Curtis Salgado and Band - Former singer for Santana, has perfromed with Bonnie Raitt and Muddy Waters August 3, 2009

Blues, Soul, R&B singer and harmonica player Curtis Salgado became a part of the burgeoning Northwest blues scene starting in 1972. Eventually he hooked up with guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray, and recorded the album "Who's Been Talking." In six years with Robert, the higher level of visibility enabled Salgado to sit in with the likes of Muddy Waters, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt.

Aside from being a tremendous vocalist, Curtis is one of the finest blues harmonica players in the country. In 1979, when John Belushi was in Eugene, Oregon filming Animal House, he caught Curtis' act and liked what he heard and saw. Curtis took the actor under his wing and schooled him on blues and R&B history, which Belushi soaked up like a sponge, and used a good portion of Curtis' show as the basis for the Blues Brothers act he and Dan Akroyd put together. Cab Calloway's character in The Blues Brothers film is named after Curtis. The first Blues Brothers' album "Briefcase Full of Blues" is dedicated to Curtis.

In the 1990's, Curtis did a stint as lead vocalist with Santana. From 1984-1986 Curtis Selgado fronted Boston's Grammy-Winning Roomful Of Blues before returning to Portland where he formed The Stilettos, who toured nationally with such acts as Steve Miller and The Doobie Brothers. Curtis will be performing with his band.

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