Jan Hedl (born 9 January 1957, in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

), known as Jan Sahara Hedl or simply Sahara, is a Czech singer-songwriter. Among his well-known hits are "Dívka a noc" and "Tisíc jmen". In his childhood he played piano. At the high school, he met Martin Němec and later he founded his first band Duševní hrob with him. In 1982, he founded the band called Precedens together with Němec, who plays keyboards. Hedl left the band in 1984 and in 1994, he released his first solo album ''Tajnej svatej''. In 1995, he released his second album ''Šílené pondělí'', where Precedens served as backing band. His most recent album called ''Matka Zebra'' was released in 2001. He is also lyricist for other artists, such as

Luboš Pospíšil Luboš Pospíšil (born 6 September 1950) is a Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist, and the frontman of the pop-rock band 5P. In 1969, he was a founding member of C&K Vocal, and since he left the band, he has released twelve solo albums. Betw ...

. He also wrote lyrics for Czech musicals ''Excalibur'' and ''Obraz Doriana Graye''.

Discography

*''Tajnej svatej'' (1994) *''Šílené pondělí'' (1995) *''Matka Zebra'' (2001)

References

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