Vytautas Beleska
Vytautas Beleska (June 5, 1952 – May 2, 2022), better known as Vyto B, was a Lithuanian-American musician from Chicago, Illinois.
Beleska started playing music at an early age, having studied under Vladas Jakubėnas. Over the course of his life, he played music in multiple countries, including the US, France and Lithuania. He was passionate about his Lithuanian heritage, and worked for the Žilevičius-Kreivėnas Lithuanian musicology archive.[1]
Beleska first started recoding in 1964, when he was 12 years old. He formed his own label, Clay Pigeon, to publish the work of himself and other Lithuanian artists in the compilation album First Chips. In the 1970s, he released the album Tricentennial 2076, which later gained a cult reputation as a work of forward thinking outsider music.[2]
He fell sick in 2016. His final work was the album Gridlock, a collaboration with Edward Anderson and his band Mazes.[3] He died in Palos Hills on May 2, 2022.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Vytautas K. Beleška" (2 May 2022). Draugas (in Lithuanian). Draugas Foundation. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Krakow, Steve (4 September 2013). "The Secret History of Chicago Music: Vyto B". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Galil, Leor (13 November 2019). "Lithuanian art-rock genius Vyto B resurfaces with a cross-generational collaboration". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Vytautas Beleska". Legacy. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Pearls, Bill (3 May 2022). "Cult musician Vyto B ('Tricentennial 2076′) has died". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
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