Georgi Minchev ( bg, Георги Минчев; 9 April 1943 – 18 February 2001), also called Gosho Minchev or Zhoro Minchev, was a
Bulgarian
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* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
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rock musician, singer, songwriter and TV presenter.
He is best known as one of the pioneers of the rock music genre in
Bulgaria as well as one of the advocates of the restoration of the democracy in the country.
[Official site dedicated to Georgi Minchev]
/ref> Many of his songs became classic rock hits most notably ''White Silence'', ''Blessed years'', ''The Bulgarian Rock'', ''Balance'', ''The Song of the singer'', ''Alone at the Bar'', ''A Story with Guitar'' and ''Almost Midnight''.
During the 1990s, he was a co-founder of the supergroup Supergroup or super group may refer to:
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Stari Mutsuni (Old faces) which featured also Petar Gyuzelev and Georgi Markov of Shturtsite and Ivaylo Kraychovski
FSB ( bg, ФСБ) (abbreviation for Formation Studio Balkanton
Balkanton ( bg, Балкантон) was a state-owned record manufacturing company in Bulgaria founded in 1952. Many of the produced records were, or still are available in the co ...
and Ivan Lechev of FSB.
After his death in 2001, the rock music festival "Flower for Gosho" was established in his honor.["Flower for Gosho" Fest]
/ref> It takes place in Sofia during the summer.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''BG Rock
''BG Rock'' is the first solo album by the Bulgarian rock musician Georgi Minchev, released in 1987 by the state-owned record company Balkanton. The producers were the well known Bulgarian musicians Petar Slavov and Ivaylo Kraychovski.
The al ...
/ (Българският рок)'' (1987)
* ''Rock'n'Roll Veterans
''Rock'n'Roll Veterans'' is the second album by the Bulgarian rock musician Georgi Minchev who is also the producer of the work. It was released in 1989 by the state-owned record company Balkanton.
The songs of the album are result from the Min ...
/ (Рокенрол ветерани)'' (1989)
* ''Alone at the bar
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/ (Сам на бара)'' (1994)
* '' Balance / (Равносметка)'' (1995)
* ''White Silence
''White Silence'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Cave In. The album was released on May 24, 2011 through Hydra Head Records. ''White Silence'' was listed as one of ''Decibel'' magazine's most anticipated albums of 2011.
'' ...
/ (Бяла тишина)'' (1997)
* ''A Story with Guitar
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/ (История с китара)'' (1999)
* ''The World of Tomorrow / (Le Monde De Demain)'' (2000)
References
Sources
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External links
Web page dedicated to Georgi Minchev
Rock legend Georgi Minchev
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Bulgarian rock musicians
Bulgarian rock singers
Musicians from Sofia
1943 births
2001 deaths
Bulgarian singer-songwriters
20th-century Bulgarian male singers
University of National and World Economy alumni