Savvopoulos Long Play — Season 1, Episode 3: O Ballos kai to Vromiko Psomi
Animation, Documentary, Talk • 62 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
The third episode covers the years of feverish creativity 1971-72, where Savvopoulos plays first at Rodeo and then at Kyttaros on Acharnon Street and records his most influential albums, perhaps for the development of Greek music. He confides for the first time about the sources of his inspiration, the paths through which legendary songs were born, such as "Ballos", "Zeibekiko" or "Mavri Thalassa". The performances, especially at Kyttaros, are a major artistic and social-political event in Athens at the time. Kyttaro becomes the first contemporary music scene in Athens with this unique program that began with Jimmy the Tiger, continued with Epirus clarinet and then the music was combined with the performances of Karagiozis by Evgenios Spatharis and the film scenes of Lakis Papastathis. Domna Samiou organized the Monday nights, while on Tuesdays, Elias Petropoulos presented the composers of rebetiko.
About Savvopoulos Long Play
This special six-episode tribute focuses on the discography of Dionysis Savvopoulos, presenting ten of his emblematic albums - a turning point in Greek music. Six total "eras" of musical creation and history. In this documentary, which was to be the last legacy of Dionysis Savvopoulos, he himself tells stories that marked his life and the lives of everyone, from 1965, when he released his first album, to the present day, while for the last time he sings, with his guitar and unique voice, songs that we loved from his discography. In his unique way - the one that sweetly mixes myth with reality - he talks about the "lives" he lived, the people he met, his songs that were loved and left their indelible mark over time. The visual part, is by Alexis Kyritsopoulos, a companion and friend of Savvopoulos from the beginning, with works that he designed especially for this particular tribute, which also come to life through animation.