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Vasilis
Papakonstantinou is one of my favourite Greek Singers. He influenced
my song writing in the early 1980's especially with the Fovamai
album. He was born on 21 June
1950 in a village called Vasta, outside of Megalopolis, Arcadia,
Greece. I
have seen Vasilis Papakonstantinou in concert in Perth, Australia
in 1981 and I saw him playing an outdoor concert in Ptolemaida,
Greece in 1988.
Brief History
Vasilis has had many
albums. These include:
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Ta Agrotika - released
in 1978. Includes Oxi Den Poulame
-
Stavros tou Notou
(Southern Cross) in 1978 by Nikos Kavvadias and Thanos
Mikroutsikos
-
Vasilis Papakonstantinou
- release in 1978. Includes Varethika ta Xorata, Tharthoun Stigmes.
-
Fovamai - released
in 1982. Included the excellent songs: Kousaros, O Trellos,
Preveza and Fovamai.
-
Diaresi - released
in 1984. Included Den Yparho, O Mavros Gatos and Ase Me Na Kano
Lathos.
-
Xairetismata -released
in 1986. Included Kripsou, Agapao kai athiaforo and Xairetismata.
-
Xronia Polla - released
in 1991. Included Geia Sou and Ela.
-
2002 : Prosecho...Dystychos
(I'm careful...unfortunately)
-
2003 : Eseis oi
filoi mou ki ego (You my friends and I)
-
2004 : Fresko
Xioni (Fresh Snow)
-
2007 : Metopiki
These are albums mentioned
I actually own.
I also like the songs:
Biography
Vasilis's was born on 21 July 1950 in
a village near Megalopoli at the district of Arkadia. He he spent
his childhood years until he was 7 years old ,when he left the
village and went to Athens. At the age of twelve he got his first
guitar. Later because he was in love with music he participated in
various bands. These were his first musical footsteps .His first
band was named Crosswords. They sang in clubs Italian lyrics.
At the
age of 19 he was interested in poetry set to music and he sang
at the side of well known artists of that time. Later however he
left Greece and went to Germany because he realised he couldn't
express himself in Greece .There he married Mara Levidis.
However after 8 years of living together they got a divorce.
Afterwards he went to France where he met Mikis Theodorakis.
They worked together on various occasions . His first record was
published on 1978 under the title 'Vasilis Papakonstantinou'. |
