Stevie Salas

Stevie Salas
Stevie Salas with The IMF's
Background information
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, Television, Film and Record Producer, Music Director, Author, Composer, Guitar Developer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Island Records PolyGram Polystar Records Vermillion Records BMG EMI Iguana Indanee Pony Canyon West/Warners USG Surfdog Sony Yamaha Japan Columbia Japan Arbor EMI Bellaphon (Germany)
Associated acts	George Clinton, Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Heavy Glow, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Bernard Fowler, Koshi Inaba, Bootsy Collins, Glenn Hughes, Ron Wood, Hardware, Colorcode, Jerry Cantrell, Was Not Was, Terence Trent D'Arby, Richie Kotzen, T.M. Stevens, Jordin Sparks, Matt Sorum, B'Z, Daughtry, Justin Timberlake, T.I, Sass Jordan, Mass Mental, Chevy Metal, Adam Lambert, David Cook, Tak Matsumoto
Website	http://www.steviesalas.com/

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.

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.

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. He frequently lists himself as one of the Top Guitarists of All Time. 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.