José Cláudio Machado (November 17, 1948 – December 12, 2011) was a Brazilian musician, interpreter of the native music of Rio Grande do Sul. José Cláudio was the winner of the II California da Canção Nativa in 1972, with the song Pedro Guará. He was a member of the Os Tapes group and in the 1970s he joined the nativist group Os Teatinos, alongside Glênio Fagundes, Marco Aurélio Campos and Paulo Fagundes. Os Andejos Group, Os Bolicheiros Group, with Leopoldo Rassier, Gilberto Monteiro. Lived in Argentina for almost 1 year. He made some partnerships with Jayme Caetano Braun (1924 – 1999), creator/creator of festivals such as: - Reculuta da Canção Crioula de Guaíba, 1980's - Acampamento da Arte Gaúcha, for unpublished artists in Tapes. Creator of Parque da Harmonia in Porto Alegre, which gathers the festivities of the 20th of September, until today. He interpreted the most beautiful verses by Mauro Moraes and participated in the Gaucho musical group Os Serranos on two occasions, the last in the mid-1980s, when he recorded the album Isto É... Os Serranos.