Rodrigo Amarante
| Rodrigo Amarante | |
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| Birth name | Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves |
| Born |
September 6, 1976 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil |
| Origin | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil |
| Genres | Folk rock, psychedelic folk, MPB, samba, acoustic, experimental |
| Instruments | Vocals multi-instrumentalist Guitar, piano, bass |
| Years active | 1997 - |
| Labels | Rough Trade Records, Easy Sound Recording Co., Mais Um Discos, Som Livre, Sony BMG, |
| Associated acts | Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, Little Joy, Devendra Banhart, Marcelo Camelo |
| Website | rodrigoamarante.com |
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Schecter TSH Epiphone Riviera P-94 Silvertone 1446L Fender Telecaster Thinline Sonelli bass Fender Jazzmaster Fender Jaguar |
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Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves (born September 6, 1976) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and occasional arranger born in Rio de Janeiro. He is part of the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, and Little Joy, and released his first solo record, Cavalo, in Brazil in late 2013 and worldwide in May 2014. He also wrote and performed the Bolero "Tuyo", the theme song for the Netflix Original Series Narcos (2015).
He studied Journalism at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro ("PUC-Rio"), where he met Marcelo Camelo and Rodrigo Barba. After a few rehearsals with Los Hermanos, he was invited to join the band.
On their debut album, Los Hermanos (1999), Amarante contributed very little, playing transverse flute and doing the backing vocals. And there are only two songs written by him: "Quem Sabe" ("Who Knows"), which turned out to be one of the CD's singles, and "Onze Dias" ("Eleven Days").
On the band's second album, Bloco do Eu Sozinho (2001), Amarante was able to show his real musical quality, playing guitar together with Marcelo and writing more songs. He recorded "Sentimental" (considered by Dado Villa-Lobos from Legião Urbana to be the best song of 2001), "Retrato pra Iaiá" ("Portrait for Iaiá"), and "Cher Antoine" (sung in French). He also co-wrote with Marcelo "A Flor" ("The Flower"), one of the album's hits, and the instrumental part of the song "Mais Uma Canção" ("One More Song").
With their third album, Ventura (2003) came Amarante's national recognition as a great songwriter; he wrote songs of doutbless quality, like "Último Romance" ("Last Romance"), "O velho e o moço" ("The Old Man and the Young Lad"), "Um par" ("A Pair"), "Do Sétimo Andar" ("From the Seventh Floor"), and "Deixa o Verão" ("Let The Summer"). His role as a sideman in the band ended, and he became recognized as one of the band's leaders, which role until then was attributed only to Marcelo Camelo.
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