Monday, March 18, 2019

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 And The Painkillers
Title:  Killin' It - Live  (2019)
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Soul Blues, Southern Rock, Contemporary Blues
Label:  Alligator Records
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

 1.  Make It Back To Memphis  (4:55)
 2.  Can't Keep A Good Man Down  (5:42)
 3.  Leaving Trunk  (5:56)
 4.  Lose Lose  (6:33)
 5.  Calling San Francisco  (5:26)
 6.  Shakin' The Hard Times Loose  (4:31)
 7.  Anytime Soon  (5:05)
 8.  She Wanted To Give It To Me  (5:00)
 9.  Two Hearts  (4:36)
10. Them Changes  (7:59)

Personnel:

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

Killin' It - Live is a live album by Tommy Castro And The Painkillers, released on February 1, 2019 by Alligator Records.  Great Album and Great selection of songs.

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