Curtis Salgado joins forces with ace guitarist Alan Hager for a series of very rare intimate duo shows celebrating music from their celebrated Alligator Records album "Rough Cut".

Award-winning vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Curtis Salgado is revered worldwide for his ability to wring every ounce of soul out of every song he performs.

Salgado became a mentor and inspiration to Blues Brother actor John Belushi In 1977, when Belushi was in Eugene filming Animal House and Salgado spent hours playing old records for Belushi, teaching him about blues and R&B that led to creation of the the film The Blues Brothers.

Salgado joined forces with his friend Robert Cray as The Robert Cray Band and he found himself sharing stages with many of his heroes, including Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt. After Salgado and Cray parted ways in 1982, Curtis went on to front Roomful Of Blues, singing and touring with them from 1984 through 1986.

He has since had a stellar multi-award winning career across the world and seeing the release of a slew of incredible albums.

Alan Hager has been jamming with Salgado since 2003, and joined his band full-time in 2015. “Alan is the best player in the business, unlike anybody else,” Salgado says.

Together, the two blues fans and friends took time out of their busy touring schedule to record Rough Cut, a stripped-down album featuring a potent mix of newly written, timeless originals and carefully chosen blues covers.

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