Guitarist Stevie Salas has issued the following update:

"Just back from Europe and rocking again with my brother Bernard Fowler. Things were just like always in the NICKLEBAG days full of madness and muscle, but this time with the added adventure they call Dave Abbruzzese!!

Dave has been recording with me since his PEARL JAM days but would never go on tour. But we got his ass out there this time and the kids went crazy! Why pearl jam ever got rid of him I will never know. So what if he is a little out of his mind....aren't we all???

We have tons more dates coming in Europe in Februay so stay tuned.

Yesterday in LA we had our meetings at 19 ent home of American Idol and I got to hear some AWESOME new tracks by idols Kris, Adam and Allison. These records sound fantastic and will blow minds very soon (also saw the Daughtry boys in the office and they all had a pep in there step, lookin' good).

Today in LA, I will start looking at tons of players for some BIG stuff coming up in November, so if you're coming to play bring your 'A' game only. Friday I will fly to Niagra Falls to the NAMMY's (Native American Music Awards) where I will be honored with a lifetime achievement award! This is such an honor for me but I must be gettin' old!! I still got a lot of lifetime left in me I hope!

Well, perhaps I can win another one in 20 more years if I keep kickin ass! I will also jam a couple songs at the awards with my boys TM Stevens on bass and Dave Abbruzzese on drums. Hope to see ya all there."

Cheers my dears."

SS

Following is the official Native American Music Awards 2009 press release:

Special recognition will also be given to guitarist /musician/producer Stevie Salas as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Stevie Salas is an American born rock guitarist of Apache descent. With humble beginnings, Salas' unique heavy funk/rock guitar stylings quickly helped him make a name for himself in music industry circles in the late 1980's. After 20 years in the business, Salas' talent and swagger have earned him great respect in the music world as a studio and concert musician.

He has recorded, toured with, written, produced and directed many record industry greats including; Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, George Clinton and Justin Timberlake. As a producer Salas has worked on many global superstar projects including the 1989 classic What Up Dog by Was (Not Was) which Rolling Stone Magazine named one of the top 100 records of the decade.

As a film composer he has scored many films and TV shows but he is best known for the guitar score to the cult classic Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure, where he not only scored but he also appears as the hands of George Carlin in the famed wild guitar solo ending. Aside from the work he does live and in the studio, Salas also tours the

world as a solo artist, often playing sold out concerts and festivals in the UK , Europe and Asia and has sold two million solo records around the world. He has won many awards including a Native American Music Award for Best Rock Recording in 2008. He is the host and executive producer of the one hour live comedy/music TV program Arbor Live in Canada and for the last four years has worked as the Music Consultant for 19 Entertainment for American Idol’s Chris Daughtry, Jordan Sparks, David Cook , Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert.

Stevie has also advised the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian on contemporary music programming and helped conceptualize the idea for an exhibit on American Indian contributions to the roots and

advancement of contemporary music."

Also nominated for Best Rock Recording, Be What It Is (Apache), and Best Producer for Be What It Is (Apache). Go to this location for event information.