Curtis Salgado has been nominated for four "Blues Music Awards" and you can vote for him by registering as a member of The Blues Foundation. Mixing originals with smartly rearranged covers, Salgado remains steeped in the Hi Studio sound intimately associated with Al Green, Syl Johnson and Ann Peebles. Rather than simply imitate it, though he manipulates the thumping tomtoms, subtle trumpet and sax (courtesy of the Memphis Horns) and throbbing B-3 to bolster his gutsy pipes and smother the proceedings in swampy soul-rock. While his harp playing is MIA for the majority of the album – he tears it up only on the... show more

Curtis Salgado has been nominated for four "Blues Music Awards" and you can vote for him by registering as a member of The Blues Foundation. Mixing originals with smartly rearranged covers, Salgado remains steeped in the Hi Studio sound intimately associated with Al Green, Syl Johnson and Ann Peebles. Rather than simply imitate it, though he manipulates the thumping tomtoms, subtle trumpet and sax (courtesy of the Memphis Horns) and throbbing B-3 to bolster his gutsy pipes and smother the proceedings in swampy soul-rock. While his harp playing is MIA for the majority of the album – he tears it up only on the frantic instrumental "Lip Whippin" – Salgado proves a vocalist of exceptional nuance and substance.
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