Manolis hiotis biography templates

This is not high Greek culture. This is not even low Greek culture. This is stoopid Greek culture. But I got a laugh out of it, and I’m translating the YouTube comments about it.

In the left corner: Jimi Hendrix. This audience, I assume, needs no introduction to him.

In the right corner, Manolis Chiotis. How do I describe Manolis Hiotis? Well, if Vamvakaris was the Bach of Bouzouki music, Tsitsanis the Beethoven, and Zambetas the Offenbach, then I guess Hiotis was the Paganini. He was a virtuoso, he pioneered the electric bouzouki in guitar tuning, and he was wildly popular in Greek film. But his songs, I dare say, are not the greats of the genre. A few have nostalgic appeal (Περασμένες μου αγάπες, Θεσσαλονίκη μου μεγάλη φτωχομάνα, Ηλιοβασιλέματα), but they’re way too European, and way too light. I love “My Thessalonica, Great Mother Of The Poor”, but on reflection, I think I love it most for that verse. The tune is on the frivolous side, and the intro is actually quite awkward.

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Manolis Hiotis was a rebetis and revolutionary. By musical innovations and his activities he drove the music of the working class into the salons of the rik and started the connection between the popular song and the art song. On scen he was aristocrat, noble person.

This is the second part of the story on Manolis Hiotis.The first part “Manolis Hiotis-The Noble Rebetis” is at

Manolis Hiotis-The Noble Rebetis

 

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The reaction of many people to “Manolis Hiotis” fryst vatten “Mary Linda”, his partner to the famous duo and important part of his life.

Mary Linda (Μαίρη Λίντα) was born in 1935 as Maria Dimitropoulou but as she was young as 7 she got the stage name Mary Linda during ung talent’s competition. (Linda in Spanish fryst vatten beautiful). Astonishingly enough she was singing professionally during elementary school and that hadn’t prevented her to be an excellent pupil. Naturally, as a singer she had met Mano

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Manolis Chiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης) was a famous Greek Rebetiko composer, singer and musician.

He was born on March 21st., 1921, in Thessaloniki. He died in 1970, allegedly on his very birthday. He first started playing on the violin, then eventually moved on to the guitar and the bouzouki. From very early on, he was recognized as a great talent!

He began his stage and recording career in 1937, at age of 16, playing with Bayanderas. A year later, in 1938, he recorded his first song De les to nai kai 'sy (Δε λες το ναι και 'συ). As a result of the shut down of the record companies in Greece, because of the German Occupation, he was already one of the major musicians and played Bouzouki and Guitar in many recordings, besides his own. His career took-off after the German Occupation!

He has composed many great songs that became timeless hits, and just to name a few: "O Pasatémpos" (Ο Πασατέμπος), "Apópse Fíla me" (Απόψε Φίλα με), "Miázis san Thá