Avolta Jr - It's a Crazy Cover Up!

a show devoted to some truly insane cover versions of songs by the beatles, james brown, herbie hancock, the doobie brothers and even manu dibango! kicking off with drummer wilson das neves’ version of the marlene shaw classic california soul we move through os 3 morais’ wonderful aquarius from galt mcdermot’s hair. this is followed by a beatles couplet, fool on the hill by tema 3 and elis regina’s version of golden slumbers. jovem guarda stars leno e lilian show up something stupid whilst not yet jazz funk diva flora purim shows her roots with a piping hava nagila! luiz henrique (who was one of the many people wit a claim to be ex-mr liza minelli) pays tribute with a highly personal interpretation of cabaret from the movie of the same name, deny and dino want us to shut up and conjunto 3d are happily swinging a cheesy gospel tinged version of watermelon man. singer claudia takes the primeval mancini riff and vamps on peter gunn, baile boys the biriba boys get sunny. secret hits band as quente de patropi featuring luiz carlos vinhas break up look of llove and look around. finally moving into the seventies with os incriveis parroted version of i feel good whilst erlon chaves and banda veneno forget that they’re playing a doobie brothers tune bang in the middle and pick up on manu dibango’s 1972 worldwide hit soul makossa!

1. wilson das neves – california soul 2. os 3 morais – aquarius 3. tema 3 – fool on the hill 4. elis regina – golden slumbers 5. leno e lilian – coisa estupida 6. flora purim – hava nagila 7. deny & dino – shut up 8. conjunto 3d – watermelon man 9. claudia – vai baby (peter gunn) 10. biriba boys – sunny 11. as quentes do patropi – look of love/look around 12. os incriveis – i feel good (i got you) 13. erlon chaves e banda veneno – long train runnin’/soul makossa

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