The singer recalls an episode in which João Ricardo and Gerson Conrad had difficulties and tried to “censor” their theatrical performance
THE Dry and wet He lasted three years from 1971 to 1974 at the height of military dictatorship. Like a hasty band, especially for the figure of Ney matogrossoinevitably it was necessary to face repression.
Only she has not always come from the outside. There was a specific episode in which the censorship walked away from inside the group – and Ney was the target.
Still at the beginning, in 1972, Ney was already attracting attention to the mode of dance, painting and causing on stage. He was gaining like a nascent star, but for the other two members, João Ricardo AND Gerson ConradThe spotlight attracted by the singer were not positive at all. Above all because they threw light on the sexuality of the trio.
One night, João and Gerson, accompanied by businessman Moracy Do Valcalled Ney in a meeting and gave an ultimatum: he should have renounced makeup and extravagant dance, because the Dry and wet He was starting to be considered a “gay” band.
Ney recalled this episode in a recent interview with the program Conversation with Bialfrom the Rede Globotranscribed by Rolling Stone Brazil:
“They called me for dinner in a restaurant in San Paolo And then I was told that I could no longer paint and dance as I danced because they said we were a group of homosexuals. “
He added, revealing what his answer was and clarifying that he did not bow his colleagues:
“I said:” But this is very simple to solve, guys. They say you are not. “If I stop doing it (dance and painting), I will go out and I will do something else.
From then on, however, the relationship between Ney and, in particular, João Ricardo began acid. About a year later, at the beginning of 1974, it would be all with each other.
The drop of water for Ney Matogrosso
The drop of water was the entrance to João AipolináioJoão Ricardo’s father, in the circuit. In Ney’s evaluation, both planned to convince the business motorcycle Val to take the sticker to take the direction of Dry and wet.
Al podcast Chat with CLê (Via Igor Miranda website), Ney said:
“I decided that I would leave the band when we went to Mexico And our manager (Moracy Do Val) did not appear there because he had changed, João Ricardo’s father had become our manager instead of our manager and I went against it. I immediately went against it. Then I was told: “You signed for him to leave.” I said, ‘I signed for him to leave? I don’t want me to go out, as I signed for if he left? ‘Because they gave me some documents to sign in the office to continue working. Only I thought that brunetics would go with us. When I arrived at the airport, Moracca did not show up, I started to be suspicious. “
Dry and wet breaking
The second album of the group, appointed or also known as Dry and humid II (1974), was launched with the imminent end. Despite having great songs, like “Astral flowers”, “No: don’t say anything”, “Oh! AND “Flight”The album did not have the same repercussion of the debut and practically fell into the Costcism while Ney Matogrosso decided to leave, resulting at the end of the group and in solo careers of those involved.
With other formations, Dry & Wet existed between 1977 and 1980, 1988, 1999 to 2000 and from 2011 to 2012. Lanned seven albums without Ney. The greatest success in the absence of the singer, “What happened to all the flowers?”integrated the album Dry and wet III (1978).
In turn, Matogrosso started a long solo career with the album Sky Water – Bird (1975), which did not obtain the expected repercussion. Commercial success is back with Bandit (1976). Since then, dozens of records have been released – the most recent, Naked with my musicArrived in 2021, the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the artist.
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Source: Terra
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