and Rita Lee, as well as of MPB like Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque, and of pop like Nando Reis, and of sambas like Riachão and of international rock like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, John Lennon and Nirvana. She had a significant musical career, even though short, with ten recorded albums over the course of the twelve years. In fact, it was only in 1989 that her career took off. Helped by her uncle, she recorded a demo tape with the song "Por Enquanto" by Renato Russo. This uncle took the tape to PolyGram, which resulted in Eller being hired by the label. Her first participation in a record was in 1990, in Wagner Tiso's album titled "Baobab". Eller always had a very intense stage presence and preferred albums recorded live. She was constantly invited for special participations and personalized interpretations. She declared herself to be an interpreter of other people's work, having composed only three of the songs she recorded: "Lullaby" (with Márcio Faraco) on her first album, Cássia Eller, in 1990; "Eles" and "O Marginal" (with Hermelino Neder, Luiz Pinheiro and Zé Marcos) on the second album, O Marginal (1992). 2001 was a very productive year for Eller. On January 13, 2001, she performed at Rock in Rio III in a show where baião, samba and MPB classics were sung in a rock rhythm. On this day the sequence of acts was as follows: REM, Foo Fighters, Beck, Barão Vermelho, Fernanda Abreu and Eller. 190 thousand people attended the concert. Between May and December, Eller did 95 shows. This included recording a DVD (live, as she preferred), MTV Unplugged, between March 7 and 8 in São Paulo. The project included artists of high artistic and technical ability: Nando Reis (musical direction / authorship, voice and guitar in "Relicário" / voice in "De Esquina" de Xis), the musicians of the band: Luiz Brasil (Musical Direction / Cifras / Guitars and Mandolin), Walter Villaça (Guitars and Mandolin), Fernando Nunes (bass), Paulo Calasans (Acoustic Piano and Organ Hammond), João Vianna (Drums, Surdo, Ganzá, Grater and Blade), Lan Lan (Percussion and Vocal) and Tamima Brasil (Percussion), guest musicians Bernardo Bessler (violin), Iura (Cello), Alberto Continentino (bass sound), Cristiano Alves (clarinet and bass clarinet), Dirceu Leite (sax, flute and clarinet), among many others. The album was composed of 17 tracks, plus the Making Of, photo gallery, discography and i.clip. The album