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segunda-feira, julho 31, 2023

Lobo nasceu há oitenta anos...!


Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (Tallahassee, July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend".
      

  


domingo, julho 31, 2022

Lobo - 79 anos

     
Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (Tallahassee, July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend".
      

    


sábado, julho 31, 2021

Lobo - 78 anos

   
Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (Tallahassee, July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend".
    

 


terça-feira, julho 31, 2018

Lobo - 75 anos!

Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (Tallahassee, July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend".
Born in Tallahassee, Florida, LaVoie was raised by his mother in Winter Haven, Florida, with his six siblings. He began his musical career in 1961 as a member of a local band, The Rumours. The band included Gram Parsons and Jim Stafford, as well as drummer Jon Corneal, who later joined Parsons' International Submarine Band.
In 1964, while attending the University of South Florida, LaVoie joined a band called the Sugar Beats and met producer Phil Gernhard. He recorded a regional hit for the band, a cover of Johnny Rivers' song, "What Am I Doing Here".
During the 1960s, LaVoie performed with many other bands, including US Male, The Uglies, and Me and the Other Guys. It was in the latter band that he met musician Billy Aerts, who became a member of Lobo's touring band in the early 1970s and produced Lobo's comeback album in 1989.
Again working with Gernhard, his first solo record was released in 1969 on Laurie Records. It included the original tracks "Happy Days In New York City" backed with "My Friend Is Here".
By 1971, LaVoie had started calling himself Lobo (Spanish for wolf). Gernhard was an executive for Big Tree Records, and the company released his first single, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". The first major hit for the label, it reached #5 in the US and #4 in the UK and launched a successful series of singles. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc in September 1971.[2]
His debut album, Introducing Lobo, followed that May. In June 1971 his second single, "She Didn't Do Magic", was released. In September of the same year, "California Kid And Reemo" was released, followed by The Albatross. When Big Tree Records merged with Bell Records, Lobo's second project album Close Up was never released.
Under the Lobo alias, he released Of a Simple Man in 1972, which included back-to-back U.S. Top 10 hits, including "I'd Love You to Want Me" (#2, 18-25 November 1972) and "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend" (#8, 17-24 February 1973). The former became Lobo's biggest hit, a million-seller gaining gold disc status in November 1972[2] and internationally reaching #1 in Germany in December 1973 and #5 in the United Kingdom in July 1974.
With the release of Calumet in 1973, Lobo had three more Top 40 hits: "It Sure Took a Long, Long Time," "How Can I Tell Her" and "Standing at the End of the Line." He made an appearance on American Bandstand that year. There were two further minor hit singles from the album, "There Ain't No Way" and in 1975 "Standing At The End Of The Line".
In June 1974 Lobo's fourth album, Just A Singer, was released. It was the first album by Lobo to contain tracks not written by Lobo. The only single from the album was "Rings". "Don't Tell Me Goodnight" in 1975 became his last Top 30 single for Big Tree. Lobo also released the album, A Cowboy Afraid Of Horses with "Would I Still Have You" released as a single. The label followed it up with a compilation album that year entitled "The Best of Lobo".
In 1976, Lobo broke away from Big Tree, releasing the album Come With Me in Europe on the Philips label. "At First Sight" and "It's Everywhere" were the singles. Neither were released in US.
1977 Lobo signed with Curb Records in 1977 releasing the single "Afterglow", co-produced by Lobo and Gernhard and in 1978 "You Are All I'll Ever Need". No full-length album ever materialized from these sessions.
In 1979, Lobo was signed to MCA Records, where he worked with producer Bob Montgomery releasing the single "Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love", which reached #23. He also released his first US album in four years, Lobo. Other singles for Curb were "Holding On For Dear Love", "With A Love Like Ours" and "Fight Fire With Fire".
Reportedly dissatisfied with the production of his records, Lobo sought a release from his Curb contract. He moved to Nashville and in 1981 he started his own label, Lobo Records, and released several singles including "I Don't Want To Want You", written by his brother, Roger LaVoie, "Come Looking For Me" and "Living My Life Without You" charting in the country charts. He also released "Bull Smith Can't Dance the Cotton Eye Joe" with the group Wolfpack which included Narvel Felts and Kenny Earl.
Lobo Records became Evergreen Records in 1985. The label released two of his singles, "Am I Going Crazy" and "Paint The Town Blue", the latter a duet with Robin Lee.
Although far less followed in the United States, Lobo's popularity grew in Asia, fanned by the release of his greatest hits compilations in 1987 and 1988. This encouraged him to release in 1989, his first new album in 10 years, entitled Am I Going Crazy. It was recorded in Taiwan on UFO/WEA records and was produced by Billy Aerts. He signed a multi-album deal with PonyCanyon Records in Singapore, and in 1994 released Asian Moon, repackaging some of the tracks from Am I Going Crazy along with newly recorded marterials. His follow up album Classic Hits in 1995 were re-recordings of Lobo hits and some cover versions. in 1995. In 1996 he released the album Sometimes containing all new original songs.
On another Asian label, Springroll Entertainment, he released You Must Remember This in 1997, an album of pop standards that was released in two formats, one with vocals and the other with instrumental tracks.
In 2000, Lobo signed with a German record company, Gmbh Entertainment, and recorded a few tracks for various Hits CDs. He also co-wrote two Christmas songs with Billy Aerts, "A Big Kid's Christmas" and "Late Christmas Eve", which have been released on various Christmas compilations from 2000 to present. Singles recorded during this period include "Let It Be Me", "Who'll Stop The Rain" and "Different Drum".
In 2006, based on his Asian popularity, he toured in Southeast Asia.
In 2008 Lobo released Out of Time which featured old favorites and some new songs. A tribute album to the original era of the early Lobo recordings, was made available from the website fansoflobo.com.
    
     

terça-feira, dezembro 17, 2013

O melhor amigo do homem começou a sê-lo há mais tempo do que se pensava...

O cão tornou-se o nosso amigo na Europa pré-agrícola

O cão terá sido domesticado na Europa

Quando e onde é que o cão deixou de ser lobo e passou a ser o melhor amigo do homem? Uma análise comparativa do ADN de lobos e cães, modernos e antigos, forneceu agora a resposta.

Uma equipa internacional de cientistas conclui na revista Science, datada desta sexta-feira, que os lobos foram domesticados na Europa, pelos caçadores-recolectores, durante a última grande Idade do Gelo, há 19 mil a 32 mil anos. As suas conclusões invalidam uma velha teoria segundo a qual a domesticação do cão teria acontecido no leste da Ásia há apenas 15 mil anos.

De facto, esta teoria tinha um problema: os mais antigos restos fósseis de animais parecidos com cães que se conhecem provêm da Europa e da Sibéria e têm 30 mil anos. Mas agora, Olaf Thalmann, da Universidade de Turku, na Finlândia, e colegas – entre os quais Svante Pääbo, do Instituto Max Planck de Leipzig, na Alemanha, mais conhecido pela sequenciação do genoma dos Neandertais –, realizaram uma análise genética e resolveram essa aparente contradição.

Os cientistas compararam o chamado ADN mitocondrial de uma série de lobos, cães e afins. O ADN mitocondrial é um bocadinho de material genético que é exclusivamente transmitido pelas mães à sua descendência e que os geneticistas das populações usam para construir as árvores genealógicas das espécies por via matrilinear.

Mais precisamente, a equipa incluiu no estudo 18 lobos e canídeos pré-históricos e 77 cães e 49 lobos modernos – entre os quais o dingo, os coiotes da América do Norte, várias raças de cães chineses e os mais antigos restos fósseis de cães conhecidos, ambos encontrados na Alemanha (um com 12.500 anos e o outro com 14.700 anos).

Conclusão: o ADN dos cães modernos é muito parecido com o dos cães europeus, antigos e modernos, mas não com o dos lobos de fora da Europa.

Os resultados desta análise genética surpreenderam os próprios autores, lê-se num comunicado da Universidade de Tubinga (Alemanha), onde trabalha Johannes Krauss, especialista em sequenciação de ADN antigo, que também assina o artigo da Science. “Fiquei pasmado pela clareza com que [os resultados] mostram que todos os cães actuais descendem de apenas quatro linhagens, todas elas originárias da Europa”, diz Thalmann, citado nesse comunicado. Mais: a maioria do ADN dos cães modernos pertence a uma única linhagem, que apresenta um alto grau de parentesco com a de um esqueleto de lobo encontrado numa gruta no norte da Suíça.

“Os nossos resultados implicam que os cães já eram nossos amigos muito antes de começarmos a criar cabras, ovelhas e gado”, diz Krausse. Ou seja, a domesticação do lobo antecede o advento da agricultura e eles foram muito provavelmente domesticados pelas comunidades de caçadores-recolectores que dominaram a Europa durante a última grande Idade do Gelo.

Os cientistas especulam que o processo de domesticação terá começado com os lobos a serem atraídos pelos caçadores, cujo rasto seguiam comendo os restos de animais que eles deixavam para trás.

in Público - ler notícia

segunda-feira, novembro 04, 2013

Não são os lobos que precisam de colares GPS para serem vigiados...

Abatido a tiro mais um lobo-ibérico seguido com colar GPS

Foi abatido a tiro mais um lobo-ibérico seguido com colar GPS. Encontrada esta semana, Bragadinha terá morrido no passado dia 17, na zona de caça da Gavieira, em pleno Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês. A fêmea reprodutora da alcateia do Vez era seguida por telemetria desde setembro de 2012.
Fotografada recentemente pelo fotógrafo de natureza João Cosme a levar comida às crias, Bragadinha foi encontrada morta na semana passada semana em pleno Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês.
A necrópsia, realizada sexta-feira de manhã, revelou que foi abatida a tiro, tendo depois sido mordida por vários cães e alvo de paulada ou novo disparo post-mortem.
De 15 lobos marcados com colar GPS, no âmbito da investigação do CIBIO, 5 já morreram por causas humanas e de forma ilegal. O lobo-ibérico é uma espécie em perigo de extinção em Portugal e protegida por lei desde 1988.

quarta-feira, julho 31, 2013

Lobo - 70 anos!

Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (born July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend".

Born in Tallahassee, Florida, LaVoie was raised by his mother in Winter Haven, Florida, with his six siblings. He began his musical career in 1961 as a member of a local band, The Rumours. The band included Gram Parsons and Jim Stafford, as well as drummer Jon Corneal, who later joined Parsons' International Submarine Band.
In 1964, while attending the University of South Florida, LaVoie joined a band called the Sugar Beats and met producer Phil Gernhard. He recorded a regional hit for the band, a cover of Johnny Rivers' song, "What Am I Doing Here".
During the 1960s, LaVoie performed with many other bands, including US Male, The Uglies, and Me and the Other Guys. It was in the latter band that he met musician Billy Aerts, who became a member of Lobo's touring band in the early 1970s and produced Lobo's comeback album in 1989.
Again working with Gernhard, his first solo record was released in 1969 on Laurie Records. It included the original tracks "Happy Days In New York City" backed with "My Friend Is Here".

By 1971, LaVoie had started calling himself Lobo (Spanish for wolf). Gernhard was an executive for Big Tree Records, and the company released his first single, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". The first major hit for the label, it reached #5 in the US and #4 in the UK and launched a successful series of singles. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc in September 1971.[2]
His debut album, Introducing Lobo, followed that May. In June 1971 his second single, "She Didn't Do Magic", was released. In September of the same year, "California Kid And Reemo" was released, followed by The Albatross. When Big Tree Records merged with Bell Records, Lobo's second project album Close Up was never released.
Under the Lobo alias, he released Of a Simple Man in 1972, which included back-to-back U.S. Top 10 hits, including "I'd Love You to Want Me" (#2, 18-25 November 1972) and "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend" (#8, 17-24 February 1973). The former became Lobo's biggest hit, a million-seller gaining gold disc status in November 1972[2] and internationally reaching #1 in Germany in December 1973 and #5 in the United Kingdom in July 1974.
With the release of Calumet in 1973, Lobo had three more Top 40 hits: "It Sure Took a Long, Long Time," "How Can I Tell Her" and "Standing at the End of the Line." He made an appearance on American Bandstand that year. There were two further minor hit singles from the album, "There Ain't No Way" and in 1975 "Standing At The End Of The Line".

In June 1974 Lobo's fourth album, Just A Singer, was released. It was the first album by Lobo to contain tracks not written by Lobo. The only single from the album was "Rings". "Don't Tell Me Goodnight" in 1975 became his last Top 30 single for Big Tree. Lobo also released the album, A Cowboy Afraid Of Horses with "Would I Still Have You" released as a single. The label followed it up with a compilation album that year entitled "The Best of Lobo".
In 1976, Lobo broke away from Big Tree, releasing the album Come With Me in Europe on the Philips label. "At First Sight" and "It's Everywhere" were the singles. Neither were released in US.
1977 Lobo signed with Curb Records in 1977 releasing the single "Afterglow", co-produced by Lobo and Gernhard and in 1978 "You Are All I'll Ever Need". No full-length album ever materialized from these sessions.
In 1979, Lobo was signed to MCA Records, where he worked with producer Bob Montgomery releasing the single "Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love", which reached #23. He also released his first US album in four years, Lobo. Other singles for Curb were "Holding On For Dear Love", "With A Love Like Ours" and "Fight Fire With Fire".
Reportedly dissatisfied with the production of his records, Lobo sought a release from his Curb contract. He moved to Nashville and in 1981 he started his own label, Lobo Records, and released several singles including "I Don't Want To Want You", written by his brother, Roger LaVoie, "Come Looking For Me" and "Living My Life Without You" charting in the country charts. He also released "Bull Smith Can't Dance the Cotton Eye Joe" with the group Wolfpack which included Narvel Felts and Kenny Earl.
Lobo Records became Evergreen Records in 1985. The label released two of his singles, "Am I Going Crazy" and "Paint The Town Blue", the latter a duet with Robin Lee.

Although far less followed in the United States, Lobo's popularity grew in Asia, fanned by the release of his greatest hits compilations in 1987 and 1988. This encouraged him to release in 1989, his first new album in 10 years, entitled Am I Going Crazy. It was recorded in Taiwan on UFO/WEA records and was produced by Billy Aerts. He signed a multi-album deal with PonyCanyon Records in Singapore, and in 1994 released Asian Moon, repackaging some of the tracks from Am I Going Crazy along with newly recorded marterials. His follow up album Classic Hits in 1995 were re-recordings of Lobo hits and some cover versions. in 1995. In 1996 he released the album Sometimes containing all new original songs.
On another Asian label, Springroll Entertainment, he released You Must Remember This in 1997, an album of pop standards that was released in two formats, one with vocals and the other with instrumental tracks.
In 2000, Lobo signed with a German record company, Gmbh Entertainment, and recorded a few tracks for various Hits CDs. He also co-wrote two Christmas songs with Billy Aerts, "A Big Kid's Christmas" and "Late Christmas Eve", which have been released on various Christmas compilations from 2000 to present. Singles recorded during this period include "Let It Be Me", "Who'll Stop The Rain" and "Different Drum".
In 2006, based on his Asian popularity, he toured in Southeast Asia.
In 2008 Lobo released Out of Time which featured old favorites and some new songs. A tribute album to the original era of the early Lobo recordings, was made available from the website fansoflobo.com.