Released 1978 Producer Carlos Alberto Sion Release date 1978 Genre Música popular brasileira | Recorded November/December 1977 | |
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Length 37:3756:36 (Remastered version) Similar A Força Verde, 20 Anos: Antologia Acústica, A Terceira Lâmina, A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono d, Opus Visionário | ||
Zé Ramalho is the debut album (if Paêbirú is not taken into account) by the artist of same name. It features two great hits of his career: "Chão de Giz" and "Avôhai". Patrick Moraz, keyboardist of the band Yes, guest appeared in the track "Avôhai". The CD was re-released in 2003 with five bonus tracks.
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"Avôhai" was composed as a tribute to Ramalho's grandfather, who adopted him after his father died by drowning two years after he was born. Ramalho said that inspiration for the song came after an experience with psilocybin mushrooms in a friend's farm. He looked at the sky and saw the "shadow of a gigantic spaceship", and a voice whispered "Avôhai" in his ear. He was in that farm for a college work. "Avôhai" comes from the words "Avô" (grandfather) and "Pai" (father). The song marked the first time he listened to his own work on the radio, when he was in a taxi.
In 2014, "Chão de Giz" was listed by ECAD as the tenth song with most live cover versions performed in that year.
Remastered version
Apart from all original tracks, the remastered version contains the following bonus tracks, all of them being acoustic guitar & voice versions:
Personnel
Songs
1Avôhai4:58
2Vila do sossego3:53
3Chão de giz4:45