Influences:
BB
King, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric
Clapton, J.Page to name a few.
Profile
•
1989
He finished school as a car mechanic and had
learnt his musical skiils from his father and
impact on him had J.H., J.Page and E. Clapton
• 1990
René Lacko meets Mário Nagy in
local coal company in Handlová where
they worked until the year 2001
• 1990-1991
He takes lessons with Dan Morvay on jazz guitare
and is advanced musician on play on guitare
• 1990
René together with Martin Máèek
established a hardrock band, bas Slavo Sršeò.
It was Led Zeppelin like.
• 1993
A new album came out. The name of the album
was Jolly Joker and was specially produced for
a music company Opus in a Slovak language.
• 1995
Big Bang have split up.
• 1996
René meets a man called Miro Dvorský
in his music studio in Lamaè and records
Jimmy Hendrix´songs in Rene´s interpretation.
They decided to send these songs to U.S. to
a singers´s competition and this was the
first time when René starts singing.
• October 1996
René Lacko attended a competition in
North Carolina. It was competition in interpreting
J. Hendrix songs and René got a second
place and a title of the best European. This
special event is organized by J. H. family every
year.
• 1997
Milan Èíž and René
Lacko starts their co-operation. Milan Èíž
has been Rene's personnal guitar-maker for many
years and has also studied and worked with the
famous John Reutter in Arizona for almost two
years.
• 1995-1998
Impact of Stevie Ray Vaughan - RL turn into
blues-rock style - René Band arose, basguitare
- Milan Golha and drums Mário Nagy.
• 1998
Milan Golha leaves the band and he is replaced
by Jozef Bobu¾a who leaves the band latter
on for the USA. The name of the band is being
changed from René Band to René
& Downtown.
• 1999
René Lacko features every so often in
the band called Blues Rock Cirkus which belongs
to Miro Dvorský.
• 1999
Unplugged concerts with Jozef Engerer.
• 1999-2002
Milan Golha returned back to René and
Downtown and they play in different clubs this
time in Germany. René meets James Matthias
Baumgdt and his band O Colors. René and
his band were Mick Taylor's pregroup in Bratislava.
• Oktober 2001
Dowtown makes theirs first official album in
studio Ebony in the capital. The name of the
album is " Freedom is my way". This
album was special as René and the band
had five own titles and compositions on it.
• 2001
René Lacko makes his living from a music.
He starts his career as a singer.
• 2001
René Lacko featured at Memorial evening
SRV which was placed in Budapest. There was
made a video and a CD on which he had two songs.
He also meets Zsolt Benko there.
• 2002
Downtown and René recorded album Shake
a Leg, their own music.,jam.
• 2002
The Freemans band guest.
• 2003
Milan Golha is being replaced as he leaves,
by Martin Oulehle and keyboard player Peter
Dobrota plays with them from time to time.
•
René is planning to record a Tribute
to J. Hendrix
•
2005
Actual members from April: Milan Golha - bassguitar
and Peter Goruša - drums.
•
2006
Actual members from end of October: Martin Oulehle
- bassguitar and Peter Goruša - drums.
René
belongs to thereby exceptional appearance on
Slovak blues scene. His splended play on electric
guitare recognised not only in blues cradle
in U.S.A. This combination works under sign
Downtown Band. In their repertoire dominate
compositions of: S.R.Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix,
as well as blues-rock evergreens from a writter
Buddy Guy, J.J.Cale, Chuck Berry, or trio Stray
Cats. with Peter Lipa and Silvia Josifoska in
club Metro with Henri Toth
Awards
René
Lacko attended a competition in North Carolina.
It was competition in interpreting J. Hendrix
songs and René got a second place and
a title of the best European. This special event
is organized by J. H. family every year.
