January Blues Festival: CURTIS SALGADO (USA) with GILES ROBSON & band + Robbin Kapsalis Blues Band

January Blues Festival 2026 presents
CURTIS SALGADO
with GILES ROBSON & his Band
+ support: ROBBIN KAPSALIS
+ Host/DJ: SNOWBOY
We are thrilled to welcome award-winning vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Curtis Salgado, direct from the USA, peforming with Giles Robson & his band.
Born in 1954, Curtis Salgado grew up in Eugene, Oregon with music all around him. Curtis Salgado joined forces with his friend Robert Cray and began playing together as The Robert Cray Band. After Salgado and Cray parted ways in 1982, Curtis went on to front Roomful Of Blues, between 1984-1986. Curtis Salgado also briefly fronted Santana.
In 1977, comedian/actor John Belushi was filming Animal House. During downtime from production, Belushi caught a typically ferocious Curtis Salgado performance and introduced himself during a break. Salgado spent hours playing old records for Belushi, teaching him about blues and R&B. Belushi used his new awareness to portray “Joliet” Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers, first as a skit on Saturday Night Live, then a best-selling record album (which was dedicated to Curtis) and finally as a major motion picture.
Curtis Salgado has also shared stages with many of his heroes, including Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt.
Giles Robson is a multi award winning blues harmonica virtuoso and is the only European artist to sign with Chicago's Alligator Records. He is only one of THREE UK blues artists alongside Eric Clapton and Peter Green to win a coveted Blues Music Award in Memphis.
Host and DJ for this incredible line up is Snowboy playing Chicago Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Blues Rock and more.