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Hanzlik, Slavek

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SLAVEK HANZLIK

  • From Prague, Czechoslavakia (Czech Republic). Lives in Canada.
  • Learned guitar as a child listening to smuggled-in Doc Watson albums.
  • Defected to the United States in 1982; moved to Canada in 1986. Also lived in Nashville for a couple of years.
  • Won the Canadian National Guitar Championship.
  • 1991, released Spring in the Old Country album on Flying Fish Records.
  • 1995, released Summer Solstice album on Sierra Records.
  • 1997, released Fall of My Dreams album on Hollywood Records.
  • 1998, worked with Chris Jones and the Night Drivers.