The reader is invited to a collection dedicated to the memory of the poet and musician Alexander Bashlachev. The book includes memories of people who knew him - classmates, fellow students, relatives and associates, including K. Kinchev, B. Grebenshchikov, D. Revyakin, A. Troitsky and others. In addition, Bashlachev’s work is reflected on by those for whom it became a catalyst for their own. The book tells about the poet and man Alexander Bashlachev, but not only about him - through the chorus of voices of his contemporaries, a living image of the era of the 1980s emerges.