Caetano Emanuel Vianna Telles Velloso (born August 7, 1942), better known as Caetano Veloso, is a composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. He has been called "one of the greatest songwriters of the century" and is sometimes considered to be the Bob Dylan of Brazil. Veloso is most known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship.Veloso was born in Bahia, a state in the northeastern area of Brazil, but moved to Rio de Janeiro as a college student in the mid-1960s. Soon after the move, Veloso won a music contest and was signed to his first label. He became one of the founders of Tropicalismo with a group of several other musicians and artists—including his sister Maria Bethânia—in the same period. However the Brazilian government at the time viewed Veloso's music and political action as threatening, and he was arrested, along with fellow musician Gilberto Gil, in 1969. The two eventually were exiled from Brazil, and went to London, where they lived for two years. After he moved back to his home country, in 1972, Veloso once again began recording and performing, becoming popular outside of Brazil in the 1980s and 1990s. He has so far won five Latin Grammy Awards. He recorded his first all-English album, A Foreign Sound in 2004. The album contains many American standards.From Wikipedia
Brother of singer Maria Bethnia , Clara, Isabel, Rodrigo, Roberto, Nicinha and Irene.
Uncle of Bella Veloso
Chidren: Moreno Veloso [b. 22 November 1972] and Jlia [b. 7 January 1979 d. 1979], with Ded Gadelha, and Zeca Veloso [b. 7 March 1992] and Tom Lavigne Veloso [b. 25 January 1997], with Paula Lavigne.
Good friend of Spanish director Pedro Almodvar. Veloso appears briefly in Almodvars Hable con ella .
He lived in London, England for three years in the late 60s - early 70s after he and friend Gilberto Gil were exiled from Brazil by the military dictatorship. Both men returned to Brazil as cultural heroes.
Hes a great fan of Federico Fellini. He even recorded songs in Italian and an entire album of Fellini-related material in homage to him. Veloso has said repeatedly that La strada was a primary influence on his life and work.
He published the autobiography "Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil" in 2002.
In 2004 he released his first CD all in English: "A Foreign Sound".
Caetano worked in some soundtracks for movies like for Pedro Almodvars movie "Hable con ella".
Parents: Jos Teles Veloso (Seu Zezinho) who died in 1984 and Claudionor Viana Teles Veloso (Can Veloso ), born in September 16th 1907. They got married in January 7th 1931.
Caetano Veloso is one of Brazilian biggest names of MPB (Msica Popular Brasileira - Brazilian Popular Music).
