Evaldo Gouveia

Son of a rich cattle merchant, Evaldo Gouveia, one year after his birth, together with his father, would move to Igatu, where he'd soon learn to play the violão (acoustic guitar) and sing at the "radiadora" (primitive system of speakers hanging in the lampposts), at six years old. At 11 he was sent to Fortaleza, the state capital, and at 15 completed his high-school studies and started to work. At the Praça do Ferreira, where the local people gathered for listening to music in leisure, Evaldo started to play violão in a group, in a daily basis. He was urged by a group member t...