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Γιώργης Βρέντζος

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Singer of World and Folk
A.k.a. Γιώργος Βρέντζος

a.k.a. Κάτης [Catis= Cat in Cretan idiomatism] Cretan artist [mandolin, Vocals, Songwriter] born in 1973 at Anogeia, Mylopotamos, Crete, Greece. His "παρανόμι" [nickname] was his father's nick name at first, which transfered to him as a firsborn son. His father "gain" it by helping a woman that she couldn't spell the letter "R", she called him Socrati [Socretes] but without spelling the ''r''= So-catis, and in the end called him "Cati"] Cretan artist [Vocals, Mandolin] Born in Anogeia, Mylopotamos, Crete, Greece His first public appearence was with Νικηφόρος Αεράκης in Herakleion, Crete, which he became his mentor. Μύρων Σκουλάς was also his mentor who motivated him to recordings, and took him by his side in "Καντάδες [Kantades = Artists that went in the night along with "someone in love, to sing all together under the window of girl he was in love with.."]" He has a unique way of singing "mantinades", also through Μύρων Σκουλάς he got to know distiguiised artists such as: Μανώλης Αεράκης [Πολομανώλης], Ιωάννης Σταυρακάκης father: Μανώλης Σταυρακάκης [Μερτζάνης], Κωνσταντίνος Σκουλάς [Σωπατόκωστας], Μανώλης Πασπαράκης [Στραβός], Χαράλαμπος Εμμ. Σκουλάς [Χουμάς], Κώστας Καφατσής [Καφατσόκωστας], Γιώργης Σταυρακάκης [Μιχαλόμπομπας] and many more..

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