in SPYDER Křižan was born in Brno. He emigrated from the former Czechoslovakia to the USA.
The guitar enchanted him at the age of eight and it became a lifelong love. The first and fundamental influence on him was a Roma guitar virtuoso
Janos.
In Germany, Ivo won an audition for the position of solo guitar in the musicals HAIR and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. At HAIR, he met Donna Gates Summer, who later hired him as a studio guitarist for her R&B recordings. He also performed with Scottish band Middle Of The Road and jammed for 5 hours with Deep Purple
after their Munich concert at Cirkus Krone.
He toured with Udo Jurgens before flying to the US.
In the USA he spent 8 years playing only in black groups and became famous as the first white and European! guitarist in all-black bands.
He was involved with the Hells Angels and his stay and work in the state of Texas
considers it one of the special chapters of his musical school of life.
Motto 1: play anytime, anywhere
Motto 2: be a busy musician
Motto 3: stay humble
MUSICIANS with whom Ivo collaborated or jammed in the USA:
Berry Gordy Jr. (Motown Gram. Co.) ; Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Doobie Brothers); Richie Hayward (Little Feat);
Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly); Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix); Jan Hammer; Jeff Beck; Donna Summer;
Edwin Starr (Motown); Terry Bozzio (Zappa, Missing Persons); Patrick O'Hearn (Zappa, Missing Persons); Warren Cucurullo (Duran Duran, Missing Persons);
Miroslav Vitous; John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra); Ian Paice (Deep Purple); Roger Glover (Deep Purple); Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple); Jeff Bogart (Beck, Bogart&Appice); Stevie Ray Vaughn; Vinnie Collaiuta;
Jack Bruce (Cream); Eddie Van Halen(Van Halen); Allan Holdsworth; Tony Williams; Mary J. Blige; Tony Saunders;
Melba Moore; Doug Lunn (Bruce Springsteen); Andy Summers (The Shelf)
The above list contains well-known personalities, however, Ivo jammed/jams with countless numbers
unknown highly gifted musicians from whom he did not forget to learn something.
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