THE LAST STEP

Use headphones and listen to it loudly! A TRIBUTE TO THE TIME OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS Some people might object the absence of ladies' faces in the tribute devoted to the time of the Last Step. Well ... finally, it'd been left to them to decide if they are to reveal their lifestyle of 40-50 years ago to their children (and grandchildren) . But, you can rely upon the rumors about being plenty of beauties in and around the company of the Last Step all along. If you go through the e-magazine you will learn a lot about one peculiar part of the world that stretches along Romanian-Serbian border. It may, if not anything else, gain your interest in geography.  A click on the image above the text (usually) enables you to listen to a beautiful (original) song in English (or, else, with English translation). For those enthusiastic about the Last Step a click on the SONGS article gives you a chance to directly access one of your favorite tunes. Some of the posts are acco

Vestice / The Witch Ledeni kod / Icy Code Nebo u vodi / The Sky in the Water Jatagan / A Cutlass - Live Dan / The Day Slowly Dancing / Usporena igra! Hibiskus / Hibuscus Zaboravi / Forget - Live Zekan / The Rabbit Dirt Minds / Gresne misli Poslednji stepenik / The Last Step

The Beginning It is possible to trace back the birth of Poslednji stepnik (The Last Step) into mid seventies of the 20 th century. The event took place at a scout camp in Croatia, on top of the hill called “The Old Man.” The hill is situated close to the settlement of Kostajnica overlooking its Bosnian counterpart on the other side of the Una river. At the time, both belonged to the beautiful country of Yugoslavia. There, sitting around a bonfire accompanied with the guitar, the two youngsters, Bikadi Zoltan (from here on: Mr. Bicady) and Radulovic Dragan (further on: D.R.Phantom) came to the point that they share the affection about music, in fact, rock and roll music. Having got back home again they animated some of their friends about fresh born idea. The idea was warmly welcomed, so a friend of theirs Mr. Vranes Branislav popped up with the expression Poslednji stepenik (The Last Step) as a brand new name for a brand new music band of Bela Crkva. They were all begi

Army While D.R.Phantom was struggling as an anti-aircraft  platoon commander in Yugoslav People's Army, his friends in Bela Crkva regrouped and continued entertaining the public of Bela Crkva. Dancing parties took place in the famous garden of Labor University during the summer of 1977. The guitar was taken over by Mr. Ranc Egon, while the singing post was assigned to Mr. Vojnovic Dragan, with whom D.R.Phantom, accompanied with late Ranc Tibor, a close relative of Mr. Ranc Egon, began his journey through the world of music. Mr. Vojnovic, apart from being an excellent singer, helped Mr. Bicady a lot by playing the electric piano. On the base of some accounts the band enjoyed a considerable local popularity. Yet, the story ended with the first drops of autumn rains. As soon as the season came to an end, the band dissolved and summoned to play never again.           _________________________________________________                         TRAPPED IN AN AUTUMN COUNT

Back to Reality Sometime in the April of 1979 D.R.Phantom was released from Yugoslav People's Army and stepped again into the world of freedom. It would be a great injustice to say he didn't have anything to do with music while he was cut off from "the real world" (for about 14 months). From time to time, he joined the band that entertained army officers and their ladies at the Army Club. Yet, for the sake of truth, he wasn't delighted too much for being part of it for the playing of songs from the West wasn't welcome. (If a song, which musicians were in favor of playing was originated in one of the Western countries, music was allowed - but singing in English strictly forbidden!) Thus, being again set loose, he came back to Bela Crkva full of hope. But, life is not the smooth sailing. Having consulted Mr. Bicady and Stanojlovic, with great sadness, D.R. Phantom realized numerous things had changed in his absence. The mentioned gentlemen had dec

The New Beginning The first D.R.Phantom's scribblings were supervised and turned into something meaningful (we call today written language) by his first teacher Mrs. Micin Milica. It was another example of the Pickwickian nature of life that her grandson Mr. Grncarski Miroslav (for Mrs. Micin Milica's daughter assumed husband's surname after getting married)  was a young bass guitar player (from here on Mr. Grncarsky). So, as it was said, by a stroke of luck, D.R.Phantom and Mr. Grncarsky ran into each other, and, then, came something so familiar to any musician - after heavy drinking they found out being born to play music together. Mr. Grncarsky declared his warm relationships with one young but very gifted guitar player Mr. Bihler Jovica. Quickly, the meeting between D.R.Phantom and Mr. Bihler was arranged. The meeting was decisive as for the future of "The Last Step." Namely, Mr. Bihler is made of no flesh and bones but of his ego and nothing else