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Ty Curtis
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Ty Curtis is consumed by his music. There is no other way to explain how, at such a young age, this 23 year old, Salem Oregon based, vocalist/guitarist/songwriter has amassed a recording catalogue of three critically acclaimed albums, earned 2nd place, in the prestigious 2009 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, and is nightly thrilling audiences from the Pacific Northwest to Montreal. Curtis’ second album, “Down on my Luck” appeared nationally on a number of 2009 top Blues album lists as did Ty’s song “Cherry City Boogie”.
Blessed with a classic voice and blazing guitar technique, Ty discovered Blues music in his early teens, listening to favorites Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chris Cain, Roy Rodgers, and Malford Milligan among many others. A true student of the Blues, Ty pursued his music with a passion and “legendary focus” that amazed those around him. Ty played and wrote the Blues, as the music flowed out of him. Practicing with raw finger-tips was not a problem that a little Superglue could not fix.
None of this is surprising to the Northwest blues fans that have been filling clubs, festivals and dance floors wherever the band performs. Playing a mix of blues, blues-rock, funk and swing, the band keeps audiences' attention with a multi-talented lineup. The band's performances feature passionate vocals and driving guitar from Ty Curtis, masterful harmonica and powerful vocals from Hank Shreve and three-part harmonies, with the added voice of bass player Milo Fultz. Milo's tasteful bass lines, coupled with Davis "Super D" Brown's drumming lock in the rhythm that ties everything together.
Winning 2nd place in the prestigious 2009 International Blues Challenge in Memphis catapulted the Ty Curtis Band on to the world stage. The Challenge started with more than 2,000 bands in nine countries and 36 states. One hundred bands earned the right to come to Memphis, ten made it to the Finals and The Ty Curtis Band was voted 2nd place by a panel of judges made up of industry professionals. The band's strong performance in Memphis has resulted in bookings for the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Redwood Run, the St. Johns Blues festival as well as numerous offers from European festivals.
Blues Challenge panelist and Grammy award winning producer David Z (Prince, Etta James, Jonny Lang) took a special interest in the band, which lead to his work as producer/engineer on Ty and the band’s latest and most notable album “Cross That Line”. The 2010 released album is climbing up the charts on hundreds of radio station throughout North America, Europe, Australia and South America. “Fools Game” and “What He Don’t Know” are just two of multiple tracks on the air.
No strangers to the big stage the Ty Curtis Band has been privileged to open for Chris Cain, Coco Montoya, The Doobie Brothers, Roy Rogers, George Thorogood, Los Loneley Boys, Paul DeLay, Curtis Salgado, Walter Trout, Big Monti and Lloyd Jones. They have performed at Montreal Jazz Festival, 3 years running at Portland’s Water Front Blues Festival (this year on the main stage), the Winthrop Blues Festival. Joseph Bronze & Blues, Rogue Valley Blues Festival, Central Oregon Blues Festival, The Red, White & Blues Festival, The Oregon State Fair, Redwood Run and many others.
The Ty Curtis Band is coming your way. This young band is all blues intensity, full of heart and proving to be unstoppable. As Paul DeLay said, "Ty plays it like a young man should, straight ahead and from the heart."
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