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Artist
Spiros Soukis
11+ albums
bluesrockbluesguitar bluesRythym and Blues
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SPIROS SOUKIS Rockin’ Blues with Greek Soul Soukis Blues: The blues spiced with funky grooves, shuffle beats and rock elements, enlivened with European style and the freshness of Mediterranean breezes. Spiros Soukis, a native of Athens, Greece, began his love affair with the blues filtered through the British Invasion and guitar masters Peter Green, Eric Clapton, Robin Trower and Jeff Beck. In time he learned about American slingers like Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Duane Allman and Roy Buchanan. Reading liner notes and recording credits led him to discover the original men behind the music—B.B. King, Freddie King, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, etc. In the early '80s, Soukis started to perform and tour with Greek rock legend, Pavlos Sidiroupolos. He studied guitar, piano and harmonica and eventually earned a degree in Music Theory and Harmony from the Athens Conservatory. Soukis moved to Stockholm, in the mid '80s, where he performed live, taught guitar and earned a degree in Musicology from Stockholm University. Back in Athens in the early '90s, he formed the band, That's Why, which performed widely, recorded regularly and toured extensively. That's Why was the opener for a diverse group of musicians ranging from The Pixies to Peter Green, one of Soukis’s earliest influences. He self-produced “Fota Tou Iliggou” (Lights of Vertigo), and released it in Europe, July 1996, to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Voted ‘CD of the Month,’ “Fota” was reissued in September 2000, with
