Los Indios Tabajaras – Twin Guitars: In a Mood for Lovers (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Los Indios Tabajaras – Twin Guitars: In a Mood for Lovers (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 28:13 minutes | 953 MB | Genre: Easy Listening
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Certainly the most uncommon duo of Brazilian artists to have a solid international career, Los Índios Tabajaras was formed by the brothers Antenor Moreyra Lima (Muçaperê ) and Natalício Moreyra Lima (Erundi). In the U.S. they had success in the early ’70s with “Sakura-Sakura,” and their biggest hit was the fox trot “Maria Helena,” which won second place at the American charts and sold over one-and-a-half million copies. Their 48 LPs also sold millions of copies worldwide, and they toured South, Central, and North America, Asia, and Europe before settling in the U.S. Their eclectic act gathered Rimsky-Korsakoff, Chopin, De Falla, and Villa-Lobos with folk tunes and originals, performed in tuxedo and also half-naked with Indian ornaments. In the ’60s, they also performed successfully at the San Remo Festival (Italy). Both self-taught musicians, they took their first contact with the violão (guitar) during their journey through the hinterlands of Cariri, Ceará, but had to give it away for a pound of beans. Having both studied music later, Muçaperê was accompanied in the recording of his “Their Very Special Touch” by a full symphonic orchestra and vocal choir.

Indians from the Tabajara tribe, they left Ceará with their people in 1933, traveling on foot the almost 2,000 km to Rio de Janeiro. During the three years spent on the journey, they collected a number of regional musics. In Rio de Janeiro they were registered and baptized by the lieutenant Hildebrando Moreira Lima, from whom they took their Christian names. Their first public performance was in 1945, at the Rádio Cruzeiro do Sul (Rio de Janeiro), when they were introduced as Índios Tabajaras, having been hired by the outing. In 1953, they recorded an album through Continental with the baião “Tambor Índio” and the galope “Acara Cary” (both by Muçaperê ). In the next year they had success with the polka “Pajaro Campaña” (public domain). After recording several other albums, they left in 1957 for a tour through Argentina, Venezuela, and Mexico. Having both studied music in the latter, Erundi wrote several classic pieces for guitar during that period . Moving on to the U.S., they performed for three years in that country, and returned to Brazil in 1960. They continued to move around, but ended up back in Brazil in 1968, where they recorded an album of Hawaiian songs; they moved to the U.S. soon afterwards. –Artist Biography by Alvaro Neder

Tracklist:
01. Los Indios Tabajaras – Make Believe (From ‘Show Boat’) (02:38)
02. Los Indios Tabajaras – The High and the Mighty (From ‘The High and the Mighty’) (02:15)
03. Los Indios Tabajaras – El Reloj (02:34)
04. Los Indios Tabajaras – Some of These Days (02:36)
05. Los Indios Tabajaras – Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) (From ‘The Roar Of The Greasepaint-The Smell Of The Crowd’) (02:16)
06. Los Indios Tabajaras – The 3rd Man Theme (From ‘The 3rd Man’) (02:07)
07. Los Indios Tabajaras – The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (02:39)
08. Los Indios Tabajaras – Time Was (02:03)
09. Los Indios Tabajaras – La Mer (02:11)
10. Los Indios Tabajaras – Lagrimas de Sangre (01:46)
11. Los Indios Tabajaras – As Time Goes By (02:32)
12. Los Indios Tabajaras – (When Your Heart’s On Fire) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (02:31)

Personnel:
Antenor Moreyra Lima – guitar
Natalicio Moreyra Lima – guitar

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