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Almir Sater

One of the most accomplished players of his native country’s 10-string viola caipira, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor Almir Eduardo Melke Sater (November 14, 1956) achieved widespread fame through his seamless concoction of traditional Brazilian music with blues, country, and bluegrass. Born in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, Sater moved to Rio de Janeiro in his 20s to study law but soon dropped out to pursue a career in music. He then moved back to Campo Grande, where he formed the duo Lupe and Lampião, and studied the viola caipira under the wing of Tião Carreiro. In 1979, Sat...