Wednesday, February 10, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Ace bluesman hits The Belfry next week
Tommy Castro & The
Painkillers, celebrating the
release of their new album,
“Method To My Madness,”
will perform at The Belfry
in Sisters on Wednesday,
February 17.
Over the course of his
four-decade career, Castro
— a six-time Blues Music
Award-winner — has played
thousands of shows to hun-
dreds of thousands of fans,
packing seats and dance
floors, always leaving them
screaming for more. Hailing
from the San Francisco area,
Castro, along with his band
The Painkillers (featuring
bassist Randy McDonald,
keyboardist Michael Emerson
and drummer Bowen Brown),
play music that fires up fans.
“Method To My Madness”
finds Tommy Castro & The
Painkillers at their very best.
It is an instant career high-
light in a lifetime full of them.
The album was recorded at
Laughing Tiger Studio in San
Rafael, California, and pro-
duced by Castro (his first time
at the helm) using no record-
ing studio wizardry, just the
unadulterated sound of the
band.
Castro’s songs (he wrote
or co-wrote 10 of 12 tracks)
are raw, raucous and rocking.
From the opening one-two
punch of everyman anthems
Common Ground and Shine
A Light to the full-tilt energy
of the title track to the sear-
ing deep soul ballad Heaven,
to the bayou rock of Got
A Lot to the atmospheric,
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autobiographical Ride to
the reinvented version of
the Clarence Carter hit I’m
Qualified to the emotional
cover of B.B. King’s Bad
Luck, Tommy Castro & The
Painkillers continue to break
new ground while simultane-
ously having an incredible
amount of fun.
Born in San Jose,
California in 1955, Tommy
Castro first picked up a guitar
at age 10. He fell under the
spell of Eric Clapton, Elvin
Bishop, Mike Bloomfield and
other blues rock players. As
he got older, Castro discov-
ered the blues guitar-work of
Muddy Waters, B.B. King,
Freddie King, Buddy Guy,
Elmore James and the deep-
rooted soul voices of sing-
ers like Ray Charles, Wilson
Pickett and James Brown. By
his 20s, he was playing in a
variety of San Francisco-area
blues and soul bands.
Castro joined Warner
Brothers artists The
Dynatones in the late 1980s
before forming The Tommy
Castro Band in 1991. He
released his debut album in
1996 on Blind Pig and hit the
road hard, picking up new
fans everywhere he went.
During the 1990s and into
the 2000s, Castro recorded a
series of critically acclaimed
CDs for Blind Pig, Telarc and
33rd Street Records as well
Feb. 10 / Wed. / 6 PM M
Dinner Show with
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McGregor will present
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Open to anyone who just wants
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Feb. 17 / Wed. / 7 PM
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We kept everything
raw, capturing the feeling
of playing live. I’m not
about being perfect.
I’m about being real.
— tommy Castro
Castro formed The
Painkillers in 2012, creating a
lean, mean four-piece lineup
and leaving his tight horn sec-
tion behind. He stripped his
music down to its raw essence
with the band driving their
point home on the bandstand.
Fueled by Tommy’s voice and
guitar plus bass, drums and
keyboards, the band released
“The Devil You Know” in
2014.
With Method To My
Madness, Tommy Castro &
The Painkillers are ready to
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In 2009 Castro came to
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sive acclaim. He won four
of his six career Blues Music
Awards, including the coveted
B.B. King Entertainer Of The
Year Award (the very highest
award a blues performer can
receive).
Tommy Castro &
The Painkillers
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soaked, soul-baring music to fans
all over the world.
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Sun 1:30, 3:45, 6:00
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tommy Castro & the Painkillers will perform at the Belfry February 17.
unleash their blistering new
songs on music fans in Sisters.
“With the new album,”
Castro says, “I was trying to
get back to my basic ingredi-
ents: blues and soul. I went
for the energy of connect-
ing with my band. We kept
everything raw, capturing the
feeling of playing live. I’m
not about being perfect. I’m
about being real.”
The Belfry is located at
302 E. Main Ave. Showtime
is 7 p.m. Ticket price: $20
advance/$25 day of show. For
more information visit www.
belfryevents.com.
Entertainment/Arts/Events
Wed.~Feb. 10
Monday~Feb. 15
The Belfry Dinner Show
with Brent McGregor 6 p.m.
McGregor presents “Mysteries
Beneath the Ice” on the Sandy
Glacier Cave Project. $35
online at bendticket.com. For
info go to belfryevents.com.
The Open Door Live Music
with Katie Cavanaugh 6 to
8 p.m. For more information
call 541-549-6076 or go online
to opendoorwinebar.com.
Saturday~Feb. 13
The Belfry Live Music
with Tommy Castro & The
Painkillers 7 to 10 p.m. $20
online at bendticket.com or
$25 at the door. Irresistible
contemporary blues-rock. For
more info: belfryevents.com.
The Belfry Lover’s Ball
with MOsley WOtta and
¡Chiringa! 8 to 11:30 p.m.
For additional information go
online to belfryevents.com.
Faith Hope & Charity Live
Music & Dancing with Pear
Tree Lane 5 to 9 p.m.
Special 4-course wine-
paired Valentine’s dinner.
$115 per person. Reserve
at 541-526-5075 or
faithhopeandcharityevents.com.
Sisters Schools Sisters
Shootout Basketball
Tourney 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For
boys & girls grades 5-8 from
all across Oregon. Presented
by SPRD. For more information
call 541-549-2091 or go to
sistersshootout.com.
Sunday~Feb. 14
Sisters Schools Sisters
Shootout Basketball
Tourneyo 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For
boys & girls grades 5-8 from
all across Oregon. Presented
by SPRD. For more information
call 541-549-2091 or go to
sistersshootout.com.
Faith Hope & Charity Live
Music with Kurt Silva 1 to
4 p.m. Special Valentine’s
Day chocolate fondue &
wine-pairing! $20 per person.
Reserve at 541-526-5075 or
faithhopeandcharityevents.com.
The Open Door Live Music
with Fiddlplay 6 to 8 p.m.
For more information call
541-549-6076 or go online to
opendoorwinebar.com.
Wed.~Feb. 17
Friday~Feb. 19
FivePine Conference
Center Annual Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce
Awards Ceremony 5:30
to 8:30 p.m. $35 per person.
Purchase tickets in advance at
the chamber. 541-549-0251 or
jeri@sisterscountry.com.
Saturday~Feb. 20
Sisters High School 5th
Annual Sister Science Fair
12 to 4 p.m. Free! Sponsored
by the Sisters Science Club,
featuring experiments, 3D
printer, planetarium, robots &
more! sistersscienceclub.org.
Paulina Springs Books
Author Reading with
Les Joslin, “Legendary
Locals of Bend” 6 p.m.
With refreshments. $5 entry
refunded upon purchase of
featured book. 541-549-0866
or go to paulinasprings.com.
Sunday~Feb. 21
Sisters Community Church
Annual Mr. SHS Pasta
Feed 6 p.m. It’s the annual
fundraiser for Sisters FAN, with
dessert auction, and auction
for services provided. Just $5
per person (under 5 free). For
information call 541-549-4045.
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