Ota Petřina (4 June 1949 – 11 July 2015) was a Czech guitarist and songwriter. During his career, he primarily wrote songs for other artists, including

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, and

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. He was also the leader of Neckář's band Bacily. He released two solo albums, 1978's ''Super – robot'' and 1983's ''Pečeť''.

Career

In the early days of his musical career, Petřina accompanied Marta Kubišová, Václav Neckář, and Helena Vondráčková in the Rococo Theater Orchestra, from which the group Golden Kids was formed. He went on to write numerous other songs for the three musicians. After Golden Kids was banned by the communist regime, Petřina led Neckář's band Bacily, from 1971 until 1974. In 1978, Petřina released his debut album, ''Super – robot'', which he produced together with his friend, musician and lyricist

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. In the second half of the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s, Petřina mainly collaborated with singer

. He wrote all the tracks on her first two albums, ''Motorest'' (1978) and ''Exploduj'' (1980). He went on to write the lyrics for her two subsequent albums, ''Já & My'' (1982) and ''Ročník 50'' (1984). In 1982, together with Ladislav Kantor, he wrote the lyrics to the first part of Václav Neckář's ''Příběhy, písně a balady'' trilogy. He also collaborated with Kantor on some songs for the band C&K Vocal, in which

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, among others, performed. In 1983, he co-authored Pospíšil's first solo album, ''Tenhle vítr jsem měl rád''. The title track went on to become one of Pospíšil's biggest hits. In the same year, Petřina released his second and last solo album, titled ''Pečeť'', on which he collaborated with poet

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. In the second half of the 1980s, Petřina wrote several songs for singer Eva Hurychová and returned to Václav Neckář to help him write the hard rock album ''Pod komandem lásky'', which was released in 1988. After 1989, he again devoted himself extensively to concerts with Neckář's band Bacily and wrote several new songs for Petra Janů's comeback. He also composed songs for other musicians, including Hana Zagorová,

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, Petr Rezek, Michal Prokop, and Aleš Brichta. In 2010, Petřina was inducted into the

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Death

Petřina died on 11 July 2015, aged 66.

Family

Petřina's son, Otakar Petřina Jr. (a.k.a. Marpo), is a rapper and formerly the drummer for Czech rock band

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Discography

Studio albums * ''Super – robot'' (1978) * ''Pečeť'' (1983) Soundtracks * ''Koncert'' (1980) * ''Smrt talentovaného ševce'' (1982)

References

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