Curtiss A

Curtiss A (born Curt Almsted on January 31, 1951) is a musician and visual artist from Minneapolis. One of the original artists on the Twin/Tone Records label, he performs one of the most popular shows in the Twin Cities, an annual tribute to John Lennon held at First Avenue. He was the first musician to headline at First Avenue's sister club 7th Street Entry, and opened for Prince's first concert at First Avenue (then still called Uncle Sam's).

Emerging a few years before the 1980s heyday of Minneapolis indie-rock groups like the Replacements and Hüsker Dü, he has been called a "slightly-elder statesman" of the Minneapolis music scene. Ira Robbins of Trouser Press called him "a talented songwriter with a great sense of humor, an adequate if colorless voice and connections with every other local Minneapolis musician (except maybe Prince), many of whom played on his first album."

He is sometimes known by the nickname "The Dean of Scream."