lavrentis machairitsas (; 5 november 1956 – 9 september 2019) was a greek rock musician and songwriter. he was born in volos, thessaly. machairitsas began his solo career in 1989 as a writer and performer. his first album was "o magapas kai i sagapo", released by minos-emi. in 1991 he released "didymoteicho blues", which was certified gold. in 2016, machairitsas performed at the kaye playhouse at hunter college in new york during aktina's greek music journey concert series.