Also called the patriarch of rock – Kiril Marichkov remained forever on the stage – where he gave his whole life and heart. Only in front of Bulgaria ON AIR and Teodora Georgieva, the pianist of the band "Shturtsite" spoke. Valdi Totev, who was on stage with Marichkov before the cricket flew away forever.
At the concert in Selanovtsi, six musicians were supposed to appear on stage – "The Foundation" and Valdi Totev – the pianist of "Crickets". Valdi and Kiril Marichkov have been working together for 48 years. For half a century they shared all the moments until last night.
"I don't know for what reason he had run from one end of the stage where he and Donnie were talking, I was sitting at the piano. I turned and saw his last two or three steps before he fell off the stage. He staggered forward with no hands, nothing. I thought he wouldn't survive that fall, because he himself is quite tall and heavy, and the stage is about a meter high. Down on some tiles he fell on his face. I didn't want to watch," said Totev.
He says that Marichkov felt good all day.
"After this spine operation, he was taking painkillers, but what happened in his head at that moment - I can't say," Totev added.
After the serious accident, the ambulance arrives quickly.
"He didn't trip over anything because there was nothing to trip over. He had stepped into Ivan's violin case before, but that was before that. There was no one on the stage to stop him in this staggering forward, he walked at least 5 meters until he fell, Totev recalls.
He talks about Kircho, as his close people call him, with a smile.
"He was irreplaceable on stage until the end, he had an incredibly reserved voice," Totev said.
He hopes that on October 30, when Kiril Marichkov would have turned 80, there will be a concert, because his last words were that even without him there will be a concert because the music is alive.