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  Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil (Paperback) By (author) Caetano Veloso

  

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  Short Description for Tropical TruthRebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late-1960s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz guitar, avant-jazz, and electronic music and in doing so blew apart the status quo of Brazilian culture, putting himself in danger.
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  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
  • Published: 08 October 2003
  • Format: Paperback 384 pages
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  • Categories: Non-Western Music: Traditional & Classical | Jazz | Rock & Pop Music | World Music | Biography: Arts & Entertainment
  • ISBN 13: 9780306812811 ISBN 10: 0306812819
  • Sales rank: 322,073

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• "Caetano is likely to be remembered as one of the '60's great composers, period."-New York Times Book Review. Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz guitar, avant-jazz, and electronic music-and in doing so blew apart the status quo of Brazilian culture. Caetano and the movement he catalyzed, tropicalia , urged an adoption of personal freedom in politics, music, and lifestyle. His "rabble-rousing," as the government saw it, would get Caetano and his comrade Gilberto Gil arrested and exiled to London to wait out the military dictatorship. His fame increasing by the year, Caetano focused on writing songs about his homeland, returning to Brazil as a national hero-a mantle he still wears today. His most recent album, Live in Bahia , was released to international critical and popular acclaim.