Hobo and the Budapest Blues Band
László Földes, aka Hobo, is one of the most prominent figures in Hungarian music, who has made a lasting mark during his more than five-decade career with the Hobo Blues Band, as a solo artist, with poetry albums, and through his work in theater. Now, at over 80 years of age, he has formed a new band, which will make its debut at the House of Music. The Budapest Blues Band includes such legendary Hungarian blues musicians as Little G Weevil, Jenő Fekete, and Zoltán Nemes. We recommend the concert in the words of Hobo, who also tells the story of how the band came to be.
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"If someone starts a new band at the age of 80, they should be required to obtain a psychiatric permit. But despite all the prejudice, I did it and recently put together the Budapest Blues Band. I believe that despite my long career, I have not been able to establish Hungarian-language blues, so before I leave the stage, I wanted to leave a mark that is not exclusively linked to my name.
Unfortunately, many of my former bandmates from the Hobo Blues Band are no longer alive or have gone their separate ways, such as Gyula Deák Bill, who now identifies himself as a rock singer. However, most of his repertoire is still what Egon Póka and I wrote for him before he left the band in 1985, forty years ago. Although he is not a songwriter, he preserves the old tradition in this way.
So I called together Jenő Fekete, Little G Weevil, and Zoltán Nemes, who are much younger than me and have been singing blues in English for decades, to try this in Hungarian as well. To justify their fear of death, I wrote an album's worth of lyrics.
House of Music Hungary
A music education centre and concert venue in the heart of the City Park, behind the airy futuristic glass facade of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.