The Rock Stars Who Fell in Love With Greece

Leonard Cohen and friends successful Hydra. Public Domain

Greece was and inactive is simply a magnet for celebrated stone stars specified arsenic the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie,  and countless others.

The Beatles arrived incognito connected their vacation to Arachova backmost successful July 1967 and were photographed by photojournalist Aristotle Sarrigiannis with accepted musicians from the region.

The Beatles sojourn Arachova. Public Domain

Ringo Starr, aboriginal on, spent respective summers cruising the Greek islands portion John Lennon climbed the Acropolis successful Athens.

Rock stars autumn for Greece

The Rolling Stones archetypal visited Athens successful 1967 conscionable earlier the coup for a gig that was canceled by the constabulary for information reasons. Ever since, the set has visited the state lone erstwhile again for a concert, but each subordinate has separately visited immoderate of the Greek islands.

Joni Mitchell joins hippies astatine Matala, Crete

Joni Mitchell recovered herself a nomadic location wrong manmade Neolithic caves carved into the sandstone cliff astatine Matala successful Crete. It was the 1960s, and a assemblage of backpacking hippies had settled successful Matala, a distant country of the Mediterranean land wherever astir locals had ne'er seen a tourer earlier their arrival.

Joni Mitchell and Co astatine the Matala Caves. Public Domain

It was present that Joni Mitchell immortalized the perfect hippie country successful her 1971 opus “Carey,” overlooking the unspoiled formation and azure bluish waters.

Not galore radical cognize that immoderate of the tracks connected the medium The Wall were written connected a yacht successful the Passalimani port. Pink Floyd had travel for abrogation successful 1979 but spent astir of their clip composing and drinking beers astatine the marina.

That’s erstwhile Richard Wright met his 2nd wife, the Greek Franca, whom helium joined successful 1984 and lived with for 10 years, astir of those years spent connected the island of Kefalonia. Lead guitarist David Gilmour performed a opus called Castellorizon for his 3rd solo album.

David Gilmour holidaying successful Rhodes successful the aboriginal ’80s. Public Domain

Leonard Cohen went to the land of Hydra for the archetypal clip successful 1960 and was truthful amazed by it that helium spent each his savings to bargain a location there, wherever helium spent agelong periods of his beingness until his death. He utilized to gully and constitute poesy earlier penning songs with the assistance of his guitar.

Leonard Cohen astatine his beloved Hydra. Public Domain

David Bowie‘s narration with Greece was karmic. It wasn’t lone his celebrated emotion for Cyprus, from wherever his archetypal woman Angie Bowie, parent of his son, Duncan Jones, hailed. Bowie nurtured a well-hidden weakness for the land of the Revelation, Patmos, and spent galore of his summers there.

David Bowie successful Patmos. Public Domain

Australian instrumentalist and composer Nick Cave has travel to Greece galore times to date, proving that his benignant is profoundly inspired by Greek taste heritage, arsenic helium had himself admitted successful the past.

Nick Cave (left) during his archetypal sojourn to Greece successful 1982 pictured with Birthday Party guitarist Rowland Howard. Public Domain

Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant has a location connected the land of Rhodes, which helium often visits successful the summers.