A soulful lyricist with an outsider's viewpoint (and consequently lacking in commercial concerns), Edvaldo Santana launched his first album in 1976, Matéria-Prima. He was a regular during the bubbling scene around the Lira Paulistana theater in São Paulo, in the late '70s and early '80s, where both the progressive movement of São Paulo known as "vanguarda paulista" and Brazilian rock formed in that city, represented by bands like the soon-to-be Titãs. Around 1985, he was featured on the Ensaio show, broadcast nationwide by the state TV Cultura of São Paulo. His CD Lobo Solitár...