Artist Info: Opa

1) After «The Shakers», a Beatles-esque group from Uruguay formed by the Fattoruso brothers, Hugo Fattoruso and Osvaldo Fattoruso were contacted by the bassist Ringo Thielmann to form a new band in the USA. After various years of touring with Airto Moreira, in 1974 they started to record their first songs under the name «Opa», a usual Uruguayan expression simply meaning «hi, how are you doing?» However, it's in 1976 when they are able to release their first proper studio album [read more...]