Furtado was born in
Portuguese Mozambique, where he lived until he was one year old. He then moved to
Coimbra,
Portugal with his parents. Later, he enrolled at Lisbon University to study Human Movement Science but dropped out after three days, considering the studies pointless. He then focused a lot on surfing, becoming a local body board hero. Furtado's musical career began in the late 1980s as the lead guitarist and songwriter in the Portuguese
psychobilly band Tédio Boys. The group released three albums during the 1990s and embarked on a U.S. tour. In 1999, after leaving Tédio Boys, Furtado founded the
Coimbra-based
blues rock outfit
Wraygunn, in which he plays lead guitar and sings alongside Raquel Ralha. The band has released five albums. During this period, Furtado began a solo career as The Legendary Tigerman. He released his first album,
Naked Blues, on the Subotnick Enterprises label in 2001. While working with Subotnick Enterprises, he released the follow-up,
Fuck Christmas, I Got the Blues (2003) and the remix compilation
In Cold Blood (2004). Switching to Rastilho Records, he produced
Masquerade in 2006, which won him critical acclaim. In 2009 he joined
Jarvis Cocker on a successful tour. Following this, he switched to EMI to produce his fifth solo album,
Femina, a record about women, which featured collaborations with female singers including
Asia Argento,
Peaches,
Lisa Kekaula, Becky Lee,
Phoebe Killdeer,
Cibelle,
Maria de Medeiros. It became one of the top five albums on the Portuguese charts. A year later,
Femina went platinum in Portugal and was named Record of the Year by newspapers and magazines including
Les Inrockuptibles,
Rock & Folk,
Telerama, and
El Pais. ==Discography==