Curtis Salgado (born February 4, 1954, Everett, Washington) is a Portland, Oregon based blues, R&B;, and soul singer-songwriter. He plays harmonica and fronts his own band as lead vocalist.
Salgado was the inspiration behind John Belushi's creation of the Blues Brothers characters in the late 1970s. They met and became friends while Belushi was in Eugene, Oregon filming the movie Animal House. The Blues Brother's debut album Briefcase Full of Blu...
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Curtis Salgado (born February 4, 1954, Everett, Washington) is a Portland, Oregon based blues, R&B;, and soul singer-songwriter. He plays harmonica and fronts his own band as lead vocalist.
Salgado was the inspiration behind John Belushi's creation of the Blues Brothers characters in the late 1970s. They met and became friends while Belushi was in Eugene, Oregon filming the movie Animal House. The Blues Brother's debut album Briefcase Full of Blues is dedicated to Salgado and Cab Calloway's character in The Blues Brothers film is named after Curtis. For six years he performed with Robert Cray's band, and sang lead on Cray's debut album. Later in 1995 he spent a short stint as the lead vocalist with the latin rock band, Santana.
Salgado was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2005 and underwent a successful liver transplant in 2006. He continues to record and perform his music. On June 13, 2006 a benefit concert was held in his honor in Portland to raise funds for his medical treatment....
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