Poet, main lyricist, and founder of the band Novos Baianos, Luiz Galvão passed away at the age of 87 on Saturday night (22). He was hospitalized at InCor (Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Med School, USP), in the city of São Paulo, where he was recovering from a heart attack. The cremation takes place this Monday (24), in the capital of São Paulo. The death, the cause of which was not disclosed, was confirmed by his son, Lahirí Galvão, and by Caetano Veloso, in addition to his bandmate Baby do Brasil, all on Instagram. "Go in peace, my daddy!" wrote Lahirí.
Born in Juazeiro, Bahia, Luiz Galvão graduated in agronomy, an area he worked in for years before meeting the musician Salvador Moraes Moreira, who died in 2020, and Paulinho Boca de Cantor. A supporter of Vasco, he also played professional football in his hometown.
Galvão and Moreira lived in the same boarding house in the capital of Bahia, where they created the Novos Baianos, one of the most important and creative musical groups in the history of Brazilian music. The band later incorporated Pepeu Gomes and Baby do Brazil, who, at the time, went by the name of Baby Consuelo.
Translated by Cassy Dias