2001

Daughter of an army officer, Cassia was born in Rio de Janeiro, but grew up in different cities due to her father’s assignments. She chose to be a singer at age 14, when someone gave her a guitar. Later on, in Brasília (State Capital), she would sing with choirs and trios elétricos (trucks specially remodeled to accommodate a live band, created in Bahia, in the 70s, for Carnival purposes), and trained classical singing. In 1989 she headed to São Paulo, passing around a demo tape of the song "Por Enquanto", by Renato Russo. She signed to Polygram and released her first LP, "Cássia Eller", in 1990. Besides "Por Enquanto", the album featured "Eleanor Rigby", (Beatles), and "O Dedo de Deus", (Arrigo Barnabé and Mário Manga). Eller played a series of shows with Argentinean guitarist Victor Biglione, presenting a blues repertoire that would spread her name as a blues and rock vocalist. The second album, "O Marginal", came two years later, consolidating her voice’s deep, low timbre on the market. Among the tracks, two Jimi Hendrix songs ("If Six Was Nine" and "Hear My Train A Comin’") and compositions by Itamar Assunção, Luiz Melodia and others. In 1994, the album "Cássia Eller" combined Brazilian rock classics with versions of samba (Ataulfo Alves) and popular Brazilian music (Djavan). Her next CD, "Veneno AntiMonotonia" (1997), was dedicated to the work of Cazuza, and followed by "Com Você... Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo" (1999), which featured the hit "O Segundo Sol".