Is there an Abbey Road in Minas Gerais?
The title of this article may be weird to you and you may ask me: how is this possible? What is the relation between the English band and the culture of this state of Brazil? Well, it's notorious that the Beatles had a major influence on the world's music scene, and in Brazil, it could not be different. In the late 1960s and early 1970s a movement called "Clube da Esquina" happened, not necessarily an organization but a gathering of friends at the corner of a street in the city of Belo Horizonte, whose members had no claim to be one of the most important cultural movements in Brazilian history.
However, in a natural way, the group began their first compositions. Names such as Milton Nascimento, Beto Guedes, Lô Borges, Fernando Brant and others would become prominent musicians and composers in the Brazilian music scene. The Clube da Esquina's music was revolutionary for that time, with experiments and new sonorities, a mixture of Brazilian traditions and influence of progressive English rock and the most striking being of the Beatles. All members of Clube da Esquina have always said about this inspiration.
In fact, the capital of Minas Gerais, the city of Belo Horizonte was Abbey Road, although the artists had to migrate to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, because these cities were at that time the musical center of the country. But the mainly musical creations of the iconic album called Clube da Esquina - which years later would have the second version - was in Belo Horizonte at the home of some members of the group: the Borges family. The story is long, the production is eternal and here we can write long articles on just this group, but at the moment it is of interest to speak only about this important influence. I do not know if Beatles members have a sense of role in history, how they have influenced generations, changed behavior patterns, and we can say the musical culture of a traditional region. At that time Belo Horizonte was only a provincial city, although geographically close, in cultural aspects it was far from metropolis.
We had our Abbey Road in Minas Gerais, something that became universal on the other side of the ocean influencing generations that also produced an imposing work in Brazil that became universal as well. The world knows the Clube da Esquina, but perhaps they do not know the great influence of the English group.
In fact, the capital of Minas Gerais, the city of Belo Horizonte was Abbey Road, although the artists had to migrate to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, because these cities were at that time the musical center of the country. But the mainly musical creations of the iconic album called Clube da Esquina - which years later would have the second version - was in Belo Horizonte at the home of some members of the group: the Borges family. The story is long, the production is eternal and here we can write long articles on just this group, but at the moment it is of interest to speak only about this important influence. I do not know if Beatles members have a sense of role in history, how they have influenced generations, changed behavior patterns, and we can say the musical culture of a traditional region. At that time Belo Horizonte was only a provincial city, although geographically close, in cultural aspects it was far from metropolis.
We had our Abbey Road in Minas Gerais, something that became universal on the other side of the ocean influencing generations that also produced an imposing work in Brazil that became universal as well. The world knows the Clube da Esquina, but perhaps they do not know the great influence of the English group.
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