1995Foreign Language Friday: “This is Greek and it stands for ‘Son, I don’t understand what you’re going to do, but I do trust you.’

”This is what my father told me when I quit the Army three months ago – I was working for Nato for three years – and came to London from Greece to pursue my living as an artist. My dad told me what I was doing was out of his league, but that he did trust me that I’m going to make a living out of it.”

Our subject is the singer/songwriter Tommy Lalas.

Taken at a Tuttle club meeting at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.