Tolis Voskopoulos was learning bouzouki in the dressing room and my mother told him “come on, you’ve got our ears off””
The revelation that his parents did not want him to be involved in theater and music was made by Christos Thivaios speaking on the “Studio 4” show, pointing out among other things that “my father was also a tenor, he was looking for an opportunity to tell me that I am a hypocrite ».
“Of course I would like to write a sensational zeibekiko, like the ones written by Giorgos Theofanous. Eh, I can’t do it. That’s why there are these composers, who can and do. Or to be a folk singer, like Paschalis Terzis or Bithikotsis… I’m not, I can do nothing else. It doesn’t mean I’m against it. They can and do it amazingly”, said Christos Thivaios and continued: “Now both sides have accepted each other. That is, my songs are heard on tracks of the night, just as I would be very happy to play the guitar, to learn a song by Notis Sfakianakis. And I like it too.”
Christos Thebeos, speaking about his parents, also said: “It was something that I lived through. It was an artistic community. My father was a treasurer at SEH and we all went in the summer with the pensioners and stayed there. There were many rooms. It was a huge stone house with a garden in Voula. Downstairs was a large kitchen with counters, tables and such. They also cooked and exchanged recipes. In the afternoon they had coffee and played cards. When a TV came along, they also watched a TV. A little later everyone was excited, because Tolis Voskopoulos came and stayed a little further down with Marinella. I made bicycle visits to his house, because I knew him. In the dressing room he was learning bouzouki and my mother would tell him “come on, you’ve got our ears off”.
