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Tommy Castro/Jimmy Hall/Lloyd Jones: Triple Trouble

Read "Triple Trouble" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Backed by the newest star rhythm section, Double Trouble, three rather disparate characters get together and discover what they have in common. While this underpinning might suggest otherwise, this is not strictly a blues album. It might be a rhythm and blues, but this is not the regular stuff. Tommy Castro, for example, has been playing ...

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Live at the Fillmore

Label: Blind Pig Records
Released: 2000

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Tommy Castro: Live at the Fillmore

Read "Live at the Fillmore" reviewed by Ed Kopp


With his swarthy good looks and ever-smiling visage, Tommy Castro is perhaps the most telegenic blues dude going. NBC realized as much when the network appointed Castro music director of its program Comedy Showcase. Blind Pig realized it when the label released a concert video to accompany Castro's new CD, recorded live at the Fillmore Auditorium ...

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Right as Rain

Label: Blind Pig Records
Released: 1999

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Tommy Castro: Right as Rain

Read "Right as Rain" reviewed 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 ...


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