Markos Vamvakaris
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Markos Vamvakaris, was a Greek musician of rebetiko, universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos. The great significance of Vamvakaris for the rebetiko is als
Markos Vamvakaris
Members of The Famous Quartet of Piraeus, (l. to r.) Stratos Pagioumtzis, Markos Vamvakaris, Yiorgos Batis and Anestis Delias.
Bouzouki
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The bouzouki is a musical instrument popular in Greece.
Markos Vamvakaris
…fled Syros for the port of Piraeus. He worked as a stevedore, a pit-coal miner, a shoe-polisher, a paperboy, a butcher, and other odd jobs. He heard a bouzouki player playing, and vowed that if he did not learn to play the instrument in six months, he would chop off his own hand with a cleaver (he was working…
Bouzouki tetrachordo
Bouzouki player in Athens, July 2018
Bouzouki in the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments in Athens
The tambouras of Yannis Makriyannis in the National Historical Museum, Athens