"SALT on the RUG": defining "creative music" in the 1980’s.
Salt started out as a weekly get-together in the living rooms of Santa Barbara California in the early 1980’s, and performed through the decade. Their repertoire ranging from traditional and native ballads to modern original sounds delighted their audiences.
| Salt on the Rug | |||||||
| created a commanding | |||||||
| new sound that excited | |||||||
| music lovers. Their novel | |||||||
| music included all genre. | |||||||
| Salt's music has the edge | |||||||||||||||
| of rock, the off-beat rhythms | |||||||||||||||
| of jazz and the drive of Mid-Eastern | |||||||||||||||
| and European traditional music. | |||||||||||||||
| Salt on the Rug’s music is a unique | |||||||||||||||
| fusing of Celtic beginnings with jazz, | |||||||||||||||
| folk/rock and classical elements. | |||||||||||||||
| Salt offers a CD of their music, featuring | |||||||||||||||
| a set of thirteen songs and medleys, which | |||||||||||||||
| comprise over 40 minutes of music. | |||||||||||||||
| The work spanned over a year and a half at the | |||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara Sound Design recording studios | |||||||||||||||
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under the direction and engineering of Daniel Protheroe. |
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| Recording this CD was an exciting time for the band; A time to define | |||||||||||||||
| its own voice. Words cannot adequately describe any music. Salt | |||||||||||||||
| invites you to listen to the clips and have a “Salt Experience” for yourselves. | |||||||||||||||
