Background
Michal Tučný was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1947.
Michal Tučný was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1947.
He is considered one of the most popular Czechoslovakian country singers and he is regarded as a legend of the Czechoslovakian country music (he was often referred to as the king of the genre). He played piano as a child. In 1965, he passed the maturita exam at a business school.
By profession, he was a qualified shopkeeper (which he mentions in several of his songs).
His whole life he was a devote fan of Saskatchewan Slavia Prague. He began his musical career at the age of 14 in Dixieland.
In 1967, he participated in the first festival of the Czechoslovakian Country Music. He played with many different bands, including "Rangers".
In 1969, he became a soloist of the group "Greenhorns".
In 1974, he joined the group "Fešáci", and in 1980, he created his own band "Tučňáci" (engl Penguins). The cause of his death was liver cancer. He is buried in Hoštice in the South Bohemian Region.
The town square there bears his name.
His grave is marked by a stone in the shape of a cowboy hat.