Hobo Blues Band

Biography

Hungarian cult-band, formed in 1977. With front member and singer Földes László (Hobo), HBB's work is tied strongly with arts, poetry, and writing. Their music is influenced by traditional blues, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors, they made many Hungarian adaptations themselves. The members were constantly changing, many of the decade's best Hungarian performers played with them. The members of the last lineup (Fehér-Nagy-Hárs-Gyenge) decided not to continue making music...

Hungarian cult-band, formed in 1977. With front member and singer Földes László (Hobo), HBB's work is tied strongly with arts, poetry, and writing. Their music is influenced by traditional blues, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors, they made many Hungarian adaptations themselves. The members were constantly changing, many of the decade's best Hungarian performers played with them. The members of the last lineup (Fehér-Nagy-Hárs-Gyenge) decided not to continue making music with Hobo in 2008. After that the HBB was hibernated until the ultimate last concert: the HBB ended up in 2011. 02. 10.-11., after 33 years of time.

Members:
Földes László (Hobó) - vocals, lyrics
Fehér Géza - guitar
Nagy Szabolcs - keyboards
Hárs Viktor - bass
Gyenge Lajos - drums

Discography:
* Közép-európai Hobo Blues (1980)
* Rolling Stones blues (1980)
* Oly sokáig voltunk lenn (1982)
* Még élünk (1983)
* Vadászat I-II. (1984) - (Tátrai Tibor - guitar)
* Esztrád (1986)
* Vándor az úton-Jim Morrison dalaival I-II. (1987)
* Üvöltés (Alen Ginsberggel 1987)
* Ameriaki ima (1987)
* Tiltott gyümölcs I-II. (1988)
* Csavargók könyve (1988)
* Blues az esőben (1989)
* Tábortűz mellett I-II. (1990)
* Kocsmaopera (1991)
* Férfibánat (1992)
* Kopaszkutya (movie soundtrack) (1993) (previously banned in 1981)
* I love you Budapest (1993)
* Csintalan lányok, rossz fiúk (1994) - (Solti János - drums)
* Vissza a 66-os úton (1995) - (Tóth János Rudolf - vocal, guitar)
* Vadaskert I-II. (1996)
* A nemek háborúja (1997)
* Kövek az útról (1997)
* Gyöngy a sárban (2000)
* Hajtók dala (2003)
* Idegen tollak (2004)
* Blues egy trombitásért (in memoriam Tomsics Rudi) (2007)
* Senkifalva (2007)
* Bolondvafászat (2008)

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