Speak/Sing Native™ Artist Archive
Stevie Salas
Mescalero Apache Tribe
“Stevie Salas is enjoying an extraordinarily successful career as a multi-talented musician, songwriter, author, recording artist and as a film, TV and record producer. Very much in demand as a lead guitar player, he has worked with a Who’s Who of musicians and bands, including George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Rod Stewart, Justin Timberlake, Mick Jagger, Buddy Miles, and has recorded on more than 70 albums.
“He is the Executive Producer of the 2017 documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World." (source Artist website)
“Stevie Salas left the small town of Oceanside, California in 1985 moving to Hollywood dreaming of a career in music. Eight months later he was discovered by funk music legend George Clinton as the guitarist for Clinton’s albums. He would then go on to work on important albums by Bootsy Collins and Was (Not Was).
“In 1988 he became Rod Stewart’s lead guitarist for the Out of Order Tour, playing sold out stadiums, and skipping cities in a private jet–eventually resulting in Stevie signing the largest record deal Island Records had ever paid for a new artist. His second solo album Back From the Living ousted the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith for “Best Album” in Japan. His first record, Colorcode, released in 1990, is still a cult classic in the UK and Europe.
Stevie has sold over two million solo albums around the world.
As a guitar player, writer, and producer Stevie has also worked with Mick Jagger, Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell, Public Enemy, Michael Huthchence, Was (Not Was), Terrence Trent D’Arby, Koshi Inaba and Tak Matsamoto (BZ Japan), Ronald Shannon Jackson, Eddy Money, Jerry Cantrell, Heavy Glow, and over 75 other major labor records. In 2009 he played on the #1 global hit “Dead and Gone“ with Justin Timberlake and TI. As a solo artist he’s recorded for Island records, East West/Warner, EMI, and others and has had music publishing contracts as a writer with Island Music, Polygram Music, Virgin Music and Fuji Pacific. Over 50 of his compositions were recorded and released on major labels.
Professional Information
“Stevie is credited with providing the score for several films including Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and the 2009 film Darfur.
“He received his first major label producer credit with Was (Not Was) when he co-produced the UK hit Out Come The Freaks from the album What Up Dog? Rolling Stone Magazine listed What Up Dog? as one of the Top 100 Records of the Decade. The record also featured the #1 global smash hit Walk The Dinosaur. Stevie provided the guitar music score to the cult classic film Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure appearing as the hands of George Carlin in the movie’s end scene and has also scored several other feature films and TV shows.
“From 2006 to 2010, Salas served as music director and consultant for American Idol and 19 Entertainment.
"In 2009 Stevie created the Canadian primetime comedy/music TV series Arbor Live which ran for three seasons and also starred Adam Beach and Eric Schweig.
"In 2012 Stevie created the Native American Biography TV series Catch The Dream Bios with Adam Beach. The show began airing in 2014 across Canada on APTN (The Aboriginal People’s Television Network) with Stevie as Executive Producer.
“In 2014 Stevie wrote When We Were the Boys, a memoir about Stevie’s first tour with Rod Stewart. The book met with outstanding reviews and was #1 for 8 weeks on Amazon’s book chart.”
“A Native American, Stevie has been involved in prominent projects that support indigenous communities, including serving as the Advisor of Contemporary Music at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian." (Source: Artist website)
Studio albums
1990 Stevie Salas Colorcode
1993 Stevie Salas Presents: The Electric Pow Wow
1994 Back from the Living
1996 Alter Native
1997 Alter Native Gold
1998 The Sometimes Almost Never Was
2002 Shapeshifter: The Fall and Rise of Stevie No Wonder
2004 Stevie Salas Presents: The Soulblasters of the Universe
2006 Be What It Is
2008 Set It On Blast!!
2010 Jam Power
EPs
1991 Stuff
1996 Alter Native
Live albums
1991 Bootleg Like a Mug!!: Live in Japan
1995 All That... And Born to Mack: Live in Japan
1997 Le Bootleg: Live in Paris
Compilations
1996 Anthology of Stevie Salas Colorcode: 1987–1994
1997 Seoul Power
1998 Viva la Noise
1999 Sol Power
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
Group projects
1992 - Hardware – Stevie Salas with Bootsy Collins and Buddy Miles - Third Eye Open
1995 - Nicklebag – Stevie Salas with Bernard Fowler - 12 Hits and a Bump
1997 - Mas Feedback
2017 - Inaba/Salas – Stevie Salas with Koshi Inaba - Chubby Groove
2020 - Inaba/Salas – Stevie Salas with Koshi Inaba - Maximum Huavo
Guest Appearances
1986 – George Clinton: R&B Skeletons in the Closet
1988 – Bootsy Collins: What's Bootsy Doin'?
1988 – Was (Not Was): What Up, Dog?
1988 – Eddie Money: Nothing to Lose
1988 – The Pandoras: Rock Hard EP
1988 – Phil Cristian: No Prisoner
1989 – Shakespears Sister: Sacred Heart
1989 – Shakespears Sister: You're History single
1989 – Cats in Boots: KickedClawed
1989 – The Burns Sisters: Endangered Species
1990 – Ronald Shannon Jackson: Red Warrior
1991 – Mister Fiddler: With Respect
1992 – Sass Jordan: Racine
1992 – Steve Thomson: Steve Thomson
1992 – Jeff Healey Band: Feel This
1993 – Terence Trent D'Arby featuring Des'ree: Delicate single
1994 – Sass Jordan: Rats
1995 – TM Stevens: Out of Control... BOOM!!!
1995 – Terence Trent D'Arby: Vibrator
1995 – Red Thunder: Makoce Wakan
1996 – Cassius Slade: Land of Opportun-ists
1997 – Anri: Twin Soul
1997 – TM Stevens: Radioactive
1997 – Carmine Appice: Guitar Zeus 2
1997 – Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle: Free World
1998 – Tomoya with 3T: Eternal Flame single
1998 – Taisuke: Heavy Pop
1998 – Robert Williams: Date with the Devil's Daughter
1998 – Tokio: Graffiti
1999 – Michael Hutchence: Michael Hutchence
1999 – Glenn Hughes: The Way It Is
2000 – Takul: Nuclear Sonic Punk
2000 – Jeff Healey Band: Get Me Some
2001 – TM Stevens: Shocka Zooloo
2003 – Chris Catena: Freak Out
2003 – Ken Tamplin and Friends: Wake the Nations
2004 – Koshi Inaba: Peace of Mind
2006 – Bernard Fowler: Friends with Privileges
2008 – T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake: Dead and Gone single
2009 – Heavy Glow: It's Too Late
2020 – Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe: Truth in Unity
George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Was (Not Was), Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Bill Laswell, Public Enemy, Michael Huthchence, Terrence Trent D’Arby, Koshi Inaba and Tak Matsamoto (BZ Japan), Ronald Shannon Jackson, Eddy Money, Jerry Cantrell, Heavy Glow, Justin Timberlake, Buddy Miles
Studio albums
1990 Stevie Salas Colorcode
1993 Stevie Salas Presents: The Electric Pow Wow
1994 Back from the Living
1996 Alter Native
1997 Alter Native Gold
1998 The Sometimes Almost Never Was
2002 Shapeshifter: The Fall and Rise of Stevie No Wonder
2004 Stevie Salas Presents: The Soulblasters of the Universe
2006 Be What It Is
2008 Set It On Blast!!
2010 Jam Power
EPs
1991 Stuff
1996 Alter Native
Live albums
1991 Bootleg Like a Mug!!: Live in Japan
1995 All That... And Born to Mack: Live in Japan
1997 Le Bootleg: Live in Paris
Compilations
1996 Anthology of Stevie Salas Colorcode: 1987–1994
1997 Seoul Power
1998 Viva la Noise
1999 Sol Power
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
Group projects
1992 - Hardware – Stevie Salas with Bootsy Collins and Buddy Miles - Third Eye Open
1995 - Nicklebag – Stevie Salas with Bernard Fowler - 12 Hits and a Bump
1997 - Mas Feedback
2017 - Inaba/Salas – Stevie Salas with Koshi Inaba - Chubby Groove
2020 - Inaba/Salas – Stevie Salas with Koshi Inaba - Maximum Huavo
Guest Appearances
1986 – George Clinton: R&B Skeletons in the Closet
1988 – Bootsy Collins: What's Bootsy Doin'?
1988 – Was (Not Was): What Up, Dog?
1988 – Eddie Money: Nothing to Lose
1988 – The Pandoras: Rock Hard EP
1988 – Phil Cristian: No Prisoner
1989 – Shakespears Sister: Sacred Heart
1989 – Shakespears Sister: You're History single
1989 – Cats in Boots: KickedClawed
1989 – The Burns Sisters: Endangered Species
1990 – Ronald Shannon Jackson: Red Warrior
1991 – Mister Fiddler: With Respect
1992 – Sass Jordan: Racine
1992 – Steve Thomson: Steve Thomson
1992 – Jeff Healey Band: Feel This
1993 – Terence Trent D'Arby featuring Des'ree: Delicate single
1994 – Sass Jordan: Rats
1995 – TM Stevens: Out of Control... BOOM!!!
1995 – Terence Trent D'Arby: Vibrator
1995 – Red Thunder: Makoce Wakan
1996 – Cassius Slade: Land of Opportun-ists
1997 – Anri: Twin Soul
1997 – TM Stevens: Radioactive
1997 – Carmine Appice: Guitar Zeus 2
1997 – Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle: Free World
1998 – Tomoya with 3T: Eternal Flame single
1998 – Taisuke: Heavy Pop
1998 – Robert Williams: Date with the Devil's Daughter
1998 – Tokio: Graffiti
1999 – Michael Hutchence: Michael Hutchence
1999 – Glenn Hughes: The Way It Is
2000 – Takul: Nuclear Sonic Punk
2000 – Jeff Healey Band: Get Me Some
2001 – TM Stevens: Shocka Zooloo
2003 – Chris Catena: Freak Out
2003 – Ken Tamplin and Friends: Wake the Nations
2004 – Koshi Inaba: Peace of Mind
2006 – Bernard Fowler: Friends with Privileges
2008 – T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake: Dead and Gone single
2009 – Heavy Glow: It's Too Late
2020 – Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe: Truth in Unity
Rock, blues
musician, songwriter, bandleader, author, recording artist and film, TV and record producer
Guitar, Vocals
Video
- Stevie Salas
Little Wing - JImi Hendrix tribute - Stevie Salas
Venue:
Format: Live
Duration: 5:21
- Stevie Salas & Psychedelix
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix tribute - Stevie Salas & Psychedelix
Venue:
Format: Live
Duration: 6:12
- Stevie Salas
Native American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Awardee Stevie Salas - Stevie Salas
Venue: Native American Music Awards
Format: Live
Duration: 15:07
- Stevie Salas
Trail of Tears - Stevie Salas
Venue: from Electric Powwow album
Format: Audio
Duration: 2:24
- Stevie Salas
Stand Up - Stevie Salas
Venue: San Diego Music Awards (Lifetime Achievement Awardee)
Format: Live
Duration: 5:18
Tribal Information
Mescalero Apache Tribe
also known as "Mescalero Apache"
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