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The Wire Tapper 32

Track 13

"Dertlidikos Horos"

From Various: Greek Rhapsody – Instrumental Music From Greece 1905–1956

Konstandinos (Kostis) Bezos is one of the most intriguing and atypical figures in Greek popular music of the 1930s. As a musician, singer, actor, journalist and cartoonist, he was truly an early multimedia artist. Between 1930 and 1938 he deposited a chameleon-like musical legacy that continues to fascinate to this day. “Dertlidikos Horos”, featuring himself and an unknown guitarist, was recorded in Athens in May 1930.

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