Tim Bernardes

Paulista Tim Bernardes was born on the same day as Paul McCartney (June 18) and caused controversy in his family when he uttered his first word: "múshca". Son of Maurício Pereira, Tim began studying music at the age of six. He learned music theory from Pedro Mourão and guitar from Akira, both members of the group Rumo, an icon of the so-called "vanguarda paulista" of the 1980s. Tonho Penhasco, guitarist for Itamar Assumpção on the album "Sampa Midnight" and Arrigo Barnabé, was the boy's second guitar teacher.