Zeca Baleiro

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Born = April 11, 1966
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Origin = Maranhão, Brazil flagicon|Brazil
Instrument = Singing
Acoustic guitar
Genre = MPB
Samba
Occupation = Musician
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Zeca Baleiro (born 11 April 1966) is a Brazilian MPB artist. One of his most famous songs is "Salão de Beleza", which was featured on Putumayo World Music's "Reggae Around the World" compilation. Along with being a solo artist, he has also worked with guitarist Pedro Joia.

Life

Hailing from the state of Maranhão, in northeastern Brazil, Zeca - short for José Carlos - grew up with music. He then went to a university to study music and was given the nickname "Baleiro" ("candyman"), because of his love of candy. His first two records, "Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry" and "Vô Imbolá", won gold status. The title track off of "Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry?" (Where could Stephen Fry be?) was a reference to British actor Stephen Fry's flight from the stage play "Cellmates" in 1995, when he disappeard from the United Kingdom after bad reviews. Zeca won the 2000 Latin Grammys for "best pop album". He currently resides in São Paulo.

Discography

*"Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry?" (1997)
*"Vô Imbolá" (1999)
*"Líricas" (2000)
*"PetShopMundoCão" (2002)
*"Raimundo Fagner e Zeca Baleiro" (with Raimundo Fagner, 2003)
*"Daqui prá lá, de lá prá cá", 2003)
*"Perfil", 2003)
*"Baladas do Asfalto e Outros Blues" (2005)
*"Baladas do Asfalto e Outros Blues - Ao Vivo" (2006)
*"Lado Z (2007)

External links

* [http://www2.uol.com.br/zecabaleiro/2006/home/index.html Official website]
* [http://www2.uol.com.br/uptodate/zeca/html/zecafrye.html Interview with Zeca Baleiro and Stephen Fry]