{{short description|Belgian-born Brazilian musician (born 1965)}} {{Portuguese name|Dutra|Villa-Lobos}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dado Villa-Lobos | image = Dado Villa-Lobos ao vivo.jpg | caption = Villa-Lobos performing with Legião Urbana in May 2012. | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | birth_name = Eduardo Dutra Villa-Lobos | alias = Dado | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Brussels, Belgium | death_date = | origin = | instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|mandolin|craviola|dobro|bass guitar|percussion|vocals}} | genre = {{hlist|Post-punk|alternative rock|folk rock|punk rock|pop rock|power pop}} | occupation = Musician, songwriter | years_active = 1983–present | label = EMI | past_member_of = Legião Urbana | website = [http://www.dadovilla-lobos.com.br/ www.dadovilla-lobos.com.br] }} '''Eduardo "Dado" Dutra Villa-Lobos''' (born 29 June 1965) is a Belgian-born Brazilian musician, best known as the ex-guitarist of Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Along with singer Renato Russo and drummer Marcelo Bonfá, he was one of the founding members of that band, who formed in Brasília in 1982.<ref name="amg-legiao">Neder, Alvaro. "[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p295798|pure_url=yes}} Legião Urbana – Biography]", Allmusic, accessed November 7, 2007.</ref> Villa-Lobos remained with the band through all of their studio albums, until the group dissolved after the 1996 death of Russo.<ref name="amg-legiao" /> In 2005, he released his first solo album, ''Jardim de Cáctus'', produced by Laufer.
On 30 May 2012, he attended the ''Tribute to Legião Urbana'' with Wagner Moura,<ref>[http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/cadernog/conteudo.phtml?id=1260670&tit=Tributo-ao-Legiao-Urbana-emociona-mais-de-14-mil-pessoas Tributo ao Legião Urbana emociona mais de 14 mil pessoas]</ref> where they clashed with a fan during the presentation.<ref>[http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/1098737-dado-villa-lobos-discute-com-fa-em-tributo-a-legiao.shtml Dado Villa-Lobos discute com fã em tributo à Legião]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rondoniadinamica.com/arquivo/dado-villa-lobos-discute-com-fa-durante-o-tributo-a-legiao-urbana-,35740.shtml |title=Dado Villa-Lobos Discute Com Fã durante o Tributo à Legião Urbana |access-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219181916/http://www.rondoniadinamica.com/arquivo/dado-villa-lobos-discute-com-fa-durante-o-tributo-a-legiao-urbana-,35740.shtml |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/atlantidafloripa/2012/06/01/depois-de-ser-xingado-dado-vila-lobos-expulsa-fa-de-show/ Depois de ser xingado, Dado Vila-Lobos expulsa fã de show] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130407135016/http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/atlantidafloripa/2012/06/01/depois-de-ser-xingado-dado-vila-lobos-expulsa-fa-de-show/ |date=April 7, 2013 }}</ref>
== Early and personal life == Villa-Lobos was born in Brussels, Belgium, to a Brazilian diplomat, and also lived in Montevidéu, Uruguay until 1971, when he moved to Brazil and lived in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. In 1975, he went back abroad, this time to Paris, France, where he spent his free time committing motorbike thefts.<ref>Dapieve, Arthur. ''Renato Russo: o trovador solitário''. Rio de Janeiro: Relume-Dumará, 2000. p. 38.</ref> There, he was also diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after fainting at the Grévin.<ref name="entretrip"/> Villa-Lobos also lived in Belgrade, then part of Yugoslavia.<ref name="entretrip"/>
He is the grandnephew of Heitor Villa-Lobos.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mtv.uol.com.br/bandaz/dado-villa-lobos |title=Dado Villa Lobos |accessdate=2010-04-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612202925/http://mtv.uol.com.br/bandaz/dado-villa-lobos |archivedate=June 12, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Dado+Villa-Lobos|title = Músicas, vídeos, estatísticas e fotos de Dado Villa-Lobos}}</ref>
In 2001, he was one of the people who first came to rescue Herbert Vianna after he crashed his ultralight plane into the ocean close to Villa-Lobos's house in Mangaratiba; he had flown there with his wife Lucy to attend Villa-Lobos's wife Fernanda's birthday party. The accident cost the movement of his legs and Lucy's life. The experience, which took place only five years after Renato Russo's death, impacted Villa-Lobos deeply and he started taking psychotherapy sessions.<ref name="entretrip"/>
Villa-Lobos is married to designer Fernanda and has two children: Nicolau (aged 27 in 2016), a professional poker player, and Miranda (aged 25 in 2016), a stylist.<ref name="entretrip">{{cite web |last=Só |first=Pedro |title=Ainda é cedo |url=https://revistatrip.uol.com.br/trip/entrevista-com-dado-villa-lobos-do-legiao-urbana-nas-paginas-negras/amp |work=Trip |access-date=10 February 2025 |date=21 March 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.dadovilla-lobos.com.br/ Dado Villa-Lobos's official website]
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