Tom Capone

Tom Capone was being among the most commercially and critically acclaimed manufacturers in modern Brazilian music. Delivered Luís Antônio Ferreira Gonçalves, he initial earned see in 1988 playing electric guitar using the Brazilian rock and roll group Peter Perfeito, exiting the lineup in just a year to stay in Rio de Janeiro and create his own documenting studio. Within the decade to check out, Capone helmed periods for performers including Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Marisa Monte, and Carlinhos Dark brown, and in 1998, he was provided the positioning of movie director of A&R for Warner Music Brazil, agreeing to on the problem that he be permitted to continue producing periods for rival brands. Capone’s most effective creation was 2003’s Maria Rita, the self-titled debut record from the little girl of Brazilian music star Elis Regina; the record offered near 700,000 copies worldwide. Rita’s smash “A Festa” and his use the music group Skank mixed to make Capone five Latin Grammy nominations in 2004, probably the most ever for any Brazilian; sadly, simply hours after departing the honours telecast empty-handed, he was wiped out in a motorbike crash in LA at age 38.