From 1959 to 1963, he worked as a radio mechanic and television technician, while playing drums in various Dixieland and brass ensembles, such as Storyville Jazz, which also included Ivan Mládek and Ivo Pešák.

In December 1965, he travelled to the United States with the Jiří Srnec black light theatre, where his wife, Magda, performed, thus ending his stint with Olympic.

[3] Around this time, Čech switched from playing a standard drum kit to bongos, and began performing spoken word within the band's repertoire.

[5] Čech also began to write other material apart from his profuse musical output, such as short stories for the children's magazine Pionýr and a column in Mladý svět.

In the 1970s, he obtained some of his first acting roles, including in the 1975 film Romance za korunu and the television production Na startu je delfín.

He also appeared in several more films, such as How the World Is Losing Poets, and wrote song lyrics for such productions as Což takhle dát si špenát and Hop – a je tu lidoop.