Artist:Curtis Salgado
Song:The Longer That I Live
Album:Damage Control
Veteran blues rocker Curtis Salgado started out singing and playing harmonica with Robert Cray and Roomful of Blues. He started recording his own music in the 90s first with Shanachie and then with Alligator Records. The 2021 album Damage Control was his final album on Alligator. He was born Feb. 4, 1954 in Everett, WA. Salgado has lived in Eugene, OR for years. He listened to classic jazz and blues as a child. After seeing Count Basie live and hearing Little Walter, Salgado learned to play harmonica and started playing clubs with his band The Nighthawks. No, not the Washington, DC based band The Nighthawks. He started backing up visiting blues musicians. Supposedly John Belushi saw Salgado while shooting Animal House in Eugene and based his Blues Brothers character on him. Salgado was in Robert Cray's band for six years. Then he was lead singer of Roomful of Blues from 1984-86. Salgado returned to Eugene and formed Curtis Salgado and the Stilettos. They released an album in 1991 and toured with Steve Miller. After releasing two more albums, Salgado again toured with Miller and appeared with him on an episode with Conan O'Brien. This led to Salgado signing with Shanachie Records in 1999. This gave Salgado national distribution but Shanachie has no promotion budget. Salgado released four albums for Shanachie produced by veteran guitarist Marlon McClain who lives in Oregon. Salgado was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2005 and underwent a successful transplant in 2006. Salgado signed with Alligator Records in 2012. He released four albums on Alligator usually working with his Oregon buddies Marlon McClain, Terry Robb and Alan Hager. After Hager died, Salgado recorded the 2021 album Damage Control with veteran session pianist Mike Finnigan producing. They were buddies from the Steve Miller days. This album is available on CD. Salgado has released a new album Fine By Me on his own label and he continues to tour. Here's the video for The Longer That I Live by Curtis Salgado.
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