[2018-01-12] Curtis Salgado And Alan Hager "Rough Cut" (Alligator)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Description
Award-winning soul, blues and R&B vocalist Curtis Salgado’s earth-shaking vocals and forceful harmonica playing have been devastating audiences around the world for over 30 years. Guitarist Alan Hager has been wowing fellow musicians from his hometown of Portland, Oregon and beyond for decades. Hager has been jamming with Salgado since 2003, and joined his band full-time in 2015. 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. “We did it for the love of the music,” says Salgado. “This is where our hearts are. These are deep songs that we love to play.”

That love comes through loud and clear on Rough Cut. Produced by Salgado and Hager, the 13 songs on Rough Cut (including six originals) range from plaintive to playful. Recorded in one live unrehearsed take, the original I Will Not Surrender, with its haunting and sparse soundscape, showcases some of Hager’s strongest guitar work, and some of the most profoundly emotive vocals Salgado has ever laid down. The canine-lover’s anthem, I Wish My Dog Would Live Longer (The Greatest Gift), is already a huge fan favorite. Salgado’s soulful singing and Hager’s elegant slide guitar playing shine on Elmore James’ You Got To Move and Muddy Waters’ I Can’t Be Satisfied. “He’s the best player in the business, unlike anybody else,” Salgado says of Hager. “One reason I made this record was to show him off.

With Curtis’ inspired singing and world-class harmonica playing and Alan’s spellbinding guitar, Rough Cut is the album Salgado and Hager have always wanted to make together – soulful, sparse and haunting. The music is a moving exploration of the joyful, emotionally uplifting power of passionately played and soulfully sung acoustic blues. They’ll perform together as a duo both on their own and during Curtis’ full band shows, giving their fans a taste of what Alan calls “American Classical music.” “This type of music moves us the most,” says Salgado. “You believe it when you hear it.”

Tracklist
1. I Will Not Surrender
2. So Near To Nowhere
3. One Night Only
4. I Want My Dog To Live Longer (The Greatest Wish)
5. I Can't Be Satisfied
6. Too Young To Die
7. Depot Blues
8. Morning Train
9. You Got To Move
10. Hell In A Handbasket
11. Long Train Blues
12. The Gift Of Robert Charles
13. I Want You By My Side

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Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

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Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

"I Want My Dog To Live Longer (The Greatest Wish)":

[2018-01-12] Curtis Salgado And Alan Hager "Rough Cut" (Alligator)

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