You Are For Me The Only One

Yuri Vizbor (Юрий Визбор) /1934 - 1984/ was a well-known Soviet singer-songwriter ('bard') as well as a theatre and film actor. The topics of Vizbor's songs were related to various aspects of mundane life and suggested the author's witty and at times ironical view on the life of his country during the period of Brezhnev stagnation. Many other songs are focusing on his love of nature and of travel, some are romantic ballads. Vizbor recorded songs with a traditional Russian seven-string guitar, that was often slightly out of tune. While most Russian 'bards' relied on a rhythmic strumming pattern as the basis for their musical accompaniment, Vizbor was fond of a slow 'plucking' style. Vizbor is often compared to his contemporaries, Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava.