The band, whose name means
"Clubs" (the card suit), was formed in May 1967 by merging the group
Kwaśne Mleko
with the duo of the
Chrenkoff brothers.
Its first performance took place on 4 June 1967
at the House of Culture for Children and Youth at ul. Grunwaldzka 5*.
From June 1967 to the spring of 1969 the band played in the following
clubs: "Pod Budą", "Gryf", "Pratchawiec", "Pod Przewiązką", "Karlik",
"NOT", "Cassino" and at the AGH Students' Social Centre; its regular rehearsal space was
a room in the basement of the Garrison Officers' Club (ul. Bitwy pod Lenino 1).
Apart from the foreign songs popular at the time
(by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Hollies, the Swinging Blue Jeans,
Cliff Richard and others, with Polish lyrics by
A. Bogunia), the band's repertoire also included a number of its own pieces;
these were instrumental compositions by
Marcin Limanowski
(Gramy w Trefle",
"Lotos", "Bileter", "Reflektor", "Lala", "Droga", "Szakal", "Blachowkręty")
and songs composed by him to lyrics by
Andrzej Bogunia, performed
earlier by
Kwaśne Mleko ("Jesteś Piękna", "Robak Mały", "Rzeczywistość",
"To Jest Dom", "Powitanie Zimy", "Jeszcze Tylko Kilka Dni", "Lambretta",
"Samotny Bitels", "Veto!", "Słuchaj, Słuchaj?", "Włodzio", "Kołysanka Dla Mojej Córki",
"W Cikowicach") and songs written (music and lyrics) by
Stanisław Chrenkoff
("Przyjdą Takie Dni Spokojne", "Nas o Radę Proś", "Odganiajcie Złe Dziewczyny",
"Zapomnij Mnie", "Ranne Wstawanie", "Kto Mnie Zna", "Mówisz Nie", "Jesień",
"Zwierzenia", "Przepraszam") and
Włodzimierz Chrenkoff ("Biją Czasu Nam Zegary",
"Nie Wracaj","Bal w Melinie 65").
Efforts made in the last weeks of 1968 to get radio recordings made
ended in failure.
In the spring of 1969, following the departure of the band's
leader - its musical director, multi-instrumentalist and composer,
Marcin Limanowski -
Trefle suspended their activity.
material: Andrzej Bogunia - Kraków