Roberto Lee de Carvalho (

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, 21 March 1977), more commonly known as Beto Lee, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, currently a session member of

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. He has also co-founded Galaxy and has released two solo albums, one of them earning a Latin Grammy Award. He is he son of singer

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and guitarist Roberto de Carvalho.

Career

In 1998, his song "O Gosto do Azedo", with lyrics dealing with struggles of HIV positive people to mingle, was recorded by his mother

, on her ''Acústico MTV'' album. The song earned him a Sheila Cortopassi Award for the Art category. The award is provided by APTA (Associação para Prevenção e Tratamento da Aids; Portuguese for "AIDS Treatment and Prevention Association") for people and institutions with remarkable AIDS-related contributions throughout the year. In 2002, he released his debut solo album'', Todo Mundo É Igual'', featuring

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and Carlos Rennó. In 2004, he established the Galaxy trio and released a self-titled album with them via Astronauta Discos. In 2010, Lee started work on his second solo album, ''Celebração & Sacrifício'', produced by Tadeu Patolla (

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) and featuring

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, Supla and Skowa (Skowa e a Máfia). The album was released in 2011 and in 2012 it received the

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Award for Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album. In July 2016, he joined São Paulo rock band

as their session guitarist, replacing founding member

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, who wanted to focus on personal projects after 34 years with the group. Along with remaining members

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and

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, as well as session drummer Mário Fabre, he resumed the ''

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'' promotional tour and later released the

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'' Doze Flores Amarelas''. In August 2017, Lee and fellow musicians Diego Guimarães and Edu Salvitti founded production company Trio Music, focusing on publicity, project creation, cultural contents, cinema and television soundtracks and original albums.

Galaxy

Galaxy was formed by Beto Lee along with Edu Salvitti (drums) and Gonzales (bass). They released an album in 2004 via Astronauta Discos (Rio de Janeiro), titled ''Galaxy'', which was promoted without the use of

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s and with some shows around the state of São Paulo. The album featured songs such as "Dicionário Brasileiro", written by

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, and covers of "Agora Ninguém Chora Mais", by

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Jor, and "No Fun", by

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and The Stooges.Beto lee faz show com sua banda em São Paulo
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Discography

Solo career

* 2002 – ''Todo Mundo É Igual'' * 2011 – ''Celebração & Sacrifício''

With Galaxy

* 2004 – ''Galaxy''

With Rita Lee

* 1998 – ''Acústico MTV'' (CD e DVD) * 2000 – '' 3001'' (CD) * 2003 – '' Balacobaco'' (CD) * 2004 – ''MTV Ao Vivo'' (CD e DVD) * 2007 – ''Biograffiti'' (DVD) * 2009 – ''Multishow Ao Vivo'' (CD e DVD )

With Titãs

* 2018 — '' Doze Flores Amarelas'' * 2020 — '' Titãs Trio Acústico''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Beto Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of American descent Latin Grammy Award winners 1977 births Living people Singers from São Paulo Brazilian male guitarists Brazilian rock guitarists