Golec uOrkiestra is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 folk-rock group, founded in 1998 in southern village of Milówka

Milówka

Milówka is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Milówka. It lies It is situated in Żywiec Beskids mountain range, approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population...

 near Żywiec

Zywiec

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....

 by two brothers – Paweł and Łukasz Golec, after whom it is named. First lineup consisted of eight musicians, and the band performed mostly during holidays, also in local clubs. In 1999, two more musicians were added, and in March of that year, the first album was recorded in a studio in Bielsko-Biala

Bielsko-Biala

-Economy and Industry:Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland. It was ranked 2nd best city for business in that country by Forbes. About 5% of people are unemployed . Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry...

. In the following years, Golec uOrkiestra recorded several more albums, becoming one of the most popular folk – rock bands of the country. In an address given on June 15, 2001 at Warsaw University, president George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

mentioned one of group’s songs, saying: “Today's own Poland's orchestra called Golec's, is telling the world, "On that wheatfield, I'm gonna build my San Francisco; over that molehill, I'm gonna build my bank.”

Personnel

• Łukasz Golec – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Paweł Golec – trombone, tuba, vocals
• Edyta Golec – violin, vocals
• Zbigniew "Baja" Michałek – violin, vocals
• Jarosław Zawada – violin, vocals
• Ryszard Pałka – drums
• Piotr Kalicki – keyboards, accordion
• Grzegorz Kapołka – guitar
• Robert Szewczuga – bass guitar

Discography

• 1999 Golec uOrkiestra 1 – double platinum
• 2000 Golec uOrkiestra 2 – four times platinum
• 2000 Święta z Golec uOrkiestrą
• 2001 Pieniądze to nie wszystko
• 2002 Golec uOrkiestra 3 – three times platinum
• 2003 W niebo głosy
• 2004 Golec uOrkiestra 4
• 2005 Nieziemskie granie dla Ciebie Panie – Kolędy i pastorałki
• 2009 Golec uOrkiestra 5

Singles

• "Crazy is my life" (2:57)
• "Kocham ciebie dziewczyno" (5:28)
• "Lornetka" (4:52)
• "Szarpany" (3.30)
• "Ściernisko" (3:32)
• "Słodycze" (3:54)
• "Ty i tylko Ty" (4:12)
• "Pieniądze to nie wszystko" (2:29)
• "Pędza konie" (3:32)
• "Kto się ceni" (4:49)
• "Gdzie się podziały nasze podatki" (4:00)
• "Zwierzenia pewnego cienia" (3:44)
• "Nie ma nic" (3:36)
• "Konkretna piosenka" (3:25)
• "Bo lato rozpala" (3:28)
• "Góralskie tango" (4:06)
• "Życie jest muzyką" (4:21)

External links

• Official webpage of the band