About the book: 2005 / “I approach music certainly from a literary point of view,” this is what Alexander Bashlachev, a legend and a legend, said about his work in one of his interviews Russian rock star. If he had not passed away almost two decades ago, he would now be only 45. By today's standards, he would be considered an aspiring poet. But - “Poets in the world put the sign bleeding after the lines”... This book is the most complete collection of songs and poems by Alexander Bashlachev. Having accomplished a wonderful “squiggle,” Russian life returned to its dark circles, and again there is no more important poet for us than Alexander Bashlachev. The memory of him arose with renewed vigor; the songs sound like a supernova testament, and the mystery of his life and death excites to the point of heartache. However, the majority of fellow citizens and contemporaries do not even know who Bashlachev is, and the few who know are confused in myths and apocrypha. This is forgivable: both the creativity and life of SashBash are so extraordinary that I, for example, although I knew him well, do not have answers to many, many questions. AK Troitsky