Demônios Da Garoa

The Demônios da Garoa recorded 26 78 albums and, altogether, 67 singles, LPs, and CDs, enjoying massive nationwide popularity within the ’50s and ’60s having a revival in 1994. Mentioned within the 1994 release from the Guiness Publication of Records because the oldest well-known group in activity, they finished 58 many years of function in 2001. Interpreting the samba completed in São Paulo with an extremely peculiar design, they chronicle just how of existence of Brazil’s biggest metropolis and its own characters as noticed by way of a common person from the streets, where in fact the corrupted Portuguese from the São Paulo condition redneck and of the Italian descent paulistano perform prominent part. They shaped in São Paulo in 1943 as Grupo perform Luar, playing as amateurs in celebrations and serenatas. They opened up in radio that same yr in March in a beginner show in the Rádio Bandeirantes. Because the group earned a radio competition, they were employed by Emissoras Unidas. The original formation was Francisco Paulo Gallo (tam-tam), Artur Bernardo (violão), the brothers Cláudio Rosa (pandeiro) and Arnaldo Rosa (the oldest one, 15 at that time, percussion/vocals), and Antônio Gomes Neto (violão tenor). Gallo and Cláudio departed following a while and Artur passed away in 1955. In 1949, the group’s documenting for the folkloric “Mulher Rendeira” was contained in Lima Barreto’s film O Cangaceiro. The very first 78 acquired the balanceio “Siri Malvado” (Jair Gonçalves) as well as the maracatu “Rio Verde” (Antônio Diogo/Juraci Rago). It had been released in June 1950. In 1951 and 1952, they gained the Carnival competition of the town of São Paulo with two Adoniran Barbosa sambas, “Malvina” and “Joga a Chave” (with Osvaldo Molles). The annals of Barbosa as well as the Demônios is normally intertwined, because the Demônios produced the basis of the repertory from Barbosa’s compositions. The very first recordings of Barbosa’s afterwards megahits “Saudosa Maloca,” “Samba perform Arnesto,” and “Trem Das Onze” had been with the Demônios. “Saudosa Maloca” and “Samba perform Arnesto” had been performed for the very first time in 1954 on the Rádio Nacional (São Paulo) and documented within the next calendar year. In 1958, the group participated within the film Vou Te Contá (Alfredo Palácios), and, within the next calendar year, in Dorinha No Culture (Geraldo Vietri). In 1958, they documented the very first 8″ LP, Saudosa Maloca (Odeon), which acquired two strikes with “Iracema” and “As Mariposas.” In 1964, they provided “Trem Da Onze” (Adoniran Barbosa) on the Rio de Janeiro Carnival competition, winning your competition. They continuing to record thoroughly through the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. In 1993 and 1994, they got into the Guiness Reserve of Records because the oldest well-known musical group mixed up in globe (in 1993 simply because the oldest group in Brazil). The Demônios da Garoa continue their actions with the next formation: Arnaldo Rosa (afoxê), Sérgio Rosa (Arnaldo’s kid, pandeiro), Antônio Gomes Neto, the Toninho (violão tenor), Ventura Ramirez (seven string violão), Osvaldinho da Cuíca (cuíca) and Sidney Cláudio Thomazzi, the Simbad (cavaquinho). Demônios da Garoa – 50 anos (Warner, 1994), commemorating 50 years of activity, was honored with the Prêmio Clear and acquired the strike “Seu Querer” (Sílvio Mury/Bembeco). The group also was paid homage by São Paulo’s municipality, which instituted the Demônios da Garoa Week. In 2000, the group documented the Compact disc Mais Demônios perform Que Nunca.