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.

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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 such as
Albert King, Freddie King, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, B.B. King,
Stevie Ray Voughan and etc.

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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..

Over the years, Fred simply became a friend and we are really happy
to welcome him in LiquID again ;)

see you on thursday ;)