Pedro Sérgio dos Santos Maia de Sousa (July 22, 1977 – May 5, 2013), simply known as Peu Sousa, was a Brazilian guitarist, songwriter and

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best known for his work with singer

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Biography

Career

Peu Sousa was born in

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on July 22, 1977, and was the stepson of Novos Baianos member

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. He began his career in 1995 with the band Dois Sapos e Meio, which lasted until 1999, and later served as a live musician during performances of

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and his stepfather. In 2003 he was invited by singer

to be part of her live band; he stayed for one year, during which he was the guitarist of her debut ''

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'' and co-wrote the track "Déjà-Vu" off her 2005 album ''

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''. In 2005 he formed the band Trêmula, which was nominated for a

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award. His final music project was the short-lived Nove Mil Anjos, alongside

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and Perí Carpigiani.

Suicide

Sousa began to struggle with depression during his final years. On May 5, 2013, he and his wife had a falling-out after which she left their home in Itapoã with their two children; upon returning, she found Sousa hanging from their bedroom ceiling with a belt around his neck. The police ruled his death as a

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. Sousa's brother Lahiri Galvão, however, claimed in an interview that he found it "very unlikely" that Peu was driven to suicide merely because of the argument he'd had with his wife, while his former Nove Mil Anjos bandmate

(who himself committed suicide four months after Sousa) stated that "for a while, Peu had lost his faith in life".

and

subsequently made statements on the guitarist's passing and offered condolences.

References

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