Award-winning singer/songwriter/harmonica ace has been delivering soul-!red music for over 40 years. Celebrated for his sharp-witted songwriting, superb albums and volcanic live performances, Curtis has won Blues Music Awards for Song Of The Year, Soul Blues Album Of The Year and Entertainer Of The Year, and earned a devoted worldwide fan following. His two previous Alligator releases, 2012’s Soul Shot and 2016’s Beautiful Lowdown, have scanned 11,800 and 9,700 units, respectively.
Aggressive worldwide print, internet press and social media promotion will focus on the new release, as well as Curtis’ compelling backstory that includes teaching John Belushi how to be a Blues Brother and touring as a member of Santana, The Robert Cray Band and Roomful Of Blues, plus not one, but three successful battles with cancer.
Salgado is a long-time favorite of the blues community and Damage Control will bene!t from tremendous support at blues publications and from blues and roots music radio around the world.
A potent live performer, Curtis has played the Chicago Blues Festival, Canada’s Festival International du Blues, Waterfront Blues Festival and Edmonton Blues Festival, Grolsch Blues Festival in Germany, Porretta Soul Festival in Italy, Denmark’s Blues Heaven Festival, the Holland International Blues Festival, Poland’s Blues Alive Festival and on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. He has toured in England, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Switzerland and Poland, as well as the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Saipan, Guam, Brazil, Chile and Panama. Tour dates in support of Damage Control will begin as soon as they are feasible.
Damage Control is a rousing mixture of rollicking old-school rock and roll, gospel-tinged soul and razor-sharp R&B. Salgado’s huge, expressive vocals deliver wistful, street-wise lyrics that hit hard on a dozen new original songs and a frisky cover of Larry Williams’ “Slow Down.”