Stevie Salas is a Native American guitarist, author, television host, music director, record producer, film composer, and Advisor of Contemporary Music at The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
Salas released "Chubby Groove," a collaborative new album with Koshi Inaba, on January 18, 2017.
Early career
In 1990, Salas released his first solo album Stevie Salas Colorcode, opening for Joe Satriani and his 1989 album Flying in a Blue Dream. Salas' music began to receive some attention in both Japan and Europe.
1990s to 2010s
In 1993, he released Stevie Salas Electric Pow Wow, a covers album of songs that inspired Salas as a youth featuring guest artists like Zakk Wylde, Glenn Hughes, T.M. Stevens, Slim Jim Phantom. Then in 1994, Salas released Back From the Living in Japan, where his singles "Start Again" and "Tell Your Story Walkin" were released. During this time, he also appeared the album Rats by then girlfriend Sass Jordan. Stevie was touring guitarist for the Out Of Order tour of Rod Stewart.
In 2001, Mick Jagger hired him as guitarist and music director for Jagger's "Goddess in the Doorway" Tour. Later that year Salas released "Shapeshifter: The Fall and Rise of Stevie No-Wonder." In 2003, he released The Soulblasters of the Universe, and did his first European Colorcode tour since 1999.
From 2006 to 2010, Salas served as music director and consultant for American Idol and 19 Entertainment nurturing Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry, and their respective touring bands for subsequent American tours.
Salas began working as host and executive producer of the Canadian Music TV series Arbor Live for APTN. In mid-2009, Salas co-founded with the internet entrepreneur Laurence Dorazio the company Rockstar Solos, LLC which focuses on iPhone and iPad gaming and entertainment application development. The first application also called Rockstar Solos became available in the iTunes Store in December 2009. The company Rockstar Logic has thousands of downloads to date.
In 2009, Salas worked with T.I and Justin Timberlake on the song "Dead and Gone," the single eventually reaching #2 on the US Billboard Charts. Later that year, Salas received a Native American Lifetime Achievement Award at the Native American Music Awards. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the advisor to contemporary music at National Museum of the American Indian. He co-created both the Up Where We Belong-Natives In Popular Culture exhibit and The Living Earth Festival. In 2012 Salas created and is executive producer of Catch The Dream Bios with Adam Beach for APTN with shows airing 2014.
Salas is Executive Producer of Rumble, a Native American music documentary for PBS and Super Channel
Musical influences
Salas' musical influences are derived mainly from late 60s and 70s rock and roll music, as well as funk. Artists who have influenced Salas as a musician include James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and Frank Black.
Discography
Solo career
Studio albums
| 1990 | Stevie Salas Colorcode
Island Records | |
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| 1. | "Stand Up!" | 4:31 | | 2. | "Blind" | 4:50 | | 3. | "Caught in the Middle of It" | 3:56 | | 4. | "Just Like That" | 3:55 | | 5. | "Two Bullets and a Gun" | 4:39 | | 6. | "The Harder They Come" | 4:50 | | 7. | "Over and Over Again" | 3:40 | | 8. | "Baby Walk On" | 4:11 | | 9. | "Indian Chief" | 3:37 | | 10. | "Cover Me" | 4:45 |
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| 1993 | Stevie Salas Presents: The Electric Pow Wow
Polystar Japan/EMI Aquarius Canada | |
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| 1. | "You Can't Judge a Book" (Bo Diddley cover) | 4:24 | | 2. | "Too Many Mountains" | 5:54 | | 3. | "The Groove Line" (Heatwave cover) | 4:12 | | 4. | "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder cover) | 5:59 | | 5. | "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (Eddie Floyd cover) | 5:02 | | 6. | "I Don't Want to Waste Your Time" | 4:42 | | 7. | "Good to Your Earhole" (Funkadelic cover) | 3:16 | | 8. | "Trail of Tears" | 2:23 | | 9. | "Little Things" | 4:23 | | 10. | "Too Rolling Stoned" (Robin Trower cover) | 5:35 | | 11. | "Wild Ride" | 3:45 | | 12. | "Teenage Love Affair" (Rick Derringer cover) | 3:21 | | 13. | "Dodo" (David Bowie cover) | 3:17 | | 14. | "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family" (David Bowie cover) | 2:47 |
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| 1994 | Back from the Living
Polystar Japan/BMG. US/East West/Warners Europe | |
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| 1. | "Tell Your Story Walkin'" (Mug Masher Remix) | 4:03 | | 2. | "Start Again" | 4:23 | | 3. | "I Once Was There" | 4:37 | | 4. | "Wonderin'" | 4:43 | | 5. | "Crack Killed Apple Jack" (Gravy Booty Mix) | 4:01 | | 6. | "Born to Mack" | 3:37 | | 7. | "The Lying Truth" | 4:19 | | 8. | "Amelia" | 4:28 | | 9. | "God I'm Going Down" | 3:12 | | 10. | "Much Ado About Buttin'" (Sucker Man-Grubby Mouth Mix) | 2:40 | | 11. | "Shake This Town" | 4:26 | | 12. | "Start Again" (Live) | 6:18 |
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| 1996 | Alter Native
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan | |
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| 1. | "Break It Out" | | | 2. | "Make Me Blank" | | | 3. | "Fear" | | | 4. | "I'm Missing You" | | | 5. | "Do Your Own Thang" | | | 6. | "Hootchie Toad" | | | 7. | "May God Bless You" | | | 8. | "Alter Native" | | | 9. | "Alone in a Crowd" | | | 10. | "Believing is Seeing" | |
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| 1997 | Alter Native Gold
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan | |
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| 1. | "Break It Out (The Legend of Johnny Puerco)" (Jon X Captain Crunchy Remix) | 3:39 | | 2. | "Make Me Blank" (Homer Home Squeeze Mix) | 3:07 | | 3. | "Fear" (Remaster) | 4:45 | | 4. | "I'm Missing You" (Remaster) | 2:31 | | 5. | "Do Your Own Thang" (Sonic Implosion Mix) | 3:06 | | 6. | "Hootchie Toad" (Remaster) | 2:54 | | 7. | "May God Bless You" (Remaster) | 4:35 | | 8. | "Alter Native" (R.U. Real Native American Express Remix, from Alter Native E.P.) | 4:47 | | 9. | "Alone in a Crowd" (Remaster) | 4:15 | | 10. | "Believing is Seeing" (Remaster) | 3:35 | | 11. | "Cover Me in Noise" | 3:40 | | 12. | "Drain You" (Nirvana cover, live in Tokyo) | 5:21 | | 13. | "Alter Native" (Remaster) | 3:26 | | 14. | "Moving Through Sound (A Dedicated Jam to James Marshall)" | 3:03 | | 15. | "Detroit Rock City" (Kiss cover, live in Paris) | 4:35 | | 16. | "Awake" | 4:45 | | 17. | "What Do I Have to Do" (Marva Whitney cover) | 2:27 | | 18. | "Fear" (live in Nagoya) | 6:05 | | 19. | "Alright Is (Part I and Part II)" | 4:20 |
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| 1998 | The Sometimes Almost Never Was
Indanee/Pony Canyon | |
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| 1. | "Dedication" | | | 2. | "Kickback" | | | 3. | "Overground" | | | 4. | "My Someday's Coming" | | | 5. | "Caught in a Moment" | | | 6. | "Superball" | | | 7. | "Bring It On" | | | 8. | "A Dedication to You" | | | 9. | "You and I" | | | 10. | "Morning Song" | | | 11. | "The Turquoise Warrior Spirits" | |
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| 2002 | Shapeshifter: The Fall and Rise of Stevie No Wonder
Surfdog/Sony U.S. Europe/Yamaha Japan | |
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| 1. | "Crackstar" | 4:10 | | 2. | "Punkass Bitch" | 4:19 | | 3. | "Body Slamm 2001" (Big Brother Bootsy Mix) (Bootsy Collins cover) | 4:22 | | 4. | "Dogboy Blues" | 2:58 | | 5. | "Super Prime Mover" | 3:13 | | 6. | "Cherokee Green Eyes" | 2:18 | | 7. | "No Easy Answer" | 5:06 | | 8. | "A Lullaby of Wishes" | 5:10 | | 9. | "Always Crashing in the Same Car" (David Bowie cover) | 3:38 | | 10. | "Shaken Not Stoned" | 3:43 | | 11. | "Words Cannot Say" | 2:27 | | 12. | "Dogboy Blues" (Art Hodge Mathematical Remix) | 3:58 |
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| 2004 | Stevie Salas Presents: The Soulblasters of the Universe
Yamaha Japan | |
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| 1. | "Kingazoid Bootsy, Pt. 1" (feat. Bootsy Collins) | | | 2. | "Free Up" | | | 3. | "Ralo's Boogie" (feat. Bernard Fowler) | | | 4. | "Freeze Dried" | | | 5. | "Indian Friends" | | | 6. | "1095 Divided by 3" | | | 7. | "Save Me from Myself" | | | 8. | "Kingazoid Bootsy, Pt. 2" (feat. Bootsy Collins) | | | 9. | "Soulblaster" (feat. the Dos Negros con Rojo Singers) | | | 10. | "Motos y Minifaldas" | | | 11. | "Static" | | | 12. | "Soul Ecstacy" (feat. Jerry Cantrell) | | | 13. | "My Summer Breeze" (feat. Richie Kotzen, Japanese bonus track) | |
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| 2006 | Be What It Is
Columbia Japan/ Arbor EMI Canada/Bellaphon Europe | |
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| 1. | "What It Was to Be What It Is" | 3:38 | | 2. | "Get Out Alive" | 3:25 | | 3. | "Head On Collision" | 4:17 | | 4. | "Two Souls War'n in a Bag of Skin" | 8:26 | | 5. | "Bring It Easy" | 3:26 | | 6. | "Long Way to Roll" | 2:47 | | 7. | "Are the Gods Smiling on Me (or Are They Laughing)?" | 4:53 | | 8. | "My Girl is Gone" | 3:04 | | 9. | "To Surf with the Angels" | 4:09 | | 10. | "Cherokee Girl" | 3:03 | | 11. | "To Begin Again" | 4:11 | | 12. | "Worn Out Rooster" (Bonus track) | 2:51 |
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| 2008 | Set It On Blast!!
Columbia Japan | |
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| 1. | "Get Your Hands in the Air" | | | 2. | "Nishi Girl" | | | 3. | "Block Rockin'" (feat. Tak Matsumoto) | | | 4. | "OMG" | | | 5. | "Forgive and Remember" | | | 6. | "The Uprise" (feat. Gandhi) | | | 7. | "Warmth of the Sun" | | | 8. | "Rock the House" | | | 9. | "I'm Not Looking Back" | | | 10. | "Older Than America" | | | 11. | "Two Souls War'n in a Bag of Skin" (Live in Canada) | |
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| 2010 | Jam Power
Columbia Japan | |
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| 1. | "Tell Me Something Good" (Rufus and Chaka Khan cover) | 4:31 | | 2. | "Girls Got Rhythm" (AC/DC cover) | 4:03 | | 3. | "Police on My Back" (The Equals cover) | 3:03 | | 4. | "Disco Lady" (Johnnie Taylor cover) | 4:18 | | 5. | "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" (The Beatles cover) | 3:41 | | 6. | "This Is Radio Clash" (The Clash cover) | 4:05 | | 7. | "Only Happy When It Rains" (Garbage cover, from Nickelbag's Mas Feedback) | 4:23 | | 8. | "No Air" (Jordin Sparks cover) | 5:22 | | 9. | "Getaway" (Earth, Wind & Fire cover) | 3:37 | | 10. | "Moonage Daydream" (David Bowie cover, live) | 4:43 | | 11. | "Ondularte" (Gandhi with Stevie Salas) | 3:41 |
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EPs
| 1991 | Stuff
Island/Polystar Records | |
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| 1. | "Blind" (Acoustic Version) | 4:13 | | 2. | "You Met Your Match in Me" | 3:47 | | 3. | "Let's Make Love Again" | 3:30 | | 4. | "Forgive Me, Forgive Me Not" | 4:32 | | 5. | "Two Bullets and a Gun" (Live) | 4:53 | | 6. | "The "I Got the Feelin'" James Brown Jam" (Live) | 4:42 |
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| 1996 | Alter Native E.P.
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan | |
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| 1. | "Moving Through Sand" | 4:13 | | 2. | "Me & Baby Brother" | 3:47 | | 3. | "Break It Out" (Remaster) | 3:30 | | 4. | "Alter Native" (R.U. Real Native American Express Remix) | 4:32 | | 5. | "Break It Out" (The Zeotronic Karma Kazi Remix) | 4:53 | | 6. | "Believing is Seeing" (Apache Sunshower Instrumental Mix) | 4:42 |
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Live albums
| 1991 | Bootleg Like a Mug!!: Live in Japan
Island Records | |
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| 1. | "Stand Up!" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 5:23 | | 2. | "Cover Me" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:42 | | 3. | "Hey Joe" (Jimi Hendrix cover) | 4:19 | | 4. | "The Harder They Come" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 7:00 | | 5. | "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix cover) | 5:35 | | 6. | "Rock It Up (Ego Trippin')" | 12:12 | | 7. | "Just Like That" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:19 | | 8. | "Sex Machine" (James Brown cover) | 7:11 |
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| 1995 | All That... And Born to Mack: Live in Japan
Polystar Japan | |
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| 1. | "Tell Your Story Walkin'" (from Back from the Living) | | | 2. | "Blind" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | | | 3. | "Got a Feeling" (from Hardware's Third Eye Open) | | | 4. | "Too Many Mountains" (from The Electric Pow Wow) | | | 5. | "Born to Mack" (from Back from the Living) | | | 6. | "I Once Was There" (from Back from the Living) | | | 7. | "Sex Machine" (James Brown cover) | | | 8. | "The Harder They Come" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | | | 9. | "Power of Soul" (Jimi Hendrix cover) | | | 10. | "Start Again" (from Back from the Living) | | | 11. | "The Walls Came Down" (from Hardware's Third Eye Open) | | | 12. | "Trail of Tears" (from The Electric Pow Wow) | |
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| 1997 | Le Bootleg: Live in Paris
USG/East West/Warners Europe | |
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| 1. | "Do Your Own Thang" (from Alter Native) | 3:36 | | 2. | "Start Again" (from Back from the Living) | 4:59 | | 3. | "Stand Up!" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 5:55 | | 4. | "Detroit Rock City" (Kiss cover) | 4:36 | | 5. | "Make Me Blank" (from Alter Native) | 3:03 | | 6. | "Too Many Mountains" (from Electric Pow Wow) | 8:47 | | 7. | "Tell Your Story Walkin'" (from Back from the Living) | 4:26 | | 8. | "The Harder They Come" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 8:12 | | 9. | "Sex Machine" (James Brown cover) | 6:48 | | 10. | "I Once Was There" | 5:22 | | 11. | "Drain You" (Nirvana cover) | 5:23 | | 12. | "Fear" (from Alter Native) | 6:26 |
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Compilations
| 1996 | Anthology of Stevie Salas Colorcode: 1987–1994
Polystar Japan | |
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| 1. | "The Harder They Come" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | | | 2. | "Tell Your Story Walkin'" (from Back from the Living) | | | 3. | "God I'm Going Down" (from Back from the Living) | | | 4. | "Blind" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | | | 5. | "Too Many Mountains" (from The Electric Pow Wow) | | | 6. | "I Once Was There" (from Back from the Living) | | | 7. | "Indian Chief" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | | | 8. | "Amelia" (from Back from the Living) | | | 9. | "Start Again" (from Back from the Living) | | | 10. | "The Groove Line" (Heatwave cover, from The Electric Pow Wow) | | | 11. | "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family" (David Bowie cover, from The Electric Pow Wow) | | | 12. | "Shake This Town" (from Back from the Living) | | | 13. | "Tell Me" (from Hardware's Third Eye Open) | | | 14. | "Good to Your Earhole" (Funkadelic cover, from The Electric Pow Wow) | | | 15. | "Two Bullets and a Gun" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | | | 16. | "Trail of Tears" (from The Electric Pow Wow) | | | 17. | "Let's Make Love Again" (from Stuff) | | | 18. | "You Met Your Match in Me" (from Stuff) | | | 19. | "Forgive Me, Forgive Me Not" (from Stuff) | | | 20. | "Show Me Some Emotion" (previously unreleased) | | | 21. | "Two Bullets and a Gun" (live, from Stuff) | | | 22. | "The "I Got the Feelin'" James Brown Jam" (live, from Stuff) | | | 23. | "Blind" (Acoustic Version, from Stuff) | | | 24. | "Stand Up!" (live, from Bootleg Like a Mug!!) | | | 25. | "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix cover, live, from Bootleg Like a Mug!!) | | | 26. | "Shake It" (from Hardware's Third Eye Open) | | | 27. | "Any Noise" (previously unreleased) | | | 28. | "Power of Soul" (Jimi Hendrix cover, live, from All That... and Born to Mack) | | | 29. | "Born to Mack" (live, from All That... and Born to Mack) | | | 30. | "The Walls Came Down" (Hardware cover, live, from All That... and Born to Mack) | | | 31. | "Darling Nikki" (Prince cover, previously unreleased) | |
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| 1997 | Seoul Power
Indanee/Pony Canyon Korea | |
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| 1. | "Cover Me in Noise" (from Alter Native Gold) | 3:34 | | 2. | "Break It Out (The Legend of Johnny Puerco)" (Jon X Captain Crunchy Remix, from Alter Native Gold) | 3:33 | | 3. | "Hold On" (Version 1, previously unreleased) | 4:13 | | 4. | "Awake" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:45 | | 5. | "Moving Through Sound (A Dedicated Jam to James Marshall)" (from Alter Native Gold) | 3:03 | | 6. | "May God Bless You" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:35 | | 7. | "Believing is Seeing" (Apache Sunshower Instrumental Mix, from Alter Native E.P.) | 3:15 | | 8. | "Alter Native" (R.U. Real Native American Express Remix, from Alter Native E.P.) | 4:48 | | 9. | "Alright Is (Part I and Part II)" (from Alter Native Gold) | 2:14 | | 10. | "Break It Out" (Dave Rouse Edit, previously unreleased) | 3:57 | | 11. | "Do Your Own Thang" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 3:36 | | 12. | "Start Again" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 4:58 | | 13. | "Detroit Rock City" (Kiss cover, live, from Le Bootleg) | 4:32 | | 14. | "Too Many Mountains" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 8:48 | | 15. | "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix cover, live, previously unreleased) | 4:07 | | 16. | "Drain You" (Nirvana cover, live, from Le Bootleg) | 5:23 |
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| 1998 | Viva la Noise
USG/East West/Warners Europe | |
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| 1. | "Cover Me in Noise" (Rocktronic Remix, previously unreleased) | 3:40 | | 2. | "Break It Out (The Legend of Johnny Puerco)" (Jon X Captain Crunchy Remix, from Alter Native Gold) | 3:30 | | 3. | "Make Me Blank" (Homer Home Squeeze Mix, from Alter Native Gold) | 3:07 | | 4. | "Fear" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:46 | | 5. | "I'm Missing You" (from Alter Native Gold) | 2:31 | | 6. | "Hootchie Toad" (from Alter Native Gold) | 2:49 | | 7. | "Do Your Own Thang" (Sonic Implosion Mix, from Alter Native Gold) | 3:10 | | 8. | "Awake" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:45 | | 9. | "Moving Through Sound (A Dedicated Jam to James Marshall)" (from Alter Native Gold) | 3:02 | | 10. | "May God Bless You" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:34 | | 11. | "Turquoise Warrior Spirits" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 3:25 | | 12. | "Alright Is (Part I and Part II)" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:29 | | 13. | "Alter Native" (R.U. Real Native American Express Remix, from Alter Native Gold) | 4:49 | | 14. | "Hold On" (Demo – Version 1, from Seoul Power) | 4:12 | | 15. | "Believing is Seeing" (from Alter Native Gold) | 3:33 |
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| 1999 | Sol Power
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan | |
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| 1. | "Kickback" (Homer Bionic Booty Mix, previously unreleased) | 2:50 | | 2. | "Break It Out (The Legend of Johnny Puerco)" (Jon X Captain Crunchy Remix, from Alter Native Gold) | 3:40 | | 3. | "Moving Through Sound (A Dedicated Jam to James Marshall)" (from Alter Native Gold) | 3:03 | | 4. | "Cover Me in Noise" (Homer Rocktronique Remix, from Viva la Noise) | 3:34 | | 5. | "Overground" (The Down Low Remix by Zod, previously unreleased) | 4:13 | | 6. | "Bring It On" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 2:55 | | 7. | "Superball" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 4:31 | | 8. | "May God Bless You" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:34 | | 9. | "Morning Song" (The Atmosphere Remix, previously unreleased) | 4:05 | | 10. | "Fear" (from Alter Native Gold) | 4:46 | | 11. | "Turquoise Warrior Spirits" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 3:37 | | 12. | "Hold On" (Demo – Version 1, from Seoul Power) | 4:17 | | 13. | "Detroit Rock City" (Kiss cover, live, from Le Bootleg) | 4:31 | | 14. | "Too Many Mountains" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 8:47 | | 15. | "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix cover, live, from Seoul Power) | 4:07 | | 16. | "Drain You" (Nirvana cover, live, from Le Bootleg) | 5:20 | | 17. | "Start Again" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 5:01 |
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| 2004 | Stevie Salas Presents: The Soulblasters of the Universe –
Cosmic Flutie: A Mix Tape for the Underdog
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| 1. | "Pumpin' It Up/Cosmic Flutie" (P-Funk All Stars cover, previously unreleased) | 3:47 | | 2. | "Free Up" (from The Soulblasters of the Universe) | 3:17 | | 3. | "The Groove Line" (Heatwave cover, from The Electric Pow Wow) | 4:10 | | 4. | "Break It Out" (Soulblaster Fuji Rock Remix, previously unreleased) | 4:34 | | 5. | "Soul Ecstasy" (from The Soulblasters of the Universe) | 5:03 | | 6. | "Body Slamm 2001" (Bootsy Collins cover, from Shapeshifter) | 4:20 | | 7. | "Born to Mack" (from Back from the Living) | 3:36 | | 8. | "What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You" (Marva Whitney cover, from Alter Native Gold) | 2:24 | | 9. | "Dogboy Blues" (from Shapeshifter) | 2:57 | | 10. | "Ralo's Boogie" (from The Soulblasters of the Universe) | 4:29 | | 11. | "Punkass Bitch" (from Shapeshifter) | 4:20 | | 12. | "The Harder They Come" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:51 | | 13. | "Good to Your Earhole" (Funkadelic cover, from The Electric Pow Wow) | 3:15 | | 14. | "Spanish Castle Magic" (Jimi Hendrix cover, previously unreleased) | 3:17 | | 15. | "Soulblaster" (from The Soulblasters of the Universe) | |
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| 2006 | The Essential Stevie Salas, Volume 1 | |
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| 1. | "Tell Your Story Walkin'" (from Back from the Living) | 4:00 | | 2. | "Break It Out (The Legend of Johnny Puerco)" (Jon X Captain Crunchy Remix, from Alter Native Gold) | 3:36 | | 3. | "The Groove Line" (Heatwave cover feat. Bernard Fowler, from The Electric Pow Wow) | 4:12 | | 4. | "The Harder They Come" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:53 | | 5. | "Cover Me in Noise" (from Viva la Noise) | 3:34 | | 6. | "Kickback" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 2:52 | | 7. | "Two Bullets and a Gun" (feat. Bootsy Collins, from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:30 | | 8. | "Start Again" (from Back from the Living) | 4:26 | | 9. | "Moving Through Sound (A Dedicated Jam to James Marshall)" (from Alter Native Gold) | 3:03 | | 10. | "Born to Mack" (from Back from the Living) | 3:38 | | 11. | "Hots On for Nowhere" (Led Zeppelin cover, from Nickelbag's 12 Hits and a Bump) | 3:56 | | 12. | "Hootchie Toad" (from Alter Native) | 2:58 | | 13. | "Stand Up!" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 5:59 | | 14. | "Make Me Blank" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 3:03 | | 15. | "Tell Your Story Walkin'" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 4:28 | | 16. | "I Once Was There" (from Back from the Living) | 4:37 | | 17. | "Blind" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:47 | | 18. | "May God Bless You" (from Alter Native) | 4:36 | | 19. | "Just Like That" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 3:47 | | 20. | "Amelia" (from Back from the Living) | 4:30 | | 21. | "I'm Missing You" (from Alter Native) | 2:31 | | 22. | "You and I" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 4:32 | | 23. | "Caught in the Middle of It" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 3:55 | | 24. | "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder cover feat. Glenn Hughes, from The Electric Pow Wow) | 5:57 | | 25. | "Indian Chief" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 3:37 | | 26. | "A Dedication to You" (feat Mike Garson, from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 5:10 | | 27. | "Trail of Tears" (from The Electric Pow Wow) | 2:29 | | 28. | "Too Many Mountains" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 8:48 | | 29. | "Fear" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 6:20 | | 30. | "I Once Was There" (live, from Le Bootleg) | 5:23 |
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| 2007 | The Sun and the Earth: The Essential Stevie Salas, Vol. 1
Columbia Japan/Arbor EMI Canada, Bellaphon Europe | |
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| 1. | "Tell Your Story Walkin'" (from Back from the Living) | 4:03 | | 2. | "Pumpin' It Up" (P-Funk All Stars cover feat. Bernard Fowler and Koshi Inaba, from Cosmic Flutie) | 3:47 | | 3. | "The Groove Line" (Heatwave cover feat. Bernard Fowler, from The Electric Pow Wow) | 4:10 | | 4. | "The Harder They Come" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:51 | | 5. | "Cover Me in Noise" (from Viva la Noise) | 3:31 | | 6. | "Kickback" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 2:49 | | 7. | "Two Bullets and a Gun" (feat. Bootsy Collins, from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:26 | | 8. | "Start Again" (from Back from the Living) | 4:22 | | 9. | "Free Up" (from The Soulblasters of the Universe) | 3:18 | | 10. | "Crackstar" (from Shapeshifter) | 4:18 | | 11. | "Hots On for Nowhere" (Led Zeppelin cover, from Nickelbag's 12 Hits and a Bump) | 3:52 | | 12. | "Hootchie Toad" (from Alter Native) | 2:54 | | 13. | "I Once Was There" (from Back from the Living) | 4:37 | | 14. | "Blind" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 4:48 | | 15. | "May God Bless You" (from Alter Native) | 4:29 | | 16. | "Just Like That" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 3:46 | | 17. | "Amelia" (from Back from the Living) | 4:25 | | 18. | "I'm Missing You" (from Alter Native) | 2:29 | | 19. | "You and I" (from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 4:29 | | 20. | "Soul Ecstacy" (feat. Jerry Cantrell, from The Soulblasters of the Universe) | 5:01 | | 21. | "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder cover feat. Glenn Hughes, from The Electric Pow Wow) | 5:57 | | 22. | "Indian Chief" (from Stevie Salas Colorcode) | 3:33 | | 23. | "A Dedication to You" (feat Mike Garson, from The Sometimes Almost Never Was) | 5:07 | | 24. | "Trail of Tears" (from The Electric Pow Wow) | 2:23 | | 25. | "Shake This Town" (from Back from the Living) | 3:04 | | 26. | "Indian Friends" (from The Soulblasters of the Universe) | 4:19 |
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Group projects
Hardware – Stevie Salas with Bootsy Collins and Buddy Miles
| 1992 | Third Eye Open
Black Arc/Rykodisc Records | |
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| 1. | "Got a Feelin'" | 6:31 | | 2. | "Waiting On You" | 6:11 | | 3. | "What's Goin' Down" | 5:06 | | 4. | "Love Obsession (When the Eagle Flies)" | 4:32 | | 5. | "Hard Look" | 6:07 | | 6. | "Shake It" | 4:28 | | 7. | "The Walls Came Down" | 4:15 | | 8. | "500 Years" | 5:43 | | 9. | "Tell Me" | 5:22 | | 10. | "Leakin'" | 4:21 |
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Nicklebag – Stevie Salas with Bernard Fowler
| 1995 | 12 Hits and a Bump
Indanee/Pony Canyon Japan/East West/Warners Europe | |
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| 1. | "Love Song (All Up in My World)" | 4:40 | | 2. | "Hit It and Quit It" (Funkadelic cover) | 3:36 | | 3. | "I Will" | 4:55 | | 4. | "Indanée" | 0:35 | | 5. | "Turning the Other Way" | 4:38 | | 6. | "Too Many Mountains" (Big Daddy Mix) | 5:26 | | 7. | "Sweet Thang" (Don Covay cover) | 3:31 | | 8. | "Don't Know Why I Love You" (Stevie Wonder cover) | 6:03 | | 9. | "Grow" | 4:38 | | 10. | "Repetition" | 3:37 | | 11. | "Soul Search" (Mother Mix, co-written with Parthenon Huxley) | 3:37 | | 12. | "Win" (David Bowie cover) | 4:57 | | 13. | "Hots On for Nowhere" (Bump Track, Led Zeppelin cover) | 3:54 | | 14. | "Soul Search" (Bonus Bump Track - Nicklebag Mix) | 7:13 |
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| 1997 | Mas Feedback
Iguana U.S. | |
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| 1. | "Grow" (from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 3:54 | | 2. | "Sweet Thang" (Don Covay cover, from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 3:29 | | 3. | "Love Song (All Up in My World)" (from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 4:40 | | 4. | "Don't Know Why I Love You" (Stevie Wonder cover, from 12 Hits and a Bump') | 4:43 | | 5. | "Hit It and Quit It" (Funkadelic cover, from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 3:36 | | 6. | "Turning the Other Way" (from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 4:38 | | 7. | "Too Many Mountains" (from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 5:27 | | 8. | "Only Happy When It Rains" (Garbage cover, previously unreleased) | 4:22 | | 9. | "Soul Search" (co-written with Parthenon Huxley, from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 3:36 | | 10. | "Dope Fiend" (previously unreleased) | 4:23 | | 11. | "Repetition, from 12 Hits and a Bump" | 3:36 | | 12. | "I Will" (from 12 Hits and a Bump) | 4:54 | | 13. | "I Am the Walrus" (The Beatles cover, previously unreleased) | 4:14 | | 14. | "The Groove Line" (Bonus Bump, Heatwave cover, from The Electric Pow Wow) | 4:10 |
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Guest appearances
- 1986 – George Clinton: R&B Skeletons in the Closet (Capitol Records)
- 1988 – Bootsy Collins: What's Bootsy Doin'? (Columbia Records)
- 1988 – Was (Not Was): What Up, Dog? (Chrysalis Records)
- 1988 – Eddie Money: Nothing to Lose (Columbia Records)
- 1988 – The Pandoras: Rock Hard EP (Restless Records)
- 1988 – Phil Cristian: No Prisoner
- 1989 – Shakespears Sister: Sacred Heart (FFRR Records)
- 1989 – Shakespears Sister: "You're History" single (FFRR Records)
- 1989 – Cats in Boots: KickedClawed
- 1989 – The Burns Sisters: Endangered Species (Columbia Records)
- 1990 – Ronald Shannon Jackson: Red Warrior (Axiom Records)
- 1991 – Mister Fiddler: With Respect
- 1992 – Sass Jordan: Racine (MCA Records)
- 1992 – Steve Thomson: Steve Thomson
- 1992 – Jeff Healey Band: Feel This (Arista Records)
- 1993 – Terence Trent D'Arby featuring Des'ree: "Delicate" single (Columbia Records)
- 1994 – Sass Jordan: Rats (Impact Records)
- 1995 – TM Stevens: Out of Control... BOOM!!!
- 1995 – Terence Trent D'Arby: Vibrator (Columbia Records)
- 1995 – Red Thunder: Makoce Wakan
- 1996 – Cassius Slade: Land of Opportun-ists
- 1997 – Anri: Twin Soul (For Life Music)
- 1997 – TM Stevens: Radioactive
- 1997 – Carmine Appice: Guitar Zeus 2: Channel Mind Radio
- 1997 – Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle: Free World
- 1998 – Tomoya with 3T: "Eternal Flame" single (Universal Music Japan)
- 1998 – Taisuke: Heavy Pop
- 1998 – Robert Williams: Date with the Devil's Daughter
- 1998 – Tokio: Graffiti (Sony Japan)
- 1999 – Michael Hutchence: Michael Hutchence (V2 Records)
- 1999 – Glenn Hughes: The Way It Is (SPV/Nippon Crown/Shrapnel Records)
- 2000 – Takul: Nuclear Sonic Punk
- 2000 – Jeff Healey Band: Get Me Some (Eagle Records)
- 2001 – TM Stevens: Shocka Zooloo
- 2002 – Andy Dick: Andy Dick and the Bitches of the Century
- 2003 – Chris Catena: Freak Out
- 2003 – Ken Tamplin and Friends: Wake the Nations
- 2004 – Koshi Inaba: Peace of Mind
- 2005 – OctavePussy: Here Are the Results of the Universal Jury
- 2006 – Bernard Fowler: Friends with Privileges (Sony Japan)
- 2008 – T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake: "Dead and Gone" single (Atlantic/WEA)
- 2009 – Heavy Glow: "It's Too Late" (StockXChange Music Australia)
Signature Gear
- LAA Custom Nishi Drive Stevie Salas Signature Overdrive Pedal
- Framus Idolmaker Stevie Salas Signature Guitar
- The Guyatone Stevie Salas Wah Rocker Pedal
