Music Style Country/Americana/Folk

Musical Influences Johnny Cash, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Blue Rodeo, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Harlan Howard, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam

Similar Artists Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett, Bobby Bare, Don Gibson, Tom T. Hall, Buddy Holly, Chris Isaak, Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves

Artist History For Justin Curtis it all began in the small town of Water Valley, Alberta, Canada with a 45 RPM record titled "Tell Me Why". The success of that first recording took him all the way from his rural beginnings to the bright lights and rhinestone suits of Nashville, Tennessee. In Nashville Justin started a three-piece roots band known as: "Justin Curtis & Two Fast". The trio made quite an impression on the Middle Tennessee area and was awarded "Most Promising Band" by the Entertainer Indi-Association. From Nashville, Justin traveled up to Calgary, Alberta and formed a new band: "Justin Curtis and Outerlimits". This band included an additional guitar player giving the band a fuller sound. They began performing to small groups on street corners, but were soon asked into local clubs. Their reputation of being a visually exciting band led to several television projects on Calgary's community access and broadcast stations. Their first recorded release: "Banned from Nashville" sold quickly at the shows. The single from that EP, "What's Her Name" reached number nine on the local radio chart. The growing success prompted Nashville to call Justin back to record the independently released "Rockabilly in 3D". The CD received airplay on over 100 stations and the video for the song "Nothing To Do" was seen by millions on CMT (Country Music Television) Canada. Next stop was Seattle. Justin quickly made himself at home. The Justin Curtis Show performed many times at the Tractor Tavern (including the much talked about Johnny Cash Tributes) and was part of the Bumbershoot and Bite of Seattle music festivals. While living in Seattle, the band recorded "Let Them Ride" a CD with 11 upbeat, bouncy, danceable songs about failed love, death, bad weather, and flying saucers. It's an Americana mix of hillbilly, honky-tonk, folk, and other roots styles. Added to Justin's "deep molasses voice" was a generous collection of instruments including electric and acoustic bass and guitars, drums, mandolin, piano, steel guitar, and accordion. "Let Them Ride" was top 10 on the Campus and Community radio stations in many cities and reached number 41 on the Canadian national campus chart. CMT Canada added the video for the popular track, "Cadillac Girl", to medium rotation and played the video twice a day everyday for three months. Throughout his travels Justin has played over 2000 shows in 33 different cities across the U.S. and Canada. Besides television and radio, Justin has been seen and heard everywhere from street corners to large folk festivals in front of as many as 30,000 people. Whether he's performing solo or with a five piece band his distinctive voice warms, sooths, and excites the listener. Presently Justin is living in Los Angeles, California with his beautiful wife Sally Jo and a cat named Rigby.

Instruments Justin sings and plays guitar and harmonica. His friends play: guitar, acoustic bass, electric bass, mandolin, steel guitar, banjo, piano, accordian, drums

Albums Living Room Confessions (CD available at www.cdbaby.com/justincurtis), Let Them Ride (out of print), Rockabilly In 3-D (out of print), Banned From Nashville (out of print)

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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