Βαγγέλης Λιόλιος

Greek bouzouki player. Born in 1956 in Chalastra, Thessaloniki, Greece - Died 14 September 2021 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He took theoretical lessons at the Macedonian Conservatoire of Thessaloniki. At the age of 15, he started working professionally in big nightclubs in Thessaloniki as the first bouzouki. Between 1982 and 1984, he was a member of Νίκος Παπάζογλου's band Λοξή Φάλαγγα. In 1984, he opened his own meeting place in Thessaloniki, 'Μουσική Ταβέρνα Λιόλιος' (=Music Tavern Liolios), with his wife Φωτεινή Κοφινά. Father of Κώστας Λιόλιος & the bouzouki soloist Δημήτρης Λιόλιος (3). He was father-in-law of Ελένη Πέτα.