Celso Ricardo Furtado de Carvalho (January 5, 1956 – August 6, 2012), better known by his stage name Celso Blues Boy, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Biography
Carvalho was born in
Rio de Janeiro in 1956. His stage name, "Blues Boy", is a homage to American singer
B.B. King, one of his idols and major influences. (Celso would play alongside King in 1986, at a gig in Rio.) He began his musical career in 1970, when only 17 years old, accompanying bands and singers such as
Raul Seixas,
Sá & Guarabyra and
Luiz Melodia. In 1976 he formed the band Legião Estrangeira, and started to perform in some bars and clubhouses of Rio.
In 1980 he formed the band Aero Blues, considered to be one of the first Brazilian
blues rock
Blues rock is a fusion music genre that combines elements of blues and rock music. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes w ...
bands to sing in the
Portuguese language; however, he decided to follow with a solo career later on, and released his debut album, ''Som na Guitarra'', in 1984. It is notable for containing his most well-known song, "Aumenta que Isso Aí É Rock 'n' Roll". More albums would come afterwards, as well as performances at the prestigious
Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and at the
Circo Voador
Circo Voador (Portuguese for Flying Circus) is a concert venue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Located adjacent to the Carioca Aqueduct in the Lapa neighborhood, it is a large tent-like structure covering the stage and spectator areas, but with open ...
in Rio.
2011 saw the release of his ninth (and ultimately last) studio album, ''Por um Monte de Cerveja'', which counted with the special participation of the members of
Detonautas Roque Clube
Detonautas Roque Clube is a Brazilian rock band from Rio de Janeiro. Usually the lyrics of their songs relate to violence, political corruption and love.
History
The history of Detonautas is mixed with the onset of the fever of Internet in Brazi ...
.
Blues Boy was living in
Joinville, Santa Catarina, towards the end of his life; an inveterate
smoker, he died on August 6, 2012, due to
laryngeal cancer
Laryngeal cancers are mostly squamous-cell carcinomas, reflecting their origin from the epithelium of the larynx.
Cancer can develop in any part of the larynx. The prognosis is affected by the location of the tumour. For the purposes of staging, ...
. He was
cremated and his ashes were buried in
Blumenau.
Blues Boy was a die-hard fan of the soccer club
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link E ...
. In a show promoting the club's 113th anniversary in 2011, he played the club's anthem on his guitar.
Cerca de 250 vascaínos estiveram no lançamento de DVD do Vasco
Discography
* 1984: ''Som na Guitarra''
* 1986: ''Marginal Blues''
* 1987: ''Celso Blues Boy 3''
* 1988: ''Blues Forever''
* 1989: ''Quando a Noite Cai''
* 1991: ''Ao Vivo'' (live album)
* 1996: ''Indiana Blues''
* 1998: ''Nuvens Negras Choram''
* 1999: ''Vagabundo Errante''
* 2008: ''Quem Foi que Falou que Acabou o Rock n' Roll?'' (live DVD)
* 2011: ''Por um Monte de Cerveja''
References
External links
*
Celso Blues Boy
at Discogs
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1956 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian singer-songwriters
Brazilian male guitarists
Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Deaths from laryngeal cancer
Deaths from cancer in Santa Catarina (state)
Brazilian male singer-songwriters