In the mid-1920s, he opened a music school called "Carmen".

He opened a café named "Georges Baté" in 1931 and formed one of the most important scenes of rebetiko music.

He continued to work as a quack-salesman, improvising treatments for toothake and other minor ailments.

In the 1930s, he dedicated himself solely to music and collaborated closely with Anestis Delias, Markos Vamvakaris, and Stratos Pagioumtzis in a rebetiko band (Greek: Η τετράς η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς, romanized: I Tetras i Xakousti tou Peiraios, lit.

[1][2] He appeared in Alekos Sakelariou's 1954 film (Greek: Οι παπατζήδες, romanized: Oi papatzides, lit.