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OLD FRONTIER

About Me

Tradicional grupo vocal brasileiro dedicado à interpretação de canções Folk & Country de raíz norte-americanas, a música do OLD FRONTIER escapa aos padrões do popular country-rock.OLD FRONTIER que hoje é composto por Udo, Edda e Daniel, teve suas origens num colégio interno em Rio Claro, interior de São Paulo, onde um grupo de estudantes fundou, em 1958, o conjunto "Assassinos do Rítmo", cujo repertório continha principalmente músicas regionais. Em 1960, já em São Paulo, "Assassinos do Rítmo" passou a se denominar "RHYTHM KILLERS", adotando, então, o estilo Folk. Foi nesta fase que o conjunto se apresentou em vários programas de TV, como por exemplo, o “Jovem Guarda” transmitido pela TV Record. Além dessas apresentações, "RHYTHM KILLERS"gravou, em 1964, um compacto simples com as músicas “Greenback Dollar”, título traduzido pela gravadora FERMATA como “Papel Moeda”, e “Tom Dooley”. Após uma longa pausa entre 1966 e 1978, o conjunto voltou com força total sob o nome de OLD FRONTIER, passando a tocar, a partir de 1980, em vários bares, programas de rádio, como o “Country Sunday” pela Rádio Transamérica, clubes, eventos étnicos, etc, sendo considerado, até hoje, um dos melhores conjuntos de música Folk e Country do Brasil.
TRANSLATION:
Dedicating themselves to their own interpretation of American folk and country songs, the traditional brazilian vocal group OLD FRONTIER differs from popular country-rock. OLD FRONTIER, today consisting of UDO (guitar, 5-string banjo, vocals), EDDA (12-string guitar, vocals) and DANIEL (acoustic guitar, bass, vocals), has its origin in a boarding school in a small town called Rio Claro, upstate Sao Paulo. In 1958 a group of students founded “Assassinos do Rítmo” mainly performing regional brazilian folk songs. In 1960, back in Sao Paulo City, “Assassinos do Rítmo” changed their name to “RHYTHM KILLERS”, now adopting the American folk style and celebrating success by performing at various tv shows. Apart from these performances, they recorded their first single in 1964, containing “Greenback Dollar” (A-Side) and “Tom Dooley” (B-Side). After a long break (1966 – 1978), the band returns as OLD FRONTIER, performing at some of the most popular bars of Sao Paulo, all kinds of events all over the country and various radio stations. Despite many changes throughout the past 30 years, OLD FRONTIER is still performing and considered one of the best folk and country bands in Brazil.
YCSA gig - June 2008



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Member Since: 27/10/2007
Band Website: http://www.old-frontier.com
Band Members:
UDO - vocals, acoustic guitar, 5 string banjo

EDDA - vocals, 12 string guitar

DANIEL - vocals, accoustic guitar, bass
Influences: Brothers Four, Kingston Trio, Joe & Eddie, Johnny Horton, Alan Lomax, Woody Guthrie, just to name a few.
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Sounds Like: OLD FRONTIER sounds like OLD FRONTIER
Record Label: OLD FRONTIER

My Blog

YCSA GIG, June 2008

On June, 21st OLD FRONTIER played at Yacht Club Santo Amaro. Unfortunately, a few weeks before the gig our friend DANIEL became very sick and could not perform. Thanks to our good frien...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:48:00 GMT

BOAS NOVAS!

Daniel, apesar de estar ainda internado, está estável e, dentro do possível, passa bem.Após analisarmos todas as possibilidades, revogamos o cancelamento do evento no YCSA no dia 21.06.2008. Graç...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:46:00 GMT

"Louisiana Saturday Night" - Mel MacDaniels

A canção "Louisiana Saturday Night" é um cover da canção de mesmo nome de MEL MacDANIELS, do album "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" The song "Louisiana Saturday Night" is a cover of MEL MacDANIELS' song...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:43:00 GMT