What happened to the Pesnyars, or how the fate of an outstanding ensemble went downhill

VIA "Vladimir Mulyavin's Pesnyary. - one of the best musical trends that ever happened to Soviet pop music! Based on the sunset 1960-х The Pesnyars' work was based on a unique approach to business: the ensemble's work was based on the Belarusian folklore и folk songswhich received a worthy processing! Today this band is called the pioneers of Russian folk-rock! And its main hitssuch as "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" or "Vologda."... and they still touch people's hearts even after so many decades ...

A Brief History: How the Pesnyars Became the Soviet Beatles

My own unique The band had been honing the style for several years. At that time. "guitar groups" were threatened because they were seen as Western influences. So the musicians decided to take their inspiration folk motifsthat everyone knew and loved. It turned out to be a great idea... In the end, the arrangements of folk songs combined with Belarusian folklore touched the hearts of the public, and soon the whole country learnt about the "Pesnyars". Soviet Union!

Some people call the Pesnyars by the Soviet Beatles for a reason: in an attempt to attract the attention of young people, the ensemble played hits of popular foreign bands for a while, including the iconic Liverpool Four! But it turned out not to be something that could be successfully worked with on a permanent basis. It was only Soviet song classics that helped Mulyavin's team to make a big name for yourself!

The beginning of the end

By the mid-1970s, the Pesnyars had already become idols millions! The band was such a crazy success that they even toured across Americawhich was a curiosity for of the Soviet ensemble! However, after the dizzying rise, the inexorable fall began.....

From the earliest days of the ensemble's existence. Vladimir Mulyavin was his main ideological inspiration! You could say he was a solid foundationthat held the whole team together! But at some point, cracks spread along the foundation.... Personal life Mulyavin's life was more than eventful: the musician was married three times and became a father four times! But his first two marriages were doomed.

Only with his third wife, Svetlaya PenkinaMulyavin found happiness. Or was it freedom? When they got engaged, Penkina left her film career for her husband. Soon Vladimir became addicted to alcohol, while his wife at the same time led the ensemble! Svetlana decided who and how much to pay, where and how much the Pesnyars would perform, and even who would take what place on the stage! In general, while her husband was acquiring serious dependenceshe took over the reins...

Already by the early 1990s. dependence Mulyavin from alcohol If he used to take the position that it was necessary to come to work sober и fresh In the second half of the decade, the Pesnyary even went on stage without their leader - alas, passion to alcohol completely ruined this brilliant man... And... Svetlana's wine in that she was. As the members of the ensemble recalled, Svetlana encouraged of her husband for drinking:

"When we admonished Vladimir that you can't write music while drunk, Svetlana boldly replied: "Let him drink, he's better at it!" And he listened to her, not to us. He was drinking, and the audience at the concerts was getting smaller and smaller... The country was falling apart piece by piece, and he didn't realise it - he was no longer able to...".

Tragic outcome

By the end of 1997, the members of the ensemble had decided change leader. They appealed to the Minister of Culture of Belarus, and soon their new leader became Vladimir Misevich. But Mulyavin was not going to give his business to someone else so easily: he appealed to the president personally Belarusand soon he was reinstated! But this did not bear the expected fruit, because after learning about it - most of the staff wrote a petition on leaving.

It's very unfortunate that in 2003 The legendary "pesar" died: 8 months before his death Vladimir Georgievich was in the a horrific car crashwhich left him paralysed.

What happened after

Afterwards. tragic of Mulyavin's death was created more than one teamwhich title was dominated by a word familiar to every domestic listener: "Belarusian Songsters", "Pesnyary" under the control of Leonid Bortkevich, "Lyavony Pesnyary."... There were even the Pesnyars, who generally did not have no relation to the ensemble once so beloved by the public! "By the way, the Belarusian Pesnyars were formed back in the 1998 the year the ensemble practically disintegrated.....

Of course, any former glory was out of the question. Despite the fact that "the newly minted Pesnyars." performed by the legendary hitsthey all realised that they owed their fame to Vladimir Mulyavin…