Sal Belloise

Genre: Adult Contemporary
Secondary Genre: Acoustic Clearwater, Florida USA Contact

Acoustic guitar jam man Sal Belloise fills a gap somewhere between Dave Mathews and Stephen Stills. His lyric content masterfully meanders through love, global warming and singing space aliens.

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Biography

Armed with an acoustic guitar and a head full of songs, Sal Belloise set out in a VW bus on his musical journey back in the hazy 60s. He's been traveling that road ever since, performing thousands of shows and meeting millions of faces. In the process, his music, like his rich, melodic guitar work and vocals, has deepened with life experiences along the way. Belloise's fans span the globe and are an intricate part of his creative process, as it is his audience who determines which songs get recorded.

"I let the people dictate which songs are keepers and which ones are sleepers by the initial response they receive from applause," Belloise says of the importance of his fans' participation and preferences. Although one tune might go over better in Ireland than another in New York City, his acoustically driven music finds its rhythmic groove somewhere between powerful folkish rock and trans-pop.

Belloise was weaned on vocal harmonies of the late psychedelic era – Crosby, Stills and Nash, Neil Young, James Taylor – and his guitar style is steeped in those sounds mixed with the spirit of Jimi Hendrix and flavored with the warm southern nights of living on a small island off the west coast of Florida – Clearwater Beach – where he came of musical age.

A prolific songwriter for decades, Belloise, encouraged by his peers and audiences, decided to release his debut album in February 2008 entitled "Nothing But Love". His music has received considerable airtime on independent radio in the U.S., U.K., and abroad. As the first two albums continue to garner accolades and downloads, hte 13 songs being recorded for the third album promises to be the best yet .

Belloise writes from the heart, with uplifting notes and stories most can relate to. He aspires to transform life's everyday mediocrity into experiences that elevate his listeners.

I want everyone to walk away feeling good," he confesses – and believes, "There are pivotal songs in everyone's lives, songs that have special meaning and stay with you." And this is what he hopes to achieve through his art – to reach as many people as possible and through the universal language of song, perhaps find a way to unite people in peace through music.

To his fans he says, "Thank you, thank you, thank you for listening."





I have opened acts either as as acoustic solo act and/or with a band for the following named acts:

WOOD & WIRE TOUR
(Billy Dean, Richard Leigh & Gary Nicholson)
WOODSTOCK 25th REUNION
PURE PRARIE LEAGUE
LITTLE FEAT
ROBERT CRAY
RITA COOLIDGE
DAVE MASON
ROGER MCGUINN
LEON RUSSELL
JESSE COLLIN YOUNG
GALLAHGER
DONAVAN
TAJ MAHAL
LYNYRD SKYNYRD

Feel Free to contact me at: (727) 709-1272
Fax: (727) 446-8264
Email: sal@SalLive.com

Instrumentation

Sal Belloise: vocals/acoustic guitars/flute/harmonica
Chuck Belloise - Bass
Andre Belloise - Drums/percussion

Discography

First Album released - 2008
"Nothing But Love" on Compilation CD
Second Album released - 2008
"The South In Me"

Official Website

http://www.sallive.com

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Press

  • October 2008 - Finalist [+ Show ]

    OCTOBER 2008 Awarded to Sal Belloise Sal has been selected as a "Finalist" in the October 200...

  • FINALIST - 2008 SONGWRITING CONTEST [+ Show ]

    SAL BELLOISE Winner in the acoustic/country/bluegrass category of the 2008 Edition of the 100% Mu...

  • CLEARWATER BEACH, FLORIDA SONGWRITER RECOGNIZED BY [+ Show ]

    Clearwater beach native Sal Belloise recently received the honor of being named Finalist by the Song...

  • CLEARWATER BEACH, FLORIDA SONGWRITER RECOGNIZED BY [+ Show ]

    Clearwater beach native Sal Belloise recently received the honor of being named Finalist by the Song...

Setlist

Song List

Nothing But Love
Wonderful Day
You're Not Real
Crazy Little Planet
I Got Too High
Part of The Show
Shake Up The World
Get Out Of My Life
A Piece Of Me
Late For Love
Wave Of Life
Darlene
Own Little World
All Your Love
This Old Town
Shadow of Love
Summer's Gone

Cover tunes:

Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Jethro Tull
Eric Clapton
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Jethro Tull
James Taylor
Little Feat
Van Morrison
Jackson Brown
Eagles
Bob Dylan
Simon & Garfunkel


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