He became familiar as a youth with many of the legendary figures of rembetiko who at that time had been forgotten, such as Markos Vamvakaris, Yiorgos Batis, Stelios Keromitis, Nikos Tsokaropoulos and many others who played in the area.
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Nikos Vrachnas was born into a poor family in Nikaia (Kokkinia), Piraeus.
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As a young man he worked in foundries, while later on he was better known as a second hand dealer and scrap metal collector.
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