a man is playing guitar in front of a church.

Our group of teenage musicians was very active in church work. Pimentas, through Irmão Clarismundo, musically influenced our generation. One of his sons, Ticão, was our master in the art of playing the popular guitar. And he himself, when he was at his brother Teco's house, in São Paulo, where he stayed for a few months, returned to our homeland with new styles to share with us. Rock, guarânia, Iê-iê-iê, ballad were the rhythms that we learned to form the basis for that beautiful, golden solo guitar, which he performed with skillful solos. The blue electric guitar – which also used big batteries – and its little square sound box were left aside. Now, we were sacred “rockers”.