Singer Malu Rodrigues is the soloist in a show made with a band made up of musicians who played with Erasmo Carlos (1941 – 2022) Rodrigo Goffredo ? SHOW REVIEW Title: Malu Rodrigues and the Tremendão band play Erasmo Carlos Artists: Malu Rodrigues – with musicians Luiz Lopez, Mario Vitor, Pedro Herzog and Rike Frainer Date and place: July 2, 2026 at Manouche (Rio de Janeiro, RJ) Price: ? ? ? ? A fundamental stone in the construction of rock in Brazil in the 1960s, even though at the beginning the national aspect of the genre was taken from the North American matrix, the pioneering work of Erasmo Carlos (June 5, 1941 – November 22, 2022) is great in the sense of quality and quantity. Over six decades of experience in the pop universe, the singer, composer and musician from Rio moved from Jovem Guarda rock to samba-rock, soul, funk and love songs – recurrent in the artist's musicography – until returning to his origins in his last album, “O futuro belongs to... Jovem Guarda” (2022), released in the last year of Tremendão's life. The breadth of Erasmo Carlos' songbook struck our ears throughout the two hours of the show “Malu Rodrigues e banda do Tremendão play Erasmo Carlos”, presented at Manouche, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), on the night of Thursday, July 2nd, as an early tribute to the artist for the 85 years that the Gentle Giant would celebrate tomorrow, Sunday, June 5th. From an instrumental point of view, the show was excellent – ??especially because the band that shared the stage with soloist Malu Rodrigues was made up of a quartet that played with the singer. If Luiz Lopez (guitar) and Rike Frainer (drums) shared stages and studios with Erasmo Carlos for more than 10 years, Mario Vitor (guitar) and Pedro Herzog (bass) played with Tremendão on several occasions. In other words, everyone knew what was playing. Not to mention that maestro and keyboardist José Lourenço – used to playing with Erasmo and with full command of the artist's musical universe – made a luxurious participation in the tribute, translating on the keyboards the atmosphere of the song “É necessary to give a way, my friend” (1971) and giving a separate show in an instrumental passage from “É necessary to know how to live” (1968), a collective encore number that concluded the tribute with the presence of the other guest, Leo Jaime. A disciple of Erasmo, appointed by himself as a successor when he emerged in the 1980s, Leo Jaime justified his tremendous endorsement in the two songs he sang in a duet with Malu Rodrigues, “Gatinha manhosa” (1965) – recorded by Jaime in 1988 – and “Sou uma infantil, não não desenvolvimento nada” (1974, Erasmo's only partnership with Ghiaroni). Despite the really special appearances, the show rarely went beyond the cover limit. Singer and actress featured in theater musicals, Malu Rodrigues confirmed the tuning and good vocal technique, without however imprinting her own fingerprints as a performer on the singing of Erasmo Carlos' songbook, almost entirely composed in partnership with Roberto Carlos. The absence of a better delineated vocal personality in the soloist's singing was already evident in the three rock songs – “Minha fame de bad” (1964), “Vem hot que está fervendo” (Eduardo Araújo and Carlos Imperial, 1967) and “Quero que go tudo pro inferno” (1965) – which opened the script without the fire that burned Erasmo on young Sunday afternoons. In the same way, Malu revealed the melancholy embedded in the ballad “Devolva-me” (Lilian Knapp and Renato Barros, 1966). On the other hand, the singer hit the delicate and almost interiorized tone of the song “Mais um na noite” (2001), Erasmo's partnership with Carlinhos Brown and Marisa Monte that leveraged the album “Pra fale de amor” (2001), an album that expanded Erasmo's work with new repertoire, ending the off-season period of the 1990s. The musicians' good vocal solos corroborated the feeling that the show was situated in the cover arena, including the similarities between the timbres of some musicians and that of Tremendão. If bassist Pedro Herzog gave voice to the ballad “Minha superstar” (1981), drummer Rike Frainer sang “Gente Aberto” (1971), a song from the album “Carlos, Erasmo...”, a record that expanded Erasmo’s work beyond the horizon of Jovem Guarda, including the recording of a politicized rock song by Taiguara (1945 – 1996), “Doisanimals in the dirty jungle of the street” (1971), big surprise in the script. Guitarist Mario Vitor sang solo vocals on the beautiful song “Mulher (Sex fragil)” (1981) and duet with Malu Rodrigues on the existentialist song “Sentado à brink of the path” (1969), a symbol of Erasmo Carlos' momentary disorientation after the end of Jovem Guarda. Finally, the other guitarist Luiz Lopez presented his own song, “Erasmo” (2022), composed by Lopez four years ago under the impact of the death of Erasmo Carlos. Above any interpretation, the perennial strength of the work of Erasmo Carlos stood out in the show, owner of a giant songbook and – contrary to what his false reputation for evil might suggest – almost always loving and kind. Malu Rodrigues shares the stage at the Manouche house with Luiz Lopez (guitar), Rike Frainer (drums), Mario Vitor (guitar) and Pedro Herzog (bass) Rodrigo Goffredo