A singer and guitarist whose 1975 hit 'Vem, e Eu Mostrarei' reached national fame in Brazil.
For a quick sense of him, try 'Vem, e Eu Mostrarei' and 'Aleluia, Como o Pai Me Amou'. They frame that mix of hitmaking and personal touch pretty well.
Farias had a knack for songs that crossed styles and stuck around. 'Vem, e Eu Mostrarei' was the big one, but you can hear him shift from romantic ballads to samba and forró in tracks like 'Segura Na Mão de Deus'. His music ended up in telenovelas and got covered by other artists, which says something about its reach.
He started playing in churches in Patos, Paraíba, then formed Os Diplomatas do Som in the early 1970s. The 1975 single broke through, and he kept working with names like João Bosco and Zé Ramalho after that.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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