11 Facts About Curtis Salgado

Curtis Salgado plays harmonica and fronts his own band as lead vocalist.

Curtis Salgado then joined forces with Robert Cray and sang and played harmonica in The Robert Cray Band for six years, including singing on Cray's debut album, released in 1980.

Curtis Salgado went on to front Roomful of Blues, singing and touring with them from 1984 through 1986.

In 1995, Curtis Salgado spent a short stint as the lead singer with the band Santana.

Curtis Salgado was the inspiration behind John Belushi's creation of the Blues Brothers characters in the late 1970s.

Curtis Salgado was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2005, and underwent a successful liver transplant in 2006.

Curtis Salgado was nominated for four of the Blues Foundation's 2009 Blues Music Awards, including Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year and Soul Blues Album of the year for his album, Clean Getaway.

In 2010, Curtis Salgado won the Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year award, which he won again in 2012.

In 2013, Curtis Salgado was nominated for a Blues Music Award in four separate categories.

In 2017, Curtis Salgado won three Blues Music Awards in different categories.

At the 2023 Blues Music Awards, Curtis Salgado was named as 'Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year'.