Stevie Salas

Stevie Salas

Stevie Salas with The IMF's
Background information
Occupation(s) Guitarist, Television, Film and Record Producer, Music Director, Author, Composer, Guitar Developer
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1985present
Labels Island Records
PolyGram
Polystar Records
BMG
EMI
Iguana
Indanee
Pony Canyon
West/Warners
USG
Surfdog
Sony
Yamaha Japan
Columbia Japan
Arbor EMI
Bellaphon (Germany)
Associated acts George Clinton, Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Heavy Glow, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Bernard Fowler, Koshi Inaba, Bootsy Collins, Glenn Hughes, Ron Wood, Hardware, Colorcode, Jerry Cantrell, Was Not Was, Terence Trent D'Arby, Richie Kotzen, T.M. Stevens, Jordin Sparks, Matt Sorum, B'Z, Daughtry, Justin Timberlake, T.I, Sass Jordan, Mass Mental, Chevy Metal, Adam Lambert, David Cook, Tak Matsumoto
Website http://www.steviesalas.com/

Stevie Salas is a Native American guitarist,[1] author, [2] television host,[3] music director,[4] record producer, [5]and film composer.

In recent years, Salas has also worked as advisor to contemporary music at the Smithsonian NMAI.[6]

Early career

In 1990, Salas released his first solo album Stevie Salas Colorcode, opening for Joe Satriani and his 1989 album Flying in a Blue Dream. Salas' music began to receive some attention in both Japan and Europe.

1990s to 2010s

In 1993, he released Stevie Salas Electric Pow Wow, a covers album of songs that inspired Salas as a youth featuring guest artists like Zakk Wylde, Glenn Hughes, T.M. Stevens, Slim Jim Phantom. Then in 1994, Salas released Back From the Living in Japan, where his singles "Start Again" and "Tell Your Story Walkin" were released. During this time, he also appeared the album Rats by then girlfriend Sass Jordan. Stevie was a key member in the Out Of Order tour of Rod Stewart where he got the inspiration for the book When We Where The Boys. A hilarious book of memories of touring world stages, Stewart stealing limo's and girls girls girls.

After a period of inactivity, in 2001, Mick Jagger hired him as guitarist and music director for Jagger's "Goddess in the Doorway" Tour. Later that year Salas released "Shapeshifter: The Fall and Rise of Stevie No-Wonder." In 2003, he released The Soulblasters of the Universe, and did his first European Colorcode tour since 1999.

From 2006 to 2010, Salas served as music director and consultant for American Idol and 19 Entertainment nurturing Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry, and their respective touring bands for subsequent American tours.[7]

Salas began working as host and executive producer of the Canadian Music TV series Arbor Live for APTN. In mid-2009, Salas co-founded with the internet entrepreneur Laurence Dorazio the company Rockstar Solos, LLC which focuses on iPhone and iPad gaming and entertainment application development. The first application also called Rockstar Solos became available in the iTunes Store in December 2009.[8] The company Rockstar Logic has thousands of downloads to date.

In 2009, Salas worked with T.I and Justin Timberlake on the song "Dead and Gone," the single eventually reaching #2 on the Billboard US Charts.[9] Later that year, Salas received a Native American Lifetime Achievement Award at the Native American Music Awards. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the advisor to contemporary music at National Museum of the American Indian. He co-created both the Up Where We Belong-Natives In Popular Culture exhibit and The Living Earth Festival. In 2012 Salas created and is executive producer of Catch The Dream Bios with Adam Beach for APTN with shows airing 2014.

Salas is currently executive producing Rumble, a Native American music documentary for PBS and Super Channel.

Musical influences

Salas' musical influences are derived mainly from late 60s and 70s rock and roll music, as well as funk. Artists who have influenced Salas as a musician include James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and Frank Black.[10][11]

Discography

Solo career

Studio albums

1990 Stevie Salas Colorcode [12]
Island Records
1993 Stevie Salas Presents: The Electric Pow Wow [13]
Polystar Japan/EMI Aquarius Canada
1994 Back from the Living [14]
Polystar Japan/BMG. US/East West/Warners Europe
1996 Alter Native [15]
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan
1997 Alter Native Gold
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan
1998 The Sometimes Almost Never Was [16]
Indanee/Pony Canyon
2002 Shapeshifter: The Fall and Rise of Stevie No Wonder [17]
Surfdog/Sony U.S. Europe/Yamaha Japan
2004 Stevie Salas Presents: The Soulblasters of the Universe [18]
Yamaha Japan
2006 Be What It Is [19]
Columbia Japan/ Arbor EMI Canada/Bellaphon Europe
2008 Set It On Blast!!
Columbia Japan
2010 Jam Power
Columbia Japan

[20]

EPs

1991 Stuff [21]
Island/Polystar Records
1996 Alter Native E.P. [22]
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan

Live albums

1991 Bootleg Like a Mug!!: Live in Japan
Island Records
1995 All That... And Born to Mack: Live in Japan
Polystar Japan
1997 Le Bootleg: Live in Paris [23]
USG/East West/Warners Europe

Compilations

1996 Anthology of Stevie Salas Colorcode: 1987–1994
Polystar Japan
1997 Seoul Power
Indanee/Pony Canyon Korea
1998 Viva la Noise [24]
USG/East West/Warners Europe
1999 Sol Power
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan
2004 Stevie Salas Presents: The Soulblasters of the Universe –
Cosmic Flutie: A Mix Tape for the Underdog

2006 The Essential Stevie Salas, Volume 1
2007 The Sun and the Earth: The Essential Stevie Salas, Vol. 1 [25]
Columbia Japan/Arbor EMI Canada, Bellaphon Europe

Group projects

Hardware – Stevie Salas with Bootsy Collins and Buddy Miles

1992 Third Eye Open [26]
Black Arc/Rykodisc Records

Nicklebag – Stevie Salas with Bernard Fowler

1995 12 Hits and a Bump [27]
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan/East West/Warners Europe
1997 Mas Feedback [28]
Iguana U.S.

Guest appearances

Signature Gear

References

  1. "NAMA: Hall of Fame 2009". Native American Music Awards. Native American Music Awards & Association. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. Salas, Stevie (2014). When We Were The Boys: coming of age on Rod Stewart's Out of Order tour/Stevie Salas with Robert Yehling. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58979-988-2.
  3. "Blog Archives: Stevie Salas Matt Sorum Interview". Mattsorum.com. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  4. Lonsdale, Laurie. "Guitarist STEVIE SALAS On Being American Idol Music Director". BraveWords. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  5. "Heavy Glow". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. Wheeler, Kim. "Smithsonian exhibit highlights Native Americans' contribution to music". CBC Music. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. Grenda, Tim. "The Idolmaker". Carlsbad Magazine.
  8. "Rockstar Solos Stevie Salas iPhone iPad applications guitar games". RockstarSolos.com. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  9. "T.I Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  10. "Stevie Salas Fave 5 Record Reviews". Guitarhoo!. Guitarhoo.com. January 7, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  11. Prato, Greg. "Stevie Salas Biography". All Music. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  12. Stevie Salas Colorcode at Discogs.
  13. The Electric Pow Wow at Discogs.
  14. Back from the Living at Discogs.
  15. Alter Native at Discogs.
  16. The Sometimes Almost Never Was at Discogs.
  17. Shapeshifter at Discogs.
  18. The Soulblasters of the Universe at AllMusic.
  19. Be What It Is at Discogs.
  20. "Official Stevie Salas Website". Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  21. Stuff EP at Discogs.
  22. Alter Native E.P. at Discogs.
  23. Le Bootleg: Live in Paris at Discogs.
  24. Viva la Noise at Discogs.
  25. The Sun and the Stars at Discogs.
  26. Third Eye Open at Discogs.
  27. 12 Hits and a Bump at Discogs.
  28. Mas Feedback at Discogs.
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