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SOUL SINGER/HARMONICA MASTER CURTIS SALGADO UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL CANCER SURGERY
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Alligator Records has set an April 10 street date for Soul Shot (AL 4947), the blistering new album (and label debut) from award-winning vocalist/songwriter/harmonica icon Curtis Salgado. Winner of the 2010 Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Artist Of The Year, Salgado effortlessly mixes R&B, funk and blues, with a delivery that is raw and heartfelt. He moves with ease from the tenderest ballads to the most full-throated stompers. |
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CURTIS SALGADO 2010 BMA SOUL BLUES MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR. Curtis Salgado has won the 2010 Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year.
Curtis Salgado has been nominated for four "Blues Music Awards" and you can vote for him by registering as a member of The Blues Foundation.
Shanachie recording artist Curtis Salgado was nominated for four awards for the upcoming 30th annual Blues Awards.
Curtis Salgado will join John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Lee Oskar, Johney Dyer, Mark Hummel, and Rusty Zinn for the 2009 Blues Harmonica Blowout Tour.
Curtis Salgado will perform with a special guest tonight at Music Millennium in Portland, OR celebrating his new album release "Clean Getaway".
Curtis Salgado Celebrates "Clean Getaway" with new Shanachie Album and new lease on life. For more information on what many are calling "the most anticipated album of the year" please visit our website at: www.curtissalgado.com
The Curtis Salgado Band, in an effort to help raise funds for Sho Dozono's mayorial campaign, will perform at Jimmy Mak's May 9, 2008. Tom Grant & Devin Phillips will also perform at the event.
While Curtis continues recording his latest album in Los Angeles, CA, Salgado and the band will be performing select markets throughout the southwestern U.S.. Please see our touring itinerary.
Curtis Salgado, who has endured a roller-coaster of life crisis during the last two years, is getting a second chance. Optimistic that his medical issues may be behind him, Curtis is excited about the prospect of a healthy and prosperous 2008.
Curtis Salgado is scheduled for precautionary surgery this coming week in Omaha, Nebraska according to his manager Shane Tappendorf.
Cabins are still available for these 'once of a lifetime' cruises. Please check out the incredible line up and booking information at the following link: www.bluescruise.com
Curtis Salgado and his band are currently touring the southwest US before heading to the midwest for dates throughout June.
Portland, OR - The legendary Jimmie Vaughan has been added to an already stellar line-up in support of "A Concert for Curtis II" set to perform in the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon on April 29, 2007.
Portland, OR - March 26, 2007 - "A Concert for Curtis II" featuring an all-star lineup is set to perform in the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon on April 29, 2007.
Curtis Salgado has returned home to Portland, Oregon and is recuperating from successful liver transplant surgery. Doctors have advised a six month recovery period before returning to work.
Curtis Salgado underwent a successful liver transplant surgery on Saturday September 30, 2006 at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska according to his manager Shane Tappendorf.
The Curtis Salgado Band will make a rare concert appearance this Saturday September 16th, 2006 at the Art and Blues Festival in Roslyn, WA. Three other acts including the Duffy Bishop Band will open for this early afternoon event with Curtis taking the stage at 7:30PM.
Portland, OR - June 20, 2006 - The planet took a time out, maybe stopped, at least in Portland, OR for six hours, as the worlds greatest musicians delivered a once in a lifetime performance, so full of love and giving, for a cause so deserving that it could only happen in a life or death situation.
Portland,OR - May 23, 2006 - The legendary Taj Mahal has been added to an already stellar line-up in support of "A Concert for Curtis" set to perform in the Theater of the Clouds at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon on June 13, 2006.
Portland,OR - May 10, 2006 - "A Concert for Curtis" featuring an all-star lineup is set to perform in the Theater of the Clouds at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon on June 13, 2006.
PORTLAND, OR- Singer Curtis Salgado has been diagnosed with liver cancer and has begun preparations for treatment according to his longtime friend and manager Shane Tappendorf.
Curits and his world class band will perform in ten California cities beginning this week! Concert appearances include Grass Valley, San Francisco, Napa, Santa Cruz, Grover Beach, Santa Monica, and San Diego. Also, don't miss Curtis when he appears with Buddy Guy February 16-18, 2006 in Vancouver, BC, Seattle, WA and Portland, OR. Please check out the additional 2006 concert appearances added in support of his most recent CD "Strong Suspicion" on sale now!
After a successful performance at the B&W Blues Festival in Halle, Germany, Curtis returns to the Pacific Northwest for a series of Wenesdays at the Gemini Pub in Lake Oswego, Oregon November 30 - December 28, 2005.
The month of May takes Curtis to Bern, Switzerland, Tacoma, Washington and an appearance at the Santa Cruz Blues Festival. Please check out additional 2005 concert appearances added in support of the new CD "Strong Suspicion" on sale now!
New 2005 concert appearances added in support of the new CD "Strong Suspicion" on sale now!
CURTIS APPEARS ON THE COVER OF THIS MONTH'S ISSUE OF "BLUES REVUE" INCLUDING AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW ON HIS NEW ALBUM "STRONG SUSPICION."
NEW CONCERT TOUR APPEARANCES ADDED IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW CD, "STRONG SUSPICION" ON SALE NOW! CURTIS AND BAND ADD MORE STEVE MILLER DATES AS WELL AS AN ENGAGEMENT WITH CHAKA KHAN.
NEW CONCERT TOUR APPEARANCES ADDED IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW CD, "STRONG SUSPICION" ON SALE NOW! CURTIS AND BAND SET TO OPEN FOR STEVE MILLER BAND JULY 3 & 4 IN CALIFORNIA!
B.B. KING / CURTIS SALGADO IN CONERT NOVEMBER 12, 2002
NEW CONCERT DATES SCHEDULED / LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES CRUISE ADDED
SURPRISE ENGAGEMENT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN DENVER, CO
ALBERTA CANADA TO HOST A WEEK OF ENGAGEMENTS
CELEBRATE NEW YEARS EVE AT THE EUGENE HILTON !!!
Coming off of four months of touring Curtis and his band will be spending some well earned time closer to home for the next few weeks with some high profile engagements which include:
Curtis Salgado and his band will be kicking off a two week tour in the western states August 1st.
CURTIS SALGADO kicked off his U.S. Spring Tour headlining the "BLUES & BONES FESTIVAL" in Denver, CO Saturday, May 26th. The tour includes first times appearances in Greenville , SC, Valdosta, GA, Des Moines, IA, Minneapolis, MN, Louisville, KY, Eureka Springs, AR & Osage Beach, MO.