Curtis Salgado

USA

Born: 04 February 1954

Years Active: 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Blues

Styles: Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues

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Harmonica player, songwriter and singer Curtis Salgado artfully skirts the lines between blues and soul at his live shows and on his recordings. Salgado grew up in Portland, Oregon, listening to black blues and soul artists who rose to prominence in the 1950's and 60's, vocalists like Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding and O.V. Wright. You can hear the influence of these artists in his singing. In interviews, he credits his parents and siblings for having hip musical tastes; everything from classic jazz from New Orleans to Fletcher Henderson big ba...

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