ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

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Tito Deler: "My Fine Reward"

Tito Deler: Má poslední odměna

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Bluesman Tito Deler kombinuje zvuky svých New Yorkských kořenů se stylem předválečného Mississippi Delta blues. Na pódiu zazpívá a zahraje verzi své písně "Má poslední odměna"
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Nahoře svítí slunce
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down here it's 10 belowníže
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tady dole je o deset míň
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I'm movingpohybující se on to a placemísto now
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pohnu se tam kde to znám
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where the streetsulicích are pavedzpevněná with goldzlato
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kde jsou ulice dlážděné zlatem
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There'llBude tam be two trainsvlaky runningběh --
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Pojedou tam dva vlaky
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runningběh sideboční by sideboční
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jedoucí bok po boku
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Some trainsvlaky are going out
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Některé vlaky jedou pryč
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Two trainsvlaky runningběh --
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Dva jedoucí vlaky --
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runningběh sideboční by sideboční
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jedoucí bok po boku
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I'm going to catchchytit that fastrychle expressvyjádřit trainvlak
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Chytím ten rychlík, expresní vlak
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to my rewardodměna in the skynebe
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pojedu pro svou odměnu v nebi
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ManyMnoho roomspokoje in my father'sotce houseDům now --
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Je teď spousta pokojů v otcově domě --
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Oh LordLord there's one for you and me
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Bože, je tam jeden pro tebe i pro mě
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ManyMnoho roomspokoje in my father'sotce houseDům now --
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Je teď spousta pokojů v otcově domě --
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Oh there's one for you and me
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A je tam jeden pro tebe i pro mě
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No bluesBlues and no troubleproblémy
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Žádný blues a žádný potíže
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Oh my LordLord sweetsladký JesusJežíš victoryvítězství
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O můj Bože, sladké Ježíšovo vítězství
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There's one glorysláva from the moonměsíc --
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Je jedna sláva z měsíce --
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LordLord anotherdalší, oh anotherdalší from the sunslunce
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Jiný bůh, oh jiný ze slunce
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Oh one glorysláva from the moonměsíc
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Oh jedna sláva z měsíce
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and anotherdalší from the sunslunce
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a druhá ze slunce
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BehindZa I'll leavezanechat, opustit this earthlypozemské bodytělo
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Za sebou nechám tohle pozemské tělo
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when my LordLord kingkrál JesusJežíš comespřijde
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Až přijde můj bůh, král Ježíš
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Thank you very much.
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Moc děkuji
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Translated by Filip Jirout
Reviewed by Barbora Chromková

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

More profile about the speaker
Tito Deler | Speaker | TED.com