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statue of georgi minchev -lsb- http://goshominchev.com/ goshominchev.com -rsb- srebarnite grivni , bandaratsite , stari mutsuni 18 february 2001 sofia , bulgaria 1965 -- 2000 sofia , bulgaria georgi minchev Георги Минчев solo_singer 09 april 1943 vocals , harmonica , guitar rock , hard rock , blues , blues rock , psychedelic rock georgi minchev.jpg georgi minchev -lrb- musician -rrb-
 georgi minchev musician , songwriter , singer
georgi minchev -lrb- musician -rrb-

georgi minchev -lrb- , also called gosho minchev or zhoro minchev -rrb- was a bulgarian rock musician , singer , songwriter and tv presenter , born in 1943 , deceased in 2001 .
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 .
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 stari mutsuni -lrb- old faces -rrb- which featured also petar gyuzelev and georgi markov of shturtsite and ivaylo kraychovski and ivan lechev of fsb .
after his death in 2001 , the rock music festival `` flower for gosho '' was established in his honor .
it takes place in sofia during the summer .
