ROCK CALENDAR: November 8, 1951 was born Russian musician Stas Namin

With relatives Stasik luck. Well, first of all, and called it by his grandfather (in the metric of his name Anastas Mikoyan). This is in memory of grandpa – a member of the Politburo (the same one from Ilyich to Ilyich without a heart attack and paralysis"), among other things, the other grandpa (cousins) – designer of the MiG. With relatives such Stasik was a direct way to the rock, and the Suvorov military school, where he and gave. But even in Paradise there are insidious snake-tempter, and Stas tried the Apple under the name "the Beatles". It is clear that the military had not been released, and Woe to the relatives, he created the group "Flowers" (1969). Fate made an interesting feint – their group participated in some student Komsomol-blissful review and took first place. And as a prize-they were given the opportunity to record a flexible record. Well, they also wrote down – what not to try if offer. It was the very first official record of "Flowers" and completely unlike our pop songs. No one is bothered by severe censorship of some Amateur band and the album was released. She was wildly popular and the company "Melody" several times reprinted circulation. "Flowers" have become super group. I gne know which Stas Namin, the musician at the concerts of the "Flowers" or "group of Stas Namin" on stage, he does not come out, at least I do not for one concert not seen, though I have been repeatedly. And his team were very uneven – from really tight super-group to a botched Amateur and back.

I picked up one of my favorite "flower" songs - "Summer evening". As Stas used to say, "our answer To the hotel California"... because harmony is torn off one by one, and the guitar solo is a simplified loss of needles. Words – typically Soviet, but the song sounds cool. In this variant, Flowers tried to weight to avoid similarities with the Hotel and it was a success (though at the expense of melody).