Album Notes

Perhaps the late great Paul Delay said it best about Ty Curtis: “He plays it like a young man should—straight ahead and from the heart.”

Northwest blues fans agree, filling the dance floors at Mac’s, Lefty’s, Rogue Brewery, the Oregon Garden, Roadhouse 101, and Chinook Winds Casino. They have opened for Curtis Salgado and for Paul deLay and performed on air for KMHD radio in Portland.

In July 2007, the band made their debut at the Waterfront Blues Festival earning a standing ovation from the crowd. The summer of 2007 also included bookings at Corvallis’ DaVinci Days, the Eugene Celebration, the Bite of Oregon, Bones & Brews, KMHD’s Summer Bash and the Oregon State Fair.

Meanwhile, the band’s CD, Stubborn Mind, has been receiving air play on KRVM, KLCC, KBOO, KMHD and KINK. And the CD was recently selected to represent the Cascade Blues Association in the Blues Foundation’s Best Self Produced CD competition for 2008. Not a bad start for a young band.

As Greg Johnson, president of the Cascade Blues Association, said, “If you don’t know the name Ty Curtis now, remember it. I definitely foresee success in this band’s future.”

Down On My Luck was released in July 2008 and features all original tunes written by Curtis except for \"What Ya Gonna Do\" which is a collaboration between Shreve and Curtis....