Novos Baianos was formed in 1969 and performed publicly for the first time at a show titled "
Desembarque dos Bichos, Depois do Dilúvio", presented in Salvador. During this time, the group consisted of Moreira, Boca de Cantor, Consuelo, and Galvão. In 1969, the group participated in the V Festival de Música Popular Brasileira, playing the song 'De Vera'. The group's name originated from this performance, which was broadcast on the Rede Record television station, where festival producer Marcos Antônio Riso exclaimed "Bring up these novos baianos!", referring to where the band originated from ("Novos Baianos" is Portuguese for "new Bahians"). This song would later be featured on the group's first studio album,
É Ferro na Boneca, which was recorded in 1970. Initially, the group's sound was a fusion of
psychedelic rock with traditional folk elements originating from Brazil. Originally, the group only played with Pepeu Gomes and Jorginho Gomes during their live performances. However, as time progressed, Gomes started to gain an increasingly important role in the group. After he married Consuelo, Gomes became a full-fledged member of the group and began arranging songs along with Moreira. who frequently visited the group. In 1972, Novos Baianos moved to Cantinho do Vovô, a property located near
Jacarepaguá, where the group members lived in a communal style. Shortly after moving onto the property, the group began writing and recording material for a new album, which was produced amidst the
ongoing military dictatorship in Brazil at the time. As a response to the melancholic sound of their musical contemporaries, the group set out to create a record that would bring a sense of joyfulness to listeners in the face of the authoritarian regime that was in power at the time. These recording sessions produced the group's second studio album,
Acabou Chorare. The album was a commercial success, due in part to the extensive airplay of songs on Brazilian radio stations at the time of the album's release. The album contained some of the group's most popular songs, which included 'Brasil Pandeiro', 'Preta Pretinha', 'Mistério do Planeta', and 'Besta é tu'. It was released on the
Som Livre label in 1972, and years later would be ranked as the best Brazilian music album by Rolling Stone magazine. It was around this time that the group incorporated
A Cor do Som as an auxiliary band. During this period, the group lived out of a garage, where they primarily focused on playing soccer and composing music. This period of time influenced the name of their third studio album,
Novos Baianos F.C., recorded and released on the Continental label in 1973. The group (with Moreira) later released their second live album in 2017, titled
Acabou Chorare - Novos Baianos Se Encontram, which was recorded during the group's 2015-2018 tour. Moreira died of a
heart attack on 13 April 2020, aged 72. Galvão later died from an undisclosed illness on 22 October 2022, aged 87. == Band members ==