EMMERSON NOGUEIRA

'''Emmerson Nogueira''' (born Emmerson Oliveira Nogueira on September 9, 1972) is a Brazilian guitarist and songwriter notable for releasing only Cover albums, containing acoustic versions of several internationally famous English-speaking songs. He performs with his supporting band called Versão Acústica (Acoustic Version).

Contents

Biography

Childhood

Career

Discography

References

External Links

Biography

Childhood

Emmerson was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to Luiz Carlos Nogueira and Bernardina de Oliveira, and soon moved to São João Nepomuceno, also in Minas Gerais. He has five siblings: Heloiza, Anderson, Renata, Juninho e Helena.
By the age of 14, he started to get interested in music when he performed Capoeira, by learning how to play the Berimbau. One year later, he began to play the acoustic and electric guitar, the keyboards and the bass, but specially the acoustic guitar.
As an evangelic, he performed on a local church and won many festivals of Gospel music. He soon moved to Juiz de Fora, without the concern of his family, which didn’t believe he could survive all by himself. Those were difficult times for him, but he couldn’t tell anything to his parents, otherwise his father would take him back to the family. He would play with friends in local pubs and restaurants for a living.
Back to São João Nepomuceno, he formed various bands like “The Kingsize Tailors and The Nicotinos”, “Led Zepelin Cover”, “ The Wait ” and “Xadcaramelo” and continued to perform in pubs. He made also several partnerships with people like Ana Carolina , who invited him to take part of her Ana Carolina Convida (Ana Carolina Invites) show, where he was much acclaimed for his guitar playing. Other partnerships include the ones wih his cousin Kiko Furtado, the brazilian singer Cristiane Visentin and Leoni, ex-singer of Kid Abelha.

Career

In 2000, he makes one of his dreams come true: He presents his works to a Label and sign up with Sony Music. In the same year he releases his first album, called Versão Acústica (Acoustic Version). The success was so big that he had to come back from EUA to make a tour for the album. The album sold more than 100.000 copies in the fist six months, without appearing in any kind of media. The following album, Versão Acústica 2, released in November 2002, sold the same quantity in the half of the original time. The third Versão Acústica sold very well too. In 2004, he releases an album containing only Beatles covers.
In 2005, he released his fifth album, called “Miltons, Minas e Mais” in which he explored the sound of famous musicians from Minas Gerais, like Milton Nascimento.
To date, he has sold more than 1.700.000 copies.

Discography

★ Versão Acústica – 2001

★ Versão Acústica 2 – 2002

★ Versão Acústica 3 – 2003

★ Emmerson Nogueira Ao Vivo – 2003

★ Emmerson Nogueira - Beatles – 2004

★ Miltons, Minas e Mais – 2005

References

★ Emmerson Nogueira’s biography at his official fan-club

External Links

★ Official Site

★ Official Fan-Club

★ Emmerson Nogueira at Sony BGM Brasil