Nikos Mathesis

Nikos Mathesis' a.k.a Crazy Nick was born in Salamis Greece 1907 - April 27 1975 was a rebetiko musician.He is considered as the father of Rembetika music, and the first great rembetiko lyricists. He also played a pivotal role with the record companies and was the one who brought Markos Vamvakaris into Odeon Records to record the first record featuring the bouzouki. Soon after Markos great success Nikos recommended the bouzouki playerYiannis Papaioannou to Columbia records. 1931- 1974, Nikos went on to write lyrics for all the great rembetes including, Vasilis Tsitsanis, Yiannis Papaioannou, Anestis Delias,Stellakis Perpiniadis, Giorgos Batis, Petros Kiryakos, Yorgos Papassidheris, Roza Eskenazi,Giorgos Zambetas, Manolis Hiotis.</ref>