The L.A. sessions

João Erbetta (Paco Garcia)
Disques: Pop-Rock

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Fiche technique Disques

Timbre	Independiente
Style	Pop-Rock
Année d'origine Édition	2008
Instrumental

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João Erbetta (guitarra eléctrica), Richard D'Andrea (contrabajo), Pete Curry (batería).

Edición en formato Slidepack (funda de cartón).

"Também conhecido como Paco Garcia, o guitarrista e vocalista do Los Pirata João Erbetta aproveitou os shows e a gravação do segundo disco de sua banda nos Estados Unidos, em 2008, para registrar seu primeiro disco solo.
“The LA Sessions” traz 11 canções instrumentais, 10 são autorias próprias, cujos temas passeiam entre surf music, country, rockabilly, entre outros. É um disco de guitarrista, mas sem excessos virtuosísticos que transformam estas obras numa "punhetagem". O álbum abre com o surf punk “Viva Waimea!”, com a mesma pegada surge uma versão sensacional para “Tico Tico no Fubá” de Zequinha de Abreu, perfeita! Outras canções parecem saídas de trilhas de filmes de faroeste, é o caso de “South American girl”, “Oil Man” e “The dog and the squirrel”, há também rockabilly com “Road to Minneapolis” e “Malibu nightmare”. Um dos poucos e bons discos brasileiros de surf music instrumental."

"Surf music with a Latin twist. Brazilian guitar player Joao Erbetta releases his first album of "Latin Americana" in the U.S.

Forget guitar heroes and long solos. Joao Erbetta's first CD release in the United States, "The L.A. Sessions", is an instrumental tribute to tight melodies with a surf music spirit and a strong Brazilian/Latin twist.

In this recording, Erbetta, 37, a New York-based guitar player and producer, gave a "vintage" sound approach to his compositions. The production is his third instrumental work and the first of a style that is being called "Latin Americana".

When the idea of "The L.A. Sessions" came out, Joao asked surf country pal Deke Dickerson where he could find a place like a 1950's room to record a live, organic session.The answer was quick. The place was a studio in Los Angeles, and the man was Los Straitjackets Pete Curry. After 3 days, the CD was ready, full of original and 'tight' melodies.

"I don't like songs that don't reach a conclusion, with long solos. Surf and country music are based on melodies. My connection is with the melody, you can actually whistle all my songs," Erbetta says, as a loyal fan of guitar players from the 50's as Les Paul, Chet Atkins and Wes Montgomery.

The CD's eleven songs were designed to be played by a trio. "Viva Waimea" feels like a Summer on the beach, an Elvis Presley movie with a feet in Waimea Bay. "The Dog and the Squirrel" is inspired in the nervous interaction between a friend's dog, a Border Collie, and the electric squirrels that live at the National Mall, where Erbetta regularly headed for walks during the time he lived in DC.
"Tico-tico no Fuba", a classic Brazilian tune immortalized by Hollywood's Carmen Miranda in the 40's, gained here a surf music touch, and "Oil Man" sounds like a funeral song for a very greedy and powerful man dying in loneliness.