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Tommy Castro: Right as Rain
by Ed Kopp
Originally pegged as the Bay area's answer to Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tommy Castro is an ace guitarist and supremely soulful singer. However, his music is more evocative of Memphis-style soul and roots-rock than Vaughn's Texas blues. Right As Rain features flaming guitar solos, slick backup vocal choruses, jumping Memphis horns and famous guest stars ...
Magic Slim and the Teardrops: Black Tornado
by Ed Kopp
Critics tend to overemphasize regional differences in blues styles, but I'll concede that Chicago blues can be particularly loose and low-down. Chicago blues is really Delta blues electrified, and Mississippi-born Magic Slim may be the genre's finest living purveyor. You won't find a more authentic blues man than 61-year-old Magic Slim, whose given name is Morris ...
