Muzycy pokolenia big-beatu w Zielonej Górze w okresie PRL
Musicians of the Big-Beat Generation in Zielona Góra during the Polish People’s Republic

Summary/Abstract: The musical Zielona Góra was known in Poland mainly for the Soviet Song Festival. Above all, the city had a different life – the local one. In Zielona Góra, the interest in big-beat music began in the 1960s. In 1963 the band Lubusze was founded, basing its repertoire on the music of The Shadows. Jolanie and Inni soon gained popularity in the Lubuskie region. Both groups were established in 1966. They were successful in national and regional competitions. In 1969 Jarosław Kukulski founded the band Waganci, basing it on former musicians of Jolanie. His band appeared in the audience’s nationwide consciousness and Kukulski himself, together with his wife Anna Jantar as a singer, became a famous musician and composer. In 1970, Polish big-beat began to transform into “real” rock music. In Zielona Góra, on the other hand, new groups important for the region were created, including Akces and Układ. At that time, various types of wedding and dance ensembles were already forming, created for profit. There were difficulties in finding musicians in the city who would like to play their own songs. Other difficulties were, among others state control and little media interest – especially nationwide ones. When Akces broke up, some of its musicians created the Weekend, which was one of the last manifestations of the artistic activity of musicians coming from the big-beat generation.

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