14/07/2011, 21:30

FRED BARRETO GROUP

FRED BARRETO is a self-taught guitarist who first picked up an electric guitar at the age of 17, in his native Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. He soon realized his passion and decided to pursue music professionally. Very quickly, Fred started performing and recording as a sideman, playing with many different blues and rock artists from Brazil and USA.



In 2005, Fred performed on the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and decided to stay in Europe. Living in Lisbon, Portugal, he played as a bandleader with the Fred Barreto Blues Trio. He has been influenced by many blues and rock guitarists scene such as Albert King, Freddie King, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Voughan and etc. Moving to Germany in October 2007, he started to performing with some blues artists, playing on Festivals and Clubs from Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and France...



Fred barreto on guitar and vocals
Ruben el Pavoni on bass
Tomi Boy Lehnert on drums

a solid blues-rock act not to miss!