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Dionysis Savvopoulos 04/30/2008
Dionysios Savopoulos was born in Thessaloniki and moved to Athens in the sixties to become one of the most important musician-composers in Greece. Especially active during the dictatorship his albums from this period, Fortigo, To Perivoli Tou Trelou, Mpallos, and Vromiko Psomi are considered his best work. The album Vromiko Psomi in particular is a fusion of tradtional Greek with Zappa-Jethro Tull electric rock, with stirring lyrics that criticised the Dictatorship in words so soulful that they could not be deciphered by anyone without a heart. Savopoulos continued to record and perform live and was the musical director of the closing ceremony of the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Like Theodorakis and Tsitsanis, Savopoulos is an icon and a symbol of hope and resistance during a difficult period in Greek history.
Discography
- 1966 Fortigho (Φορτηγό, Truck)
- 1969 To perivoli tou trelou (Το περιβόλι του τρελού, The garden of the fool)
- 1970 Ballos (Μπάλλος)
- 1970 Vromiko psomi (Βρόμικο ψωμί, Dirty bread)
- 1975 Deka chronia kommatia (Δέκα χρόνια κομμάτια, Ten years' pieces)
- 1976 Happy day
- 1977 Acharnaes (Αχαρνείς, Ο Αριστοφάνης που γύρισε από τα θυμαράκια)
- 1979 Rezerva (Η Ρεζέρβα, The reserve)
- 1983 Trapezakia exo (Τραπεζάκια έξω, Tables at the terrace)
- 1989 To kourema (Το κούρεμα, The haircut)
- 1994 Mi petaxis tipota (Μη πετάξεις τίποτα, Do not throw away a thing)
- 1996 Parartima A (Παράρτημα 'Α, Appendix A)
- 1997 To xenodochio (Το ξενοδοχείο, Hotel)
- 1999 O chronopios (Ο χρονοποιός, The time-maker)
Live recordings
- 1983 Ikosi chronia dromos (Είκοσι χρόνια δρόμος: ζωντανές ηχογραφήσεις, 20 years' road: live recordings)
- 1988 O kyrios Savvopoulos efcharisti ton kyrio Hadjidaki kai tha'rthi oposdipote (Ο κύριςο Σαββόπουλος ευχαριστεί τον κύριο Χατζιδάκι και θα'ρθει όπωσδηποτε, Mr. Savvopoulos thanks Mr. Hadjidakis and he will definitely come)
- 1990 Anadromi 63-89 (Αναδρομή 63-89, Retrospective 63-89)
- 2001 Savvorama (Σαββόραμα)
- 2007 O pyrinas (Ο πυρήνας, The nucleus)
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