![]() | Nakon duge i teške bolesti u 57. godini života napustio nas je Dražen Vrdoljak. Bio je prava glazbena enciklopedija. Pouzdan i pošten prema meni, rado je podijelio i radost i tugu i pikantnost i humor kako osobnog tako i poslovnog okružja. I miss you already. |
Dražen Vrdoljak 1951 - 2008
Dražen je bio jedan od rijetkih komunikatora koji je znao sa svima u poslu. Osobno bili smo vrlo dobri prijatelji ovdje u New Yoku, Los Angelesu ili Zagrebu. Glazbeno znanje bilo je na zavidnoj razini koje sam iskusio u zajednickim razgovorima s mnogim slavnim imenima svjetske glazbene scene. Znao sam da ukoliko ga upoznam s bilo kojim glazenikom svijeta, nikad nece razocarati, vec šarmirati i produbiti poznanstvo svojim znanjem i dalmatinskim šarmom. Bio je prava glazbena enciklopedija. Pouzdan i pošten prema meni, rado je podijelio i radost i tugu i pikantnost i humor kako osobnog tako i poslovnog okružja. Bilo je tako zato što smo vjerovali jedan drugome. Pelicano je odletio ! Već mi fališ ! Nenad Bach, New York, 9 svibnja 2008
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Posljednji ispraćaj g. Dražena Vrdoljaka biti će 12.05.2008. u 14:10 sati na Krematoriju, Remetska cesta bb, Zagreb. Privatni obiteljski ukop u Splitu |
Eminent Croatian Rock Critic Drazen Vrdoljak Dies Aged 58 May 9th, 2008 Zagreb, May 9 (CP) – Croatian rock music critic and author of a number of books on the topic, Drazen Vrdoljak, has died aged 58 in Zagreb. Vrdoljak, known as a ‘living encyclopaedia’ of pop music had been hosting numerous music shows on radio and TV and had been the one to introduce the Croatian public to such forms. He is also the author of several books on pop music and had interviews top rock and pop musicians for Croatian electronic and print media. Vrdoljak is also known as the man who had been behind the programming of the renowned Kulusic music club in the 1980’s when the ‘new wave’ rock bands in Croatia were very much alive. Vrdoljak was born in the coastal city of Split and had started publishing reviews in the 1970’s. He is the recipient of a number of prizes, including the one for the special contribution to the Croatian discography industry. |