VIC SALADINO

Guitar - Keyboards
Vocals - Sequencing
Writer - Arranger - Engineer

Vic Saladino, also known as "King Creole", is a well rounded and seasoned performer. Born in New Orleans, he started in the late sixties as the guitarist for the popular local band "Flavor", which toured the U.S. & Canada. Playing over 100 colleges and clubs they opened for such impressive acts as Ricky Nelson, Bobby Vinton, Chuck Berry The Coasters, The Drifters, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Ted Nuggent, just to name a few.

As one of the founders of "Creole Cookin' Band" he was involved in writing, arranging, recording and every aspect of putting together their multi-media shows that were sell outs in the New Orleans area! Their first album "Musical Gumbo" was also sold out locally. He has had much t.v. exposure such as P.M. Magazine and co-host of Celebration '84, live from the Worlds Fair, as well as many commercials such as Popeye's Fried Chicken.

Because of his bittersweet blues style he has built a local following in New Orleans as a favorite at many Mardi Gras extravaganzas where he has shared the billing with such greats as Kenny Rodgers, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, Fats Domino, Pete Fountain, Smokie Robinson, Miami Sound Machine, The 4 Tops and Kool & the Gang. He has also received an award from the American Songwriters Festival for an original song.

In 1990, along with his band "Hot Stuff", he moved to Las Vegas. Since then he has gone on his own, thrilling audiences at such hotels as The Bellagio, Ceasars Palace, The Flamingo Hilton, The Las Vegas Hilton, Lake Las Vegas, The Stardust, The Luxor, Treasure Island, The Riviera Hotel, The Sands Hotel, Ballys, The Rio, The Alladin, Sams Town, Arizona Charlies, The San Remo, Fitzgeralds, The Union Plaza, The Skyline, and many others including those in Laughlin and Mesquite


* Toured: U.S. & Canada *

* Recordings: *

(L.P.) "Flavor" (Flavor Band) -- (L.P.) "Musical Gumbo" (Creole Cookin' Band) -- produced, engineered, performed all instruments on (45) "N.O. Child" / "Do Me Like You Do" (original) -- writer & arranger, "King Creole" label

* T.V. *

"Shades of New Orleans" T.V.6 (Flavor Band; originals) 1973 - "P.M. Magazine- (Creole Cookin' Band) 1980 - "Celebration '84"- co-host & live performances (Creole Cookin' Band) - Commercials : Radiophone (New Orleans) / Popeyes Chicken (national)

* Opened For *

Roy Orbinson, Fats Domino, Miami Sound Machine, Kenny Rodgers, Smokie Robinson, Dolly Parton, Bobby Vinton, Ricky Nelson, The 4 Tops, The Spinners, Pete Fountain, The Coasters, The Drifters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kool and the Gang, Dr. John, Freddie King, Ted Nuggent, "Gatemouth" Brown, The Neville Brothers

* Live Performances With: *

Timi Yuro, Aaron Neville, Pete Fountain, The Coasters, Percy Sledge, Louie Prima, Fats Domino, Irma Thomas, Jean Knight (Mr Big Stuff), Chapito Ariaz (Santana), The Dixie - Kups, Ernie K-Doe, Oliver Morgan, Jessie Hill, The Flavor Band (3 yr. tour), Creole Cookin' Band (5 yrs.), Hot Stuff Band (5 yrs.), Vic & Kitty Duo (3yrs)

* Performed: *

New Orleans Jazz Festival- 5 years
Worlds Fair Expo '84- Pete Fountain's Reunion Hall
Various New Orleans Mardi Gras Extravaganzas
Landmark Hotel : Metairie La. (5 yrs)
Various Clubs on Bourbon St. and throughout the New Orleans area
B B Kings Blues Club Las Vegas : House of Blues Las Vegas
Various Las Vegas Hotels Including: The Bellagio, Ceasars Palace, The Flamingo Hilton, The Las Vegas Hilton, Lake Las Vegas, The Stardust, The Luxor, Treasure Island, The Riviera Hotel, The Sands Hotel, Ballys, The Rio, The Alladin, Sams Town, Arizona Charlies, The San Remo, Fitzgeralds, The Union Plaza, The Skyline, and many others including those in Laughlin and Mesquite

* Awards *

American Songwriters Festival '82

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