• From: Brasilia
  • Registered: 2012-04-25
  • Posts: 4

Topic: Greetings from Brazil

Hi!

I've been a Joe fan for a while now, approximately 1 year. My former guitar teacher, who is a heck of a guitar player, introduced me Joe's music. He said Joe is the only rock/blues guitar player that gets his attention.

I liked his music right from the start. I think Joe has part of his style between Gary Moore and SRV, which I love. All his aggressiveness and feel, reminds of them a lot. Plus he got a powerful singing. But he has more, I guess he has got his influences, not only Moore and SRV, take Eric Jonhson for instance, and established his own 'voice', that is undeniable awesome.

I have a thing that when I like an artist, I like to get like 3 CDs or dvd/blu-rays and give two to friends who I think might enjoy it as well, one is for me of course. So I got some Live from The Royal Albert Hall blu-rays. I remember one friend calling me the day after he received it, he was blown away just like I was for the first time.

To not make this a very long post, more than it is already, lets conclude this. I discovered 2 days ago that Joe is coming to Brazil. I was a little too late but still managed to get some great seats. Just need to book a hotel and air tickets and I'm all good. Can't wait to see him live. My friend that liked the Royal Albert Hall might go with me. I'm glad that I got to introduce Joe's music to him, and yet I still have one Royal Albert Hall to gift some deserving friend.

I hope to contribute to the forum the best I can, and to learn and interact in the best way possible with all of you.

Cheers,
Diego.

  • From: Amsterdam
  • Registered: 2007-10-06
  • Posts: 5,249

Re: Greetings from Brazil

Welcome to the forum, Diego. Thank you for this absolutely splendid introduction! We are all thrilled that Joe will be playing Brazil and Argentina for the first time this summer, thereby enabling many fans, like yourself, to experience the magic of Joe live for the first time.

Respect to you for buying extras and treating friends. wink I think you will fit in just fine here. Enjoy!

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Re: Greetings from Brazil

Welcome to the forum Diego! A fine introduction which mirrors many of our own experiences. I too am thrilled that Joe is touring in South America. You are in for a tremendous experience. Joe live is like no other musical experience for most of us.
Rick

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  • From: East Lancashire, UK
  • Registered: 2011-06-24
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Re: Greetings from Brazil

Welcome from the UK also. Joe will blow you away. Think how good you felt when watching RAH for the first time, live is way more!!!

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  • From: Sussex UK
  • Registered: 2009-07-12
  • Posts: 1,465

Re: Greetings from Brazil

Olá da Inglaterra, - minha esposa é do Brasil, - Recife. País maravilhoso, as pessoas boas. (thanks Google translate).

Never been to Brasilia, but been to Recife a few times, - at last the North East region has some investment, - it has changed so much over the last 10 years, although the fascination with everything American at the cost of Brasil's heritage is a concerning trend... When we were last there we tried to get a Brazilian made guitar, - nothing :-(  everything was cheap far eastern imports and the standard of guitars on display was awful, - rusty strings and not a guitar in tune, - my son spent all his time tuning all the instruments in the shops we went into! lol or kkkkkkkkk? :-)

Ian

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  • From: Brasilia
  • Registered: 2012-04-25
  • Posts: 4

Re: Greetings from Brazil

Thank you for your kind welcomes. Can't wait to see Joe live, my tickets arrived on Friday just to torture me. lol

  • From: Brasilia
  • Registered: 2012-04-25
  • Posts: 4

Re: Greetings from Brazil

Ian916 wrote:

Olá da Inglaterra, - minha esposa é do Brasil, - Recife. País maravilhoso, as pessoas boas. (thanks Google translate).

Never been to Brasilia, but been to Recife a few times, - at last the North East region has some investment, - it has changed so much over the last 10 years, although the fascination with everything American at the cost of Brasil's heritage is a concerning trend... When we were last there we tried to get a Brazilian made guitar, - nothing :-(  everything was cheap far eastern imports and the standard of guitars on display was awful, - rusty strings and not a guitar in tune, - my son spent all his time tuning all the instruments in the shops we went into! lol or kkkkkkkkk? :-)

Ian

Oi, tudo bem com você ?

You actually didn't loose a lot in not visiting Brasília. I love here, but it's not the most touristic place, there are so many others places to visit before here, and Recife is one. I went there when I was a little boy, and enjoyed it a lot.

There isn't very good guitars here, at least the manufactured ones. The best quality ones I've seen is Tagima, altough I can only vouch for electrics. My first guitar was a Tagima, it brought me a lot of joy. There are some high quality stuff out there, but mainly custom models made by luthiers. A famous one is: http://nzaganin.com.br/index.asp
I guess you might have visited a bad store, a fact that is pretty common though. It's a tough reality here when it comes to imports. A Les Paul Standard sells here for like $6000, we have some very harsh taxes, it's said is one of the largest in the world.

Now about England. When I was 17, I had the pleasure to spend 3 weeks in Cambridge. I did a small course to refine my english, not that I took much advantage of it, but I had a total blast there. I did bought a Stratocaster there, my second guitar. Unforgettable day, I was so happy lol. Even if I just spend half a day in London - the time I was there was the exact same time of the subway incident - I loved there, and I want to come back as soon as I can.

I don't laugh using "kkkkk", I'm more of and old school youngster, we use more of "aioheaioheiaoea" "ahuahuahua". But 'kkkkkkk' is getting a lot of usage lately.

Thanks for your post!

  • Registered: 2006-05-08
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Re: Greetings from Brazil

Welcome aboard!

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