Ring in the New Year with Curtis Salgado at FEC
New Year’s Eve will will be a mix of
ringing in the New Year as well as turn-
ing back the clock when blues man
Curtis Salgado teams up with fellow
Northwesterner Hank Shreve. For
Salgado, it’s a trip to the past on a stage
that he was the first performer on at the
Florence Events Center (FEC) some 20
years ago.
The Hank Shreve Band will open the
evening concert at 9 p.m., followed by
Salgado in an evening that will bring
Salgado full-circle as the FEC celebrates
its 20th anniversary.
Salgado began his career leading The
Nighthawks, a Eugene-based band
before joining forces with Robert Cray,
singing and playing harmonica with the
band for six years — including singing
on Cray’s debut album, released in 1980.
Over his renowned blues career,
Salgado has performed with Steve
Miller, Carlos Santana and was the inspi-
ration behind John Belushi’s creation of
the Blues Brothers characters in the late
1970s.
Salgado was nominated for four of the
Blues Foundation’s 2009 Blues Music
Awards, including Soul Blues Male
Artist of the Year and Soul Blues Album
of the year for his album, “Clean
Getaway.”
Award-winning blues man Curtis Salgado (above left) will perform with the Hank Shreve Band on Dec. 31.
In 2010, Salgado won the Soul Blues
Male Artist of the Year award, which he
won again in 2012.
In 2013, he won the Blues Music Award
for the B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year,
Soul Blues Male Artist and Soul Shot won
Soul Blues Album Of The Year.
Hank Shreve began playing harmonica
at the age of 8 and has established himself
as a major harmonica talent on the blues
scene in the Pacific Northwest.
He won the Northwest Harmonica
Championship in 2006 and the Muddy
Award for Best Harmonica player in 2009.
Shreve was a featured artist in the
Harmonica Blow-off at the 2009
Waterfront Blues Festival along with Rick
Estrin and Randy Chortkoff.
While playing with the Ty Curtis Band
in 2009, the band took second place in
Memphis at the International Blues
Challenge.
In addition to many music luminaries,
he has shared the stage with Honeyboy
Edwards, Merle Haggard, Norton Buffalo,
Gregg Rolie, Sista Monica Parker, The
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Salgado, Paul
DeLay and many others.
The Hank Shreve Blues Showcase, now
in its second year at Whiskey River Ranch
in Springfield, is where Hank fronts an
all-star line up with Skip Jones on key-
boards, Tim Donahue on drums, Bill
Shreve on bass and Stan Welsh on guitar;
sharing the stage with guest performers
such as Karen Lovely, Bob Ruggerio, Lisa
Mann, Henry Cooper and Salgado.
Tickets for this one-of-a-kind concert
and New Year’s Eve experience are
available by calling the FEC box office
at 541-997-1994 or visit www.events
center.org.
Silver Lining to feature DiMuro art for December, January
Come and celebrate Janey DiMuro’s sev-
enth annual Arts and Christmas at The
Gallery Above the Silver Lining Boutique
on Dec. 3, from 3 to 5 p.m.
DiMuro said she is exceptionally inspired
for this exhibit because she loves Christmas
and the December show.
“It includes everything from differently
textured pillows to exciting and intense
political collages. The combination of the
conceptual and the aesthetic is a delight for
me,” said DiMuro. “Kimberly (Fleenor) is a
foundation for so many of us in the creative
arts.”
For the last seven years, we have been
proud to have the opportunity to fill the
gallery with her incredible works,” Fleenor
said of DiMuro. “Janey is exceptionally well
know for her exquisite handmade, one-of-a-
kind pillows that are individual pieces of art-
work.
“She uses incredible fabrics from around
the world to illustrate the talents of the peo-
ple’s from around the world.”
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Janey DiMuro’s art will be featured at Silver Lining Gallery during the sev-
enth annual Arts and Christmas Celebration.
DiMuro’s pillow art includes rich, soft
and subtle velvets, hand-woven sturdy col-
orful Guatamalan fabrics — all in a multi-
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tude of textures and weaves, pillows with
heartfelt quotes and sentiments.
“She creates a symphony of stitchery and
her talents lie in her attention to the details,”
Fleenor said. “She delicately incorporates so
much beauty and thought and even the but-
tons are perfectly suited for the individual
artistic pillows.
“Her sewing is impeccable, the designs
are complete compositions unto themselves,
and the inspiration for each pillow is unique
and thoroughly thought through.”
The Janey DiMuro's show also incorpo-
rates her famous political paintings, which
revolve around the world and its humanly
created policies.
“They invoke conversation, inspiration,
grace and gratitude for all that is good and
give us a glimpse into the injustices that
have presented themselves” Fleenor said.
“The paintings provoke us to look at the
solutions instead of dwelling on the prob-
lems.
“Her compositions are exciting, her sub-
ject matters are tangible.”
The gallery will feature hDiMuro’s work
for the entire month of December and also