Giorgos Batis was a singer, bouzouki and baglama player. Born in 1890 in Methana, Greece. He moved to Piraeus at an early age and died there in 1967. The archetypical mangas, Batis ran a cafe and dancing school and encouraged young musicians. His music is completely uncompromising and it is surprising that 16 sides were issued between 1932-1936, although most of them appear to have sold few copies. It is worthy of note that Batis was recorded even before Markos Vamvakaris, although his record was released after Markos’ one. Among other ways of earning a living, Batis used to go around the countryside selling “medicines” and extracting teeth. It seems that on at least one occasion “suckers” realized they had been conned. Batis was one of the four members of the “Tetras”. Frankiskos Zouridhakis claims to have written “Sou chi Lachi” and that Batis stole it from him.