Zé Rodrix ranks among the foremost advocates of the rock-rural idiom, having authored the song “Casa no Campo,” which Elis Regina delivered to strong acclaim. At the 1967 III FMPB staged by TV Record, his Momento-4 ensemble supported Edu Lobo, the Quarteto Novo, and Marília Medalha during their performance of “Ponteio,” the Edu Lobo/Capinam composition. Between 1969 and 1971 Rodrix belonged to Som Imaginário, the ensemble that backed Milton Nascimento and Gal Costa on stage and in the studio.
Two further works, “O Espigão” and “Corrida do Ouro,” attained visibility when TV Globo adopted them as themes for a pair of its 1973 soap operas. The son of a bandmaster, Rodrix acquired rigorous training at the Conservatory of Rio de Janeiro, where he studied piano, flute, accordion, saxophone, and trumpet. He entered the profession at nineteen by assembling Momento-4, the group that first recorded his piece “Glória.”
The 1971 release of his rock-rural number “Casa no Campo,” written with Tavito and popularized by Elis Regina, led him to form a trio with Sá e Guarabyra whose work proved central to the style and introduced the hit “Hoje Ainda É Dia de Rock.” He left the trio in 1973 to launch a solo career with the album Primeiro Acto. Nine years later he joined Joelho de Porco. In 1994 he rejoined Sá e Guarabyra for one of their LPs, and in 1999 he published the book Diário de um Construtor do Templo.
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