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Márkos Vamvakáris (Greek: Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης; born 10 May in Ano Syros, or Ánō Khōra, on Syros Island; died 8 February in Athens, Greece), was a rebetiko musician.
He is universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Márkos.
Marcos vamvakaris biography of george
The great significance of Vamvakaris for the rebetiko is also reflected by his nickname: the "patriarch" of the rebetiko".[1]
Biography
Vamvakaris was born on May 10, in Ano Syros (aka Ano Khora), Syros, Greece.
His family belonged to the sizeable Roman Catholic community of the island, the "Francosyrans", a name deriving from the colloquial Greek reference to West Europeans collectively as "the Franks".
At the age of twelve, in the false belief that he was wanted by the police, 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 n