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Yiorgos Batis

Yiorgos Batis
Γιώργος Μπάτης
Photo of Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s.
Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s
Background information
Birth nameYiorgos Tsoros (Γιώργος Τσώρος)
Also known asYiorgos Ampatis (Γιώργος Αμπάτης)
Born1885
Methana, Greece
Died10 March 1967
Piraeus, Greece
GenresRebetiko
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Baglamas, bouzouki

Yiorgos Batis (also Giorgos Batis; Greek: Γιώργος Μπάτης; born Giorgos Tsoros (Γιώργος Τσώρος); 1885 – 10 March 1967) was one of the first rebetes influential to rebetiko music.

Life and career

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He was born in Methana in 1885 and moved to Piraeus when he was very young.[1]

He served in the Greek army from 1912 to 1918. In the mid-1920s, he opened a music school called "Carmen". He opened a café named "Georges Baté" in 1931 and formed one of the most important scenes of rebetiko music. He continued to work as a quack salesman, improvising treatments for toothache and other minor ailments. He kept a collection of many instruments and also used to name them. In 1933, Yiorgos Batis did his first sound-recording with bouzouki in Greece. In the 1930s, he dedicated himself solely to music and collaborated closely with Anestis Delias, Markos Vamvakaris, and Stratos Pagioumtzis in a rebetiko band (Greek: Η τετράς η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς, romanized: I Tetras i Xakousti tou Peiraios, lit. 'the Famous Quartet of Piraeus').[1][2]

He died in Piraeus on March 10, 1967.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Γιωργοσ Τσωροσ ή Γιωργοσ Μπατησ – Αμπατησ" [George Tsoros or George Batis - Abatis]. ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΑΝ. ΚΟΥΤΟΥΖΗΣ (in Greek). 2012-11-03. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  2. ^ Holst, Gail (2006). "Piraeus in the 1920s—the road starts". road to rembetika. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. pp. 27–35. ISBN 978-9607120076.
  3. ^ "40 χρόνια από το θάνατο του Μπάτη. Ο Ρήγας του ρεμπέτικου" [40 years since the death of Batis. King of rebetiko]. Ελευθεροτυπια (in Greek). Χ. Κ. Τεγόπουλος Εκδόσεις Α.Ε. 2007-03-10. Archived from the original on 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2023-07-17.