadil Redžić from band Indexi
Indexi
Indexi was a Bosnian rock band popular in the former Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died...
. He first performed with the group Čičci, then in 1970 he and drummer Milić Vukašinović
Milic Vukašinovic
Milić Vukašinović, a.k.a. Mitch Valiant is a musician from Serbia of Yugoslavian ethnicity. He was the founder of the rock band Vatreni Poljubac and drummer of the famous Yugoslav band Bijelo dugme.Born in Belgrade, he moved with his family to Peć when he was 6 years old...
joined Željko Bebek‘s
Željko Bebek
Želimir "Željko" Bebek is a popular Bosnian Croat singer most notable for being the lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984....
band Kodeksi, of which Goran Bregović
Goran Bregovic
Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
was already a member. After Bebek departed his own band, Redžić opted to stay with Goran Bregović in his new band Jutro
Jutro
Jutro was a Sarajevo-based rock band most notable as the immediate predecessor to Bijelo dugme. It existed from late 1971 to the very end of 1973 when it transformed into probably the most popular rock band to come out of former Yugoslavia – Bijelo dugme.Jutro was formed on the initiative by Ismet...
which would go on to become the highly successful Bijelo Dugme in 1974.
Redžić was Bijelo Dugme's bassist from 1974 to 1975 and then from 1977 to 1989 and appeared on every album except Eto! Baš hoću!
Eto! Baš hocu!
Eto! Baš hoću! is the third studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme.Eto! Baš hoću! continues Bijelo dugme's early folkish hard rock style, although it is on this album that Goran Bregović began to react to changing trends in rock music by slowly shedding the band's heavy metal...
. He took part in Bijelo Dugme's prolonged 2005 farewell tour and currently lives and works in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
.