Brazilian guitarist, record producer, and composer whose first contact with the guitar was at the age of 10. After he was run over by a car, he had to stay long periods of time at home and watched a lot of TV. In one of these TV programmes he saw The Beatles and fell in love with the guitar. He got his first guitar as a gift from his grandfather. At the age of 12 he was already playing with bands in Recife. He developed an excellent technique and later was invited to play with bands like Watch Pocket, Chicago and Quiet Riot. He played a little of everything, from music for children, to heavy metal and neoclassical. At the end of the 1980s he played with the Brazilian band Yahoo, when they played a cover of "Love Bites", a song by the British band Def Leppard. Since the 1970s he has worked with artists like Geraldo Azevedo, Zé Ramalho and Raimundo Fagner. Hes currently working as a music producer in his own studio in Rio de Janeiro. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger renowned for blending the drive of rock and metal with the colors of frevo, baião, and MPB. A studio ace since the 1970s, he became one of Brazil’s most versatile and influential guitar voices, moving fluidly between instrumental fireworks and polished pop productions.
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Raised in Recife, he emerged as a prodigy, soon becoming an in-demand session player. His trademarks include precise alternate picking, expressive whammy-bar work, tasteful tapping, and arrangements that weave maracatu and frevo syncopations into rock structures. Beyond guitar heroics, he built a parallel career as producer/arranger for radio-ready hits and artist development.
Frequently cited by Brazilian guitar press and cultural institutions, with tributes acknowledging contributions to Pernambuco’s identity in contemporary guitar music and record production.
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