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Delias taught himself how to play musical instruments. By [[1930]], he was playing the [[bouzouki]] and the [[baglama]] in a tavern in [[Drapetsona]]. There, he met up with [[Markos Vamvakaris]], [[Stratos Pagioumtzis]] and other [[rebetiko]] musicians. In [[1934]], he joined the [[Legendary Quartet of Piraeus]] - the first [[rebetiko]] musical group.
Delias died of a heroin overdose on [[July 31]], [[1944]]. He was found in the street, clutching his [[1944bouzouki]].
==His better known songs==
