Zoran Redžić (born 29 January 1948) is a
Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular
Yugoslav rock
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band
Bijelo Dugme
() is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Rock music, rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. is widely considered to have been the most popular and the best-selling band ever to exist in the former S ...
.
Born in
Sarajevo
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Yugoslavia, he is a younger brother of another Bosnian musician from band
Indexi
Indexi was a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died. Some of their most notable songs are "Svijet u kome ži ...
.
During the late 1960s, teenage Zoran first performed with the group Čičci together with
Milić Vukašinović
Milić "Mića" Vukašinović ( sr-cyr, Милић-Мића Вукашиновић; born 9 March 1950) is a Serbian and Yugoslav musician and songwriter, best known as the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of the hard rock and heavy metal band ...
, Mahmut "Paša" Ferović, and Dragan Danilović.
Then in 1970 Redžić and drummer Milić Vukašinović joined
Željko Bebek
Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of the SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 until 1984. He has since ...
's band
Kodeksi
Kodeksi were a cover band from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia that existed from 1965 until 1971. It is most notable as one of the predecessors to Bijelo dugme, the most commercially successful band ever to come out of SFR Y ...
, of which
Goran Bregović
Goran Bregović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the ...
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 played on the band's every studio album except ''
Eto! Baš hoću!
''Eto! Baš hoću!'' () is the third studio album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme, released in 1976.
''Eto! Baš hoću!'' was the band's first album which was not recorded by the band's default lineup. It did not feature the bass guitarist Z ...
''. He took part in Bijelo Dugme's 2005 farewell tour and lives and works in
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...
.
References
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1948 births
Musicians from Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina rock musicians
Rock bass guitarists
Living people