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george katsaros - george katsaros: greek blues in america, vol. 1 - death is not the end - tapes

Genre: World - Misc

1. Vre Ti Mangas Pou'Mai Go (What A Mangas I Am)
2. Nei Gheri Psithirizoun (Young & Old Men Are Whispering)
3. Fonias Tha Ghino (I'll Become A Murderer)
4. To Kaimeno To Ghaidhouraki (The Poor Little Donkey)
5. Tora Ta Perno (Now I Take Them)
6. Ean Iha Ekato (If I Had One Hundred)
7. Erhome Ton Tiho Tiho (I Am Coming Wall By Wall)
8. I Skliri Kardhia Sou (Your Hard Heart)
9. Me Tis Tsepes Adhianes (With Empty Pockets)
10. Aya Mou Paraskevi (My Saint Paraskevi)
11. Exekinisa Ap'Tin Andhro (I Started From Andros)
12. O Yatros (The Doctor)

Death Is Not The End present a two-part collection centred on two emigrant Greek artists recorded in New York during the 1920s and 1930s.

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'Greek Blues in America' explores the recordings of George Katsaros and Kostas Dousas, who mainly recorded solo, accompanying themselves on guitar in a unique finger-picking style. This, along with the sub-cultural subject matter of the rebetiko, reflects somewhat of a cross-continental echo of the American blues - captured in the USA following a wave of immigration from Greece and Asia Minor, just as the new demand for regional and ethnographic music in the recording industry was beginning.