Thanasis Skordalos's lyrics & chords

Thanassis Skordalos (Θανάσης Σκορδαλός) was a musician from Crete, noted for playing the lyra. Skordalos was born in 10 December 1920 in the village Spili of ex-eparchy of Saint Basil, today the municipality of Lampi, in Rethimnon, Crete. He finished grammar school in Spili. It was about the same time that he first laid his eyes on the Lyra. He gave his first performance in front of the Cretans in Athens - at the historical music hall “Vizantio” in Omonoia, Athens. His first recording was in 1946 with the famous “Spilian...read more