Recently, he performed the guitar solos in Clint Eastwood's, "UNFORGIVEN", which were specially orchestrated for him. It was his last work. He died in 1995.

By the time Laurindo left Brazil, he was considered to be the one of the best guitarists in Rio de Janeiro. A hit song, "Johnny Pedlar," (1940) written by him netted him a $4,000 royalty check from RCA Victor enabling him to relocate to California in 1947. He says, "The airplane trip from Rio to New York took 38 hours, with many stops and 12 more hours to California." "Johnny Peddler," ("Aldeia Roupa Branca") a song about the street peddler selling many things including love, was popularized by the Andrew Sisters, Jimmy Dorsey, Les Brown's Band of Renown and numerous others.
He stayed in the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 1961. His first job in the United States was in a Danny Kaye movie soundtrack, "A STAR IS BORN" in which Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Nat Cole also worked.

More information at: http://www.csun.edu/~igra/igra/bio/text/almeida.html http://users.compulink.gr/micmic/lalmeida/lalmeida.htm

Shaun

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