The audience did not even realise that Vladimir Mulyavin, their idol, was not actually Belarusian by blood — Pesnyary became a symbol of Belarusian land, its extraordinary, unique, incomparable voice.
Eighty-nine years ago today, the pedal steel guitarist who changed the sound of country music forever was born.
The Byrds built their signature, jangly sound with the help of a 1964 Beatles movie and a finicky studio engineer.