Preecha Chanapai also known as Lek Carabao ( th, ปรีชา ชนะภัย, เล็ก คาราบาว) is a Thai musician and singer, who is the member of

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, a famous and popular

Thai rock Thai rock is rock music from Thailand. Thai rock was influenced by rock bands from the United States and United Kingdom. Emerging in the 1980s it flourished with bands like Asanee-Wasan and Micro. It became widely popular in the 1990s. 1970s Roc ...

and ''

Phleng phuea chiwit Phleng phuea chiwit ( th, เพลงเพื่อชีวิต; IPA:; lit. "songs for life") describes a type of Thai folk music, strongly influenced by elements of Western folk and rock music with a protest theme mainly centred on the har ...

'' (Thai

protest song A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of ''topical'' songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre. Among social mov ...

) band.

Biography and career

Preecha (nicknamed: Lek; เล็ก) was born in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

on April 18, 1955. He practiced playing guitar at the age of 13 with his brother teaching. He studied at the Uthenthawai School of Mechanics (currently Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok: Uthenthawai Campus), which the same institution as Yuenyong Opakul (Aed Carabao), but they are not known while studying. When he graduated, he joined a guitarist with The President, a

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band play regularly at pubs or restaurants in hotels around Bangkok, so it is famous among musicians. He plays the guitar very well. He joined Carabao in the second album release in 1982, ''Pae Khaai Khuat'' (แป๊ะขายขวด; lit: "The Old Bottle Collector") from the persuasion of Aed Carabao as the guitarist and singer since then. In 2003, he starred in the ''

Fan Chan ''Fan Chan'' ( Thai: แฟนฉัน, English: ''My Girl'') is a 2003 Thai coming-of-age romantic film offering a nostalgic look back at the childhood friendship of a boy and girl growing up in a small town in Thailand in the 1980s. It was th ...

'' (แฟนฉัน; lit: "My Girlfriend") as the father of the female lead role character, who has a career as a barber. This film is the most popular and the highest-grossing movie of the year in Thailand. For personal life, he married and had two sons nicknames Tod and Fab. He pinned

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on the right fingernail forever with glue. In addition to the guitar, he can also play Thai instrument ''

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'' (ซออู้) as well as Chinese instrument ''

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''. In addition to being a musician he also produced Carabao branded acoustic guitar as well. Since he was older he does not eat meat except fish. He likes to collect bottles of shampoo and liquid soap of various hotels he stay during on the road. He is the inspirational and favorite musician of another Thai famous musician,

Pongsit Kamphee Pongsit "Pu" Kampee ( th, พงษ์สิทธิ์ คำภีร์) is a Thai rock singer and producer popular in the Phleng pheua chiwit (Songs for Life) genre. Inspired by (Lek) Preecha Chanapai of Carabao and (Nga) Surachai Jantima ...

. In

the film The Film is a 2005 Indian thriller film directed by Junaid Memon also produced along with Amitabh Bhattacharya. The film stars Mahima Chaudhry, Khalid Siddiqui, Ananya Khare, Chahat Khanna, Ravi Gossain, Vaibhav Jhalani and Vivek Madan in lead ...

''Young Bao The Movie'' released in 2013 with a story about Carabao in the beginning. His character is represented by Arak "Pe Slur " Amornsupasiri.

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Preecha Chanapai Preecha Chanapai also known as Lek Carabao ( th, ปรีชา ชนะภัย, เล็ก คาราบาว) is a Thai musician and singer, who is the member of Carabao (band), Carabao, a famous and popular Thai rock and ''Phleng phuea ...

Biography and career

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