Flávio Guimarães

Flávio Se Iniciou Na Música Há Cerca De 20 Anos E É Um Dos Pioneiros Do Blues No Brasil. Fundador Do Blues Etílicos Vem Participando Dos Principais Festivais E Eventos Desse Segmento Ao Longo Dos Anos. Suas Experiências Musicais Mais Marcantes Foram Tocar Com Buddy Guy Taj Mahal Charlie Musselwhite Howard Levy Mark Ford Sugar Blue Mark Hummell Steve Guyger E Paulo Moura Entre Outros Grandes Mestres. Flávio Guimarães Born November 10 1963 Is A Brazilian Composer Harmonica Player And Singer. Considered A Blues Pioneer In Brazil He Founded The Band Blues Etílicos In 1986 Which Is Considered The Most Successful Brazilian Blues Group. He Has Also Played With Many Famous Artists Along His Career Such As Alceu Valença Ed Motta Luiz Melodia Paulo Moura Zeca Baleiro Buddy Guy Charlie Musselwhite Sugar Blue E Taj Mahal. Biography Flávio Guimarães Was Born In Rio De Janeiro Brazil And In That City He Studied Harmonica With Maurício Einhorn. He Started His Musical Career Around 1985. In 1986 He Formed The Group Blues Etílicos With Greg Wilson Vocals And Guitar Otávio Rocha Guitar Gil Eduardo Drums And Cláudio Bedran Bass . With The Group Guimarães Did Many Show Around Brazil And World And Recorded Several Albums. In 1988 Guimarães Travelled To Chicago Where He Played With Many American Musician Including The Harmonicist Sugar Blue. One Year Later He Opened Festival De Blues In Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brazil Playing With Buddy Guy. In That Same Year He Also Opened Shows For John Lee Hooker And John Mayall During Free Jazz Festival. In The Following Years Guimarães Played In The Most Important Festival In Brazil Such As Blues Fest Rock In Rio II And Nescafé In Blues. During This Period He Also Played With Many Famous Brazilian Artists Like Ed Motta Roberto Frejat And Paulo Moura. He Played With Internacional Artists Too Such As Midnight Blues Band. Since 1990 When Bizz Magazine Indicated Guimarães As One Of The Best Hamonicists Of Brazil He Has Participated Of Many Hamonica Players Meetings. In Fact Guimarães Became Famous Between Brazilian Harmonicists Because He Was The First One To Play Diatonic Harmonicas In That Country Introducing New Possibilities Of Timbre To The Music Of His Nation. In 1998 He Participated Of Harmonica's Night With Carey Bell And Peter Madcat. In This Same Period With A New Band He Opened Show For B. B. King In Via Funchal Brazil. He With Tavares Da Gaita Was Considered One Of The Most Important Attractions In The History Of Rec-Beat Festival In Recife Brazil. Along His Career Guimarães Recorded Many Album. His First Solo Album Was Little Blues In 1995. In 2000 He Recorded His Second Disc Named On The Loose. In 2007 Celebrating 20 Years Of Blues Etílicos His Band Recorded An Album In Honor Of Muddy Waters One Of The Biggest Exponent Blues Musician. Around Two Years Later Guimarães Recorded Another Solo Album Named The Blues Follows Me And He Realized Many Shows Around Brazil Spreading This Work. Official Website Flávio Guimarães
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