Goudkov GuitarsWhy the “Picasso” Guitar?As soon as I saw my dad’s latest guitar, I named it Picasso. The name stuck and found a happy owner for my dad’s creation.Mar 262Mar 262
Goudkov GuitarsChris Norman and My Dad in the Same BusWith one smashing hit after another, Chris Norman’s Smokie once took the Soviet Union by storm. Forty years later, even my dad didn’t ask…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
Goudkov GuitarsWhen a Luthier’s Son Loves Electronic MusicIt all started with Modern Talking around 1986.Nov 10, 20231Nov 10, 20231
Goudkov GuitarsThe Day Deep Purple Finally Hit the Soviet HinterlandIn November 1974, my dad came back from the military to his home in Aleksin and heard Deep Purple for the first time. Goosebumps. Chills…Nov 7, 20232Nov 7, 20232
Goudkov GuitarsServing in East Germany Would Have Been His Dream Come TrueMy dad had that dream that never came true because he was sent off to the far east of the USSR to serve in the military in Kamchatka.Nov 6, 20231Nov 6, 20231
Goudkov GuitarsThis Rambo of a Radio Host Once Toppled the Soviet EmpireVsevolod Levenstein, best known in Russia as Seva Novgorodtsev emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1975 and ended up working as a BBC…Nov 4, 2023Nov 4, 2023
Goudkov GuitarsMy Dad Once Was a Radio Hooligan.Teenagers, no matter where and no matter when, seek out danger and play with it.Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Goudkov GuitarsThis Soviet Rock Band Was So Dangerous That The Government Disbanded ItThe Legendary band Norok was about to leave for a tour in South America in 1970 when Aleksander Fedko announced the shocking news of…Oct 31, 2023Oct 31, 2023
Goudkov GuitarsA Soviet Response to Elvis Presley?Valeriy Obodzinsky swept millions of Soviet girls off their feet with the “Oriental Song” in 1969.Oct 30, 2023Oct 30, 2023
