Yuri Naumov (Russian: Юрий Леонидович Наумов, born May 3, 1962, Sverdlovsk, USSR) is a poet, composer, singer and guitar player, a unique Russian bluesman.[1]
He was born in a family of a doctor. Naumov grew up listening to the records of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin and at age 8 decided to become a rock guitarist. In 1970 their family moved to Novosibirsk. In 1978, while playing in a school-band, he met future members of Kalinov Most blues-band.
In January 1983 Naumov formed "Prokhodnoy Dvor" band, where he played with Vladimir Zotov (drums) and Oleg Kurokhtin (guit.). Soon their bootleg's became popular in the USSR, so forced by the KGB to leave Novosibirsk Medical University for "spreading decadent western values," Naumov sought safety first in Leningrad and then in Moscow. In 1990 Naumov moved to New York, United States. He plays on a unique 9-string guitar which was custom-built for him by famous violin maker Sergei Nozdrin. Naumov usually once or twice in a year is touring in Russia.
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