Christos Kanakidis (Zachardelas)

Biographical Note

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Musician from Chandras, Orestiada. He played the clarinet and the flute. He worked with Dora Stratou and Karyofyllis Doitsidis.

Domna Samiou met him in 1976 during shooting of the TV program Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou - Thrace Evros (ΕΡΤ - 1977) where he accompanied Yannis Zafiroudis with his flute in the song I see ships a-coming.

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I See Ships a-Coming

Sung by Yannis Zafiroudis, from the village of Paliouri, accompanied by Christos Kanakidis (aka Zachardelas) playing the flute. "Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou - Thrace, Evros", Greek National Television (ERT), 1976

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Thrace Evros, Paliouri Acritic Song
A Young Lad (A Soldier and a Tree)
Στρατιώτης και δεντρί A young man, a fine young lad went off in search of a castle, Greek lass of mine. And though he found no castles and no vil...

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