Los Shakers

Sylvia Colombo

No bom documentário uruguaio “Hit – Histórias de Canciones que Hicieron Historia” (2008), que relata como foram compostas, a trajetória e a influência cultural de cinco grandes composições do Río da Prata, o músico Jorge Drexler conta que, quando era garoto, escutava a música “Break it All” e pensava que pertencia aos Beatles. Mais velho, passou a percorrer os álbuns da banda de Liverpool atrás do hit, mas não o encontrava de jeito nenhum. Foi aí que alguém lhe explicou. A faixa não era dos revolucionários ingleses, e sim de uma banda conterrânea sua, do pacato e recatado Uruguai, chamada Los Shakers.

O grupo que mudou a história do rock nesse pequeno mas ultra-simpático país perdeu no fim de semana uma figura importante. Morreu Osvaldo Fattoruso, seu guitarrista, aos 64, vítima de um câncer. Os Shakers, que fundou com seu irmão, Hugo, foram inovadores da música regional nos anos 60/70. Além da faixa citada e das canções cover dos Beatles, realizaram a fusão do candombe [gênero uruguaio], do jazz e da música popular platense com o rock, tocaram ao lado de nomes de relevo da cultura local, como Rubén Rada e Jaime Roos. O começo foi no famoso bar Fun Fun, na Cidade Velha de Montevidéu, depois, passaram a excursionar pela região.

Fattoruso deu continuidade à sua carreira fora da banda, tocando com membros de sua família e explorando especialmente o candombe e o rock. Na Argentina, cultivou contatos e colaborações com Litto Nebia, Fito Paez, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Alejandro Lerner e León Gieco, entre outros.

Conheci Fattoruso brevemente, em Montevidéu, há dois anos, depois de entrevistar num backstage o argentino Paez. Os dois haviam tocado juntos naquela noite e Paez estava me contando sobre a mania de Charly Garcia de saltar na piscina de hotéis da janela do seu apartamento, fosse do andar que fosse (prática meio suicida que o mítico roqueiro argentino manteve por anos). Fattoruso contou ainda um par de histórias de Garcia e fazia paralelos entre os roqueiros dos dois países e as principais diferenças culturais dos vizinhos do Río do Prata. Paez o tratava como a um irmão mais velho. No concerto, já havia derramado elogios e abraçado o baterista várias vezes.

Hoje, os jornais das duas margens amanheceram carregados de mensagens de seus companheiros roqueiros, e músicos em geral, lamentando a notícia. No Brasil, a fama dos Shakers ficou restrita aos fãs de música pop regional, mais uma vergonha provocada por nossa posição, sempre de costas para o que acontece culturalmente nos países-vizinhos.

 

 

 

Comentários

  1. PPS- Likewise, some persons consider CBS when getting BORDERLINE drastically sacrificed Whip?? model. Whip doesn?? find it it shows, but methods to feel if you ever couldn?? employ a job conditional upon what exactly Wikipedia affirms pertaining to anyone????

  2. Terrific work! That is the kind of information that are supposed to be shared across the internet. Shame on the search engines for no longer positioning this publish higher! Come on over and seek advice from my web site . Thank you =)

  3. Pingback: Cheap Cialis

  12. Thank you for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do some research about this. We got a grab a book from our area library but I think I learned more from this post. I am very glad to see such excellent info being shared freely out there.

  17. Excellent beat ! I wish to apprentice while you amend your site, how could i subscribe for a blog site? The account aided me a acceptable deal. I had been tiny bit acquainted of this your broadcast offered bright clear concept

  19. I really wanted to make a quick comment to express gratitude to you for these nice suggestions you are sharing here. My rather long internet investigation has finally been rewarded with wonderful insight to exchange with my two friends. I ‘d suppose that many of us visitors actually are unquestionably fortunate to dwell in a very good community with many perfect professionals with very beneficial techniques. I feel extremely privileged to have discovered the webpages and look forward to tons of more excellent minutes reading here. Thank you again for all the details.

  20. I wish to express my appreciation to you just for rescuing me from this particular situation. Just after looking throughout the internet and getting tricks which are not productive, I thought my entire life was gone. Being alive devoid of the answers to the problems you have resolved as a result of your entire blog post is a crucial case, and ones which could have in a negative way affected my entire career if I hadn’t discovered your blog post. Your good expertise and kindness in handling everything was very useful. I’m not sure what I would’ve done if I hadn’t come across such a solution like this. I can at this point relish my future. Thank you so much for the expert and results-oriented guide. I won’t hesitate to refer your web site to anybody who needs to have counselling about this subject.

  21. I told Anna Andreyevna at once all I knew. I was always completely open with her. I told her that things seemed drifting to a rupture between Natasha and Alyosha, and that this was more serious than their previous misunderstandings; that Natasha had sent me a note the day before, begging me to come this evening at nine o’clock, and so I had not intended to come and see them that evening. Nikolay Sergeyitch himself had brought me. I explained and told her minutely that the position was now altogether critical, that Alyosha’s father, who had been back for a fortnight after an absence, would hear nothing and was taking Alyosha sternly in hand; but, what was most important of all, Alyosha seemed himself not disinclined to the proposed match, and it was said he was positively in love with the young lady. I added that I could not help guessing that Natasha’s note was written in great agitation. She wrote that to-night everything would be decided, but what was to be decided I did not know. It was also strange that she had written yesterday but had only asked me to come this evening, and had fixed the hour-nine o’clock. And so I was bound to go, and as quickly as possible.
    ????????? ????? http://badinerie.littlestar.jp/RalphLauren2.php?product_id=350

  22. I cling on to listening to the news bulletin lecture about getting free online grant applications so I have been looking around for the most excellent site to get one. Could you tell me please, where could i find some?

  24. I enjoy you because of all of the work on this web site. Betty take interest in carrying out internet research and it’s simple to grasp why. We learn all of the lively tactic you present valuable tactics by means of the blog and as well strongly encourage participation from the others on that concept then our child is being taught a lot. Take advantage of the remaining portion of the year. You are always doing a brilliant job.

  27. This is a good posting, I was wondering if I could use this write-up on my website, I will link it back to your website though. If this is a problem please let me know and I will take it down right away

  28. I want to express my appreciation to this writer just for bailing me out of this particular trouble. After searching throughout the world wide web and obtaining techniques that were not productive, I assumed my entire life was over. Being alive devoid of the approaches to the difficulties you’ve solved all through the short article is a serious case, as well as those that would have negatively damaged my career if I hadn’t come across the website. Your know-how and kindness in handling all things was very helpful. I am not sure what I would’ve done if I had not encountered such a subject like this. I am able to at this moment relish my future. Thanks a lot so much for the reliable and sensible guide. I will not think twice to propose the website to anybody who requires guidance on this area.

Comments are closed.