Tommy Castro

Artist:  Tommy Castro
Born:  April 15, 1955.  San Jose, California, USA
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Soul Blues, Southern Rock, Contemporary Blues
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Tommy Castro is an American Blues Rock Guitarist and Singer from San Jose, California.  He started playing guitar since 10 year old, initially inspired by Mike Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, and Elvin Bishop, and started the inevitable into the roots of his heroes such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Elmore James, Muddy Waters and Freddie King.  His vocals like Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and James Brown.  In 2008, he won Blues Music Award for Entertainer of The Year.  

Artist:  Tommy Castro & The Painkillers
Title:  Method To My Madness  (2015)
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Soul Blues, Southern Rock, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Slide Guitar Blues
Label:  Alligator Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Common Ground  (4:14)
 2.  Shine A Light  (4:34)
 3.  Method To My Madness  (3:14)
 4.  Died And Gone To Heaven  (5:02)
 5.  Got A Lot  (3:50)
 6.  No Such Luck  (4:23)
 7.  Two Hearts  (3:40)
 8.  I'm Qualified  (3:10)
 9.  Ride  (4:40)
10. Lose Lose  (5:17)
11. All About The Cash  (4:31)
12. Bad Luck  (3:27)

Personnel:

Tommy Castro:  Vocals, Guitar
Michael Emerson:  Keyboards
Randy McDonald:  Bass, Background Vocals
Bowen Brown:  Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals

Additional Musicians:

Ari Rios:  Percussion, Background Vocals
Amber Morris:  Background Vocals

Method To My Madness is the new album by Tommy Castro & The Painkellers, was released on October 23, 2015 by Alligator Records.  Funky...Soulful Vocals and inspired Blues with Rock Guitar, featuring best song "Ride", "Common Ground", plus B.B. King's Version "Bad Luck", and the Soul Classic "I'm Qualified".