Cego Oliveira's lyrics & chords

(1883 – 1977) Cego Oliveira's sight was subnormal – ocular alterations occurred to him while registering reality and affected his view of the world. This crippling condition allowed him an unusual worldview that fed his creativity and music. Native to Juazeiro do Norte, in the Brazilian state of Ceará, in 1929 he had his first contact with the rabeca when his uncle gave him one of such instruments – the rabeca is an instrument of Arabic/Jewish origin (the nefer, or Arabian rebab) hybridized with the maracás (name given to the Tupi-Gu...read more