Nicky Skopelitis

Who is Nicky Skopelitis?

Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer from Greek heritage. He is best known as a guitarist, but also performs on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments.

Although Skopelitis has recorded few albums as a bandleader, he has appeared on many more recordings, often collaborating with prolific bass guitarist and producer Bill Laswell.

Until 1987 or so, he used the spelling "Scopelitis" for his last name.