Tim Maia’s Superbly Idiosyncratic Soul
By Richard Gehr, eMusic Contributor
Although he died in 1998 at the age of 55 after nearly collapsing onstage a week earlier, Maia's myth has been growing steadily since the 2008 release of Nelson Motta's best-selling biography, Vale Tudo: O Som e a Fúria de Tim Maia (Anything Goes: The Sound and the Fury of Tim Maia). The book was turned into a hit musical that in turn inspired a forthcoming biopic. Not bad for a former lunch delivery boy… more »
