Damião Experiença, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Damião Experiença

Brazilian musician

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1935

Place of Birth: Lauro de Freitas, Bahia, Brazil

Date of Death: 10-Dec-2016

Profession: singer, record producer, guitarist, percussionist, autobiographer, classical guitarist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Damião Ferreira da Cruz (September 27, 1935 – December 10, 2016), better known by his stage name Damião Experiença, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and compulsive hoarder.
Considered to be a major name of the Brazilian countercultural scene and one of the country's most famous and prolific outsider musicians, he was praised by figures such as Tony Bellotto, George Israel and Rogério Skylab, and also constantly compared to schizophrenic outsider artist Arthur Bispo do Rosário and musicians Frank Zappa, Moondog, Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra, Jandek and Father Yod.
His albums, usually sold by him in the streets or even handed out for free when he felt like it, became much-sought collector's items, and his reclusive, eccentric and unpretentious personality has attained him a passionate cult following.