Jindra Dolanský (born 14 December 1964) is a

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musician. He was the

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player, backup vocalist and co-

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for the

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group

Už Jsme Doma Už jsme doma (, ) are a Czech progressive rock band from Prague who originally formed in Teplice in 1985.Teplice Teplice (, until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; , ''Teplitz-Schönau'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 51,000 inhabitants. It is the most populous Czech spa town, followed by Karlovy Vary. The historic city cen ...

, Czech Republic, a town bordering

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. He was trained on the

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in his youth, making him the only trained member of the original Už Jsme Doma lineup, which he formed with six friends in 1985. By the end of 1988, he was the only original member remaining. From 1985-2001, he played in the band led by Miroslav Wanek, until he decided to leave the exhausting lifestyle to focus on his family and opening a restaurant in

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. He has since performed with the band on special occasions, most notably their 20th anniversary set, which was released as a live CD and DVD, although only one track featuring Dolanský appears on the former. Dolanský also performs on the album ''Fancy'', by the

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, avant garde/rock act Idiot Flesh. He plays saxophone on the religious snack-food commercial spoof track "Cheezus."' In early 90th he collaborated with the band "Vesele plavkyně z Miami Beach", found by former UJD bassplayer Pavel Keřka and younger Dolanký's brother Ivo Dolanský on guitar (former FPB player). There are two recordings left, one is the album Roll Over Teplice, where Dolanský (Jindřich) performs on sax in 4 songs, and demo recording of several songs (approx. 12), which was never released.

References

External links

Official Už Jsme Doma page
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