Carlos Roberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (born 1953), known as Robertinho do Recife, is a Brazilian

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born in the city of

Recife Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast R ...

, Brazil. His first contact with the guitar was at the age of 10. After he was run over by a car, he had to stay long periods of time at home and had to watch a lot of TV. In one of these TV programs he met

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and fell in love with the guitar. He got his first guitar as a gift from his grandfather. At the age of 12 he was already playing with bands in Recife. He had very good technique and later was invited to play with bands like: Watch Pocket, Chicago and

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. He played a little of everything: from music for children, to heavy metal and neoclassical. At the end of the 1980s he played with the Brazilian band Yahoo, when they played a cover of "Love Bites", a song from the British band

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. He is currently working as a music producer in his own studio in Rio de Janeiro. Since the 1970s he has worked with artists like Geraldo Azevedo,

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and

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Discography

* 1977: ''Jardim da Infância'' * 1978: '' Robertinho no Passo'' (featuring

Hermeto Pascoal Hermeto Pascoal (born June 22, 1936) is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is best known in music of Brazil, Brazilian music for his orchestration and improvisation, as well as ...

) * 1979: '' E Agora pra Vocês... Suingues Tropicais'' * 1981: '' Satisfação'' * 1982: '' Robertinho do Recife e Emilinha'' * 1983: '' Ah, Robertinho do Mundo'' * 1984: '' Metal Mania'' * 1990: '' Rapsódia Rock'' * 2014: '' Back For More''

References

1953 births Living people Brazilian composers Brazilian guitarists Brazilian male guitarists People from Recife Brazilian record producers {{Brazil-musician-stub