About Curt Landes

I'm from New Orleans (I was born there and lived there as a youngster). I am largely self taught, though I do have a Bachelor of Arts degree w/ major in music (Southwest Mo. State University) I also attented Drury College for 2 years. Performed throughout the U.S. and in Canada.(represented "sound of St. Louis music scene" in a Missouri Dept. of Tourism promotion in Toronto, Canada (played blues, boogie, ragtime, and jazz)

Some Highlights of my Professional experience:
People I have played with: Chuck Berry, Albert King, John Hartford, Johnnie Johnson, Glen Campbell, Larry Davis, Saint Louis Symphony, and more...

Clients I have performed for: Ken Burns, Hillary Clinton, George Bush Sr. and other memebers of the Bush family including a wedding reception for George's neice), Dick Cheney, Rudolph Giuliani, John Ashcroft, and many more...

In St. Louis I've played with: Willie Akins, Jeannie Trevor, the late Gerald Declue, Billy Peek (former Chuck Berry & Rod Stewart guitarist). I play the St. Louis "Blues and Heritage Festivals" as a headliner and as a "sideman" backing various artists every year.

Some of my corporate clients include: Ace Hardware, Anheuser Busch, Applebees, The Atkinson Group, Barnes Retina Institute, Brown Shoe Co., Dot Foods, Enterprise Bank, KPLR Channel 11, McDonnell Douglas, Ralston-Purina, The St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Lexus, The Sporting News, The St. Louis Rams, Sigma-Aldrich and the St. Louis Zoo.

Nationally Known Musicians with whom I've performed:
Chuck Berry, Albert King, Johnnie Johnson, Glen Campbell, Jonathan Hartford, Judy Tenuto, Bob Kuban and Stan Musial.

Locally I've performed with: Willie Akins Bob Case Erskine Oglesby Renne Smith Albert King alumni band, Bob Kuban, Oliver Sain, James Warfield, Leslie White, Ted McCready, Cryin' Shame, Bennie Smith played w/ I and T turner, Denise Thimes, Charles (Charlie) Glenn, The Heaters, Denise Thimes, Sherry Drake, Blake Travis, Jeannie Trevor, Sandy Weltman, Swingset, Poor People Of Paris, Billy Peek, the late Bobby Nickeson, Daryl Darden, Boo Boo Davis and more...