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JULIO
RENY
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Julio Reny
Poto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
1959 - Júlio Reny is born on February, 27th, in Porto Alegre,
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, son of barber Reni Antunes Barbo and public server
Júlia Gay
Barbo. He spends his childhood in Cidade Baixa district, and the music is
already in his life through his parents who listen to many records at home,
his sister takes him often to the movies in order to watch films with Elvis
Presley, The Beatles e from Brazilian Jovem Guarda.
1965 - A brother in law
who plays the rock in the acoustic guitar, in contrast with an uncle who
plays Rio Grande do Sul typical music in the accordion. This excites him
to play, but, so far, so god. He starts in the primary school of Escola Estadual
Ildefonso Gomes. He becomes a small PM (Military Police officer) and he lives
in the barracks then. He likes this, because there he can play soccer.
1969 - He
starts in the Gremio Football Porto-Alegrense (a typical team of the south
region) and later in Internacional Sport Club (a typical team of the south
region as well; the two teams are rivals for the local population of Rio
Grande do Sul) like a goalkeeper, where he stays until...
1971 - He gets into high-school in Colégio
Estadual Winston Churchill. The older brothers introduce him to pop rock.
Then a deviation of conduct starts manifesting: Júlio and a school mate start
to steal records from stores. That wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't constant.
At least, this introduces him definitely to heavy rock: The Who, Pink Floyd,
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc. He becomes a constant ruffian and gets
in street conflicts constantly.
1973. - He trains with much dedication (almost obsessively).
1975 - He starts taking the second year of
high-school in the night shift. He stars looking for a job during the day.
Internal conflicts make him leave the thefts and the fights. Soon after that,
he is taken to a mental institution, teenager thing. He does not take drugs
then, he is just a problem lad. After leaving the institution, the concerned
family gets together to discuss his situation. Júlio decides: he wants to
be a musician. He gets a Mil Sons electric guitar and a small valve amplifier.
HAPPY
1976 - He reunites with two friends for the high-school, and,
with his brother Paulo Renato (deceased in 1995), starts a band.
1977 - Decided
to improve
himself, he starts studying a little classical guitar. He gets an appropriate
acoustic guitar: an acoustic white enamel Giannini Guitar, nylon strings.
He starts listening to jazz and Bossa-Nova, with predilection for Joao Gilberto.
1978 - He quits the second year of high-school to fully dedicate
to music.
1979 - After varying so much on his preferences, he decides
Bob Dylan, Neil
Young and The Band would be the basic influences for his band. He decides
to compose and sing inside that country-rock style. He performs then, with
these compositions, the first show named "Uma Cançao nas Trevas" (A Song
in the Darkness).
1980 - The band decides to adopt the he title "Um Cançao
nas Trevas" and under this name, performs (strangely) the show "Jazz & Blues"
in Architecture College from UFRGS. It is a success among students. His daughter
Consuelo Valandro is born. Júlio starts living in a house from which the
garage becomes legendary. He rents it for rehearsals and there, bands such
as Engenheiros do Hawaii and DeFalla play then. He performs a supporting
role in the film "Deu Pra Ti, ANos 70", from Giba Assis Brasil.
1981 - He finishes
the band and Júlio goes to a gig with his brother and bass player Ademir
Frozi, in the Clube de Cultura. It is called "As Estórias Elétricas
de Uma Guitarra Acústica” (The Electric stories of an acoustic guitar). Independently
from the results, which are good in the proposal, Júlio is seen in the artistic
field, and by the public, as and underground character, with polemic and
attitude, cutting to the chase.
1982 - He makes his first demo recording in
tape, to play in Bandeirantes AM Radio Station, future Ipanema FM (a classical
and rock’n’roll local Radio Station). The song is "Tomás e a Lagoa" ("Thomas
and the lagoon") and it is fairly-received. He reunifies the band under his
name, in the show "Aconteceu Durante o Verao" (It happened during the summer),
in Teatro 1 (Ramiro Barcelos street, in Porto Alegre). He records a new demo
in roll-tape, "Cine Marabá". It was a success on Band AM. It becomes one
of the hits, getting even to play in may radio station in Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paulo where he sends copies of the demo. Willing to take this alternative
path, he decided to record an album and release it in cassette tapes. . He
creates a phonographic label specialized in cassette tapes and also with
the intention of releasing other authors. The label is called "Pirata Sulista".
He acts in the film "Verdes Anos" by Carlos Gerbase.
1985 - Forms the band
Km 0 with Edu K in the guitars, Paulo Renato on the drums, Fred in the
percussion and Júlio on the bass guitar. In this formation, they record two
demo-tapes: "Nao Chores" and "Amor e Morte". Both play
a lot in Porto Alegre. They are constantly broadcasted through Atlântida
FM Radio Station, Cidade FM Radio Station and Ipanema FM Radio Station, in
the other ones, a little
less. "Nao Chores" plays very much in Rio de Janeiro, that even
Guilherme Arantes quotes it as a reference of music in the south of Brazil,
because
he likes to listen to it in Fluminense Radio Station. They start to alternate
with "Engenheiros do Hawaii" the opening band of the gigs. A gig
in Gigantinho is decisive: Rock Unificado I. Júlio knows the big bosses from
record companies will be there willing to produce a record of the rock from
the south. Inexplicably,
the band performs badly. Everything goes wrong. From there on, many personal
problems affect Júlio. The death of his wife is the limit of his astral hell.
He acts in the film "Quero ser Feliz" ("I want to be Happy"),
by Sérgio Lerrer,
in the role of a young recruit.
1986 - He starts as lead singer of the band
Urubu Rei, led by Carlos Eduardo Miranda. Soon they mix half the Km0 with
Urubu Rei, forming the renowned Expresso Oriente with Cator Daut and
Flávio Santos (future DeFalla cell). Júlio Reny and Expresso Oriente become
reference of Rock Gaúcho (from the south of Brazil) and of the underground
attitude. The things start to work out and the strategy of demo-tapes for
radios star to work again. "Maomé" and "Garota do Carro Vermelho"
were frequently played in the local young radio stations and the band gets
gigs. Júlio
ends up as a radio host for Ipanema FM as a producer, getting the first place
at IBOPE
(Public Opinion Poll) with Negras Melodias.
1987 - The band is reformulated.
Producer Moacir gets in and puts them in the countryside paths, Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paulo. There, they start playing their set list on TV shows and perform
gigs.
1988 - Júlio stars in the main role in the film "Vicious",
a short film by Rogério Ferrari. With the band, he records two tracks in the
collection Rio
Grande do Sul from Rock SBK.
1990 - Júlio Reny and the Expresso Oriente record
an independent album. 1991-He forms a new band: Júlio Reny Guitar Band, starting
to work with Frank Jorge with compositions and arrangements. He records many
videos and demo-tapes, getting well with the video "Mil e uma Noites" in
MTV. He goes on as a radio host at Ipanema FM and makes many gigs until 1996.
1997 - He blunts on Bandeirantes TV from Porto Alegre as the
character "Cowboy do Deserto" in the show "Folharada", making
chronicles and movie comments.
Fank Jorge, Márcio Petracco and Júlio Reny, under the name Cowboys Espirituais,
recorded two songs while jamming for Júlio’s girlfriend Melissa (who later
would be his wife): "Uma Mulher" and a version of "Como é Grande
o meu Amor por Voce" by Roberto Carlos.
1998 - The demo plays well on the radio and
the
jam becomes serious.The 15 more from Ipanema FM, heard all across the
state. They conclude an album and are hired by Trama Record Company who releases
nationally the CD "Cowboys Espirituais", having as a hit the song "Jovem
Cowboy" that gets the National Prize of Revelation in Latin America from
CMT (Country Music Television) from Miami / USA.
1999 - They perform many
gigs on the record throughout Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and Sao
Paulo. His second daughter is born, Larissa da Silva Barbo.
2001 - He re-edited
his main works included in the tape "Último Verao" (from
the bankrupted Piratas
Sulistas) and in the LP Júlio Reny and the Expresso Oriente. Frank
Jorge
gets into his solo careers and Júlio releases the project "Júlio
Canta Roberto Carlos", with success public in the night of Porto Alegre.
The Cowboys Espirituais
record their second record, "De Luxe", by Stop Records.
Text taken from the
book "Sons do Sul" by Henrique Mann.
2006 - He released his last work:
"Diários da Chuva", playing with Wander Wildner in Mao Santa
(Vila Madalena); he
is indicated to the Premio Açorianos for best pop songwriter. Co-authorship
by
Frank Jorge
and Carlo Pianta (Graforreia Xilarmônica).
2007 - He is preparing
his next album in which the title "Spring..." will lead to a solar
atmosphere, different
from the dark and rainy atmosphere from "Diários da Chuva"
("Diaries from
the Rain"). Pre-selecting the set list, he is recording the first
demos, acoustic guitar and voice.
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