That's why I came to London," he told the audience at the Royal Albert Hall.
He introduced "Ladeira da Preguica" saying: "This a a song I wrote in London while I was missing my homeland."
The military junta deemed them subversive and arrested them, detaining them for nine months before forcing them to choose exile or jail.
Veloso was miserable but Gil, settling in Notting Hill Gate, immersed himself in London life.
"I used to eat Jamaican food at the Mangrove," Gil told the audience, referring to a famed cafe in Notting Hill Gate.
Persons:
Gilberto Gil, Gil, Caetano Veloso, Veloso, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Bob Marley's, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's, Toda, Angus MacSwan, Alex Richardson
Organizations:
London, Royal Albert Hall, Thomson
Locations:
London, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Notting Hill, Glastonbury, Rio de Janeiro