The career of Czerwone Gitary(RED GUITARS)
The first line-up of Czerwony Gitar was composed of: Bernard Dornowski, Krzysztof Klenczon, Jerzy Kosela, Jerzy Skrzypczyk and Henryk Zomerski. In 1966, the latter was replaced by Seweryn Krajewski, and a few months later Jerzy Kosela left. In 1970, Krzysztof Klenczon began his solo career, who died in a car accident (1981).
Their public debut took place under the slogan "We play and sing the loudest in Poland" on January 15, 1965. This is how the band's career, which has lasted over two decades, has no equivalent in Poland and neighboring countries. At that time, they won all possible plebiscites, won awards at festivals in Opole and Sopot, won Golden Records and recorded countless albums and hits.
In the mid-80s of the last century, the band slowed down, but at the urging of representatives of the American Polish community, they returned to Polish and Polish tours in 1990.
In 1997, Seweryn Krajewski left the group, and two years later Bernard Dornowski followed in his footsteps. At the same time, Henryk Zomerski (died 2011) and Jerzy Kosela (died 2017) returned to the band.
Despite the changes, Czerwone Gitary are still very popular. In 2004, they were invited as a star to a great gala organized in Dresden (Germany) on the occasion of Poland's accession to the European Union. Two years later, they won the "Marble Record" for the largest number of records sold in the history of Polish phonography. Somehow along the way, they received "Golden Records" for three new albums released in this century. The musicians of the band were also decorated with the "Gloria Artis" medals Jerzy Kosela - bronze, Jerzy Skrzypczyk - bronze and silver, the Golden Cross of Merit (Jerzy Skrzypczyk)
In 2013, in Sala Kongresowa, they presented the program "Czerwone Gitary Symphonically" for the first time. In 2015, they released an album entitled "Again", which premiered during the jubilee concert at the Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk (March 14, 2015)
