Ivo Pešák (7 September 1944 – 9 May 2011) was a Czech musician and actor.

Early life

Pešák was born in 1944 in the town of Jaroměř, then part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. In 1972, he graduated from the Prague Conservatory and then worked for three years in the Central Bohemian Symphony Orchestra in Poděbrady as a clarinetist. Afterward, he taught at a music school for one year.

Career

He is best known for his work with Ivan Mládek, in the latter's Banjo Band, and particularly for his high-spirited performance in the 1977 video for the song "Jožin z bažin". In Pešák's later years, he sang with Václav Upír Krejčí in a vocal duo named Dýza Boys, and he appeared in a number of films, including Trhala fialky dynamitem (1992), as well as television series. Pešák had his own band, a rock and roll revival group named Rockec Ivo Pešáka. They released two albums: Hej, hej, rock and roll (1996) and Rockec Ivo Pešáka (2002).

Death

Pešák died of heart failure on 9 May 2011, aged 66.

Selected discography

with Rockec Ivo Pešáka with Dýza Boys