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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Zé Gonzaga - Encontro com Lampião from Coração de Sertanejo - Copacabana (1960)

Encontro com Lampião is a deep rarity, delivered with tremendous bravado by Zé Gonzaga. This LP is particularly rare. Mine is in such bad condition that only the first song plays. This is lucky, because it may be the finest track on the LP. Encontro com Lampião refers to Lampião, the bandit from Northeastern Brazil who was beheaded by authorities in 1938. Luiz Gonzaga (*Who I now know, thanks to Austin's Vinyl, was the brother of Zé) modeled his stage persona based on Lampião's image, which included the distinctive half-moon cowboy hats and rugged outfits. This became the most recognizable fashion for baião, and later forró, that some performers still pay homage to today.


Zé Gonzaga - Encontro com Lampião from Coração de Sertanejo - Copacabana (1960)

Zé Gonzaga - Coração de Sertanejo - Copacabana (1960)

2 comments:

  1. Zé Gonzaga was actually the brother of Luiz Gonzaga.

    Source:
    http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/musica,morre-ze-gonzaga-irmao-de-luiz,20020412p3406

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    1. Many Thanks! I never found any information on this. I will correct this post.

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