Wednesday, February 19, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Blues ace to play The Belfry
Tommy Castro & The
Painkillers, touring in sup-
port of their latest Alligator
Records release, <Killin9 It
Live,= will perform at The
Belfry in Sisters on Thursday,
February 27. Castro, along
with his band, The Painkillers
4 bassist Randy McDonald,
keyboardist Michael Emerson
and drummer Bowen Brown
4plays music that is guaran-
teed to fill the floor and raise
the roof.
With seemingly telepathic
musicianship, The Painkillers
bring an unmatched passion to
Castro9s blue-eyed California
soul and hard-rocking, good-
time songs. Killin9 It Live is
a nonstop, spirited mix of
blues, rock and soul, with
rollicking, hypnotic grooves
fueled by Castro9s fervent
vocals and the band9s muscu-
lar musicianship.
Tommy Castro & The
Painkillers recently received
two Blues Music Award nomi-
nations for Blues Rock Album
Of The Year and Blues Rock
Artist Of The Year. The 41st
Annual Blues Music Awards
will be presented by the Blues
Foundation in Memphis on
May 7.
With the group firing on
all cylinders, Castro knew
the time was right to answer
his fans9 demands for a live
album. Killin9 It Live captures
the band at the peak of their
creative and improvisational
powers, and features one
unforgettable, unpredictable
performance after another.
<This is the best band
we9ve ever had,= says Castro.
<We really got something
going on beyond just being
good musicians. Every song
we play live now has that
right feel4all the dynamics.
It allows us to jam out more
on stage. Killin9 It Live is
what you hear when you see
us live.=
Featuring songs from
throughout Castro9s career,
Killin9 It Live was produced
by Castro and engineer/
songwriter Ron Alan Cohen
and recorded at venues in
Texas, New York, Michigan
and California during 2018.
The album includes eight
Castro originals spanning his
entire career and two Castro-
ized covers, each show-
ing a slightly different side
of his multifaceted musical
personality.
Born in San Jose,
California in 1955, Tommy
Castro first picked up a gui-
tar at age 10. He fell under
the spell of Eric Clapton,
Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal,
Mike Bloomfield and other
blues-rockers. Almost every
major rock and soul act,
from Ike and Tina Turner to
Janis Joplin to Elvin Bishop
to Taj Mahal, toured through
the area, and Castro was at
every show. He saw John
Lee Hooker, Albert King and
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
at the same local blues bar,
JJ9s, where he often jammed,
dreaming of one day busting
out. Mixing the blues-rock he
loved and the soul music he
heard blasting out from his
Mexican friends9 lowriders,
Tommy started to create his
own personal sound and style.
He honed his guitar skills
and intense vocals, learning
how to capture an audience
as he performed in San Jose9s
highly competitive bar scene.
As his reputation spread,
Tommy played in a variety
of Bay Area blues and soul
PHOTO BY JAYSON CARPENTER
Tommy Castro is returning to rock The Belfry on February 27.
bands, soon making a name
for himself as a hotter-than-
hot live artist bursting at the
seams with talent. He joined
Warner Brothers9 artists The
Dynatones in the late 1980s,
gigging all over the country.
After forming the first Tommy
Castro Band in 1991, Castro
released a series of critically
acclaimed CDs for Blind
Pig, Telarc and 33rd Street
Records, as well as one on his
own Heart And Soul label. He
signed with Alligator Records
in 2009, releasing <Hard
Believer= to massive acclaim.
Castro formed the first
incarnation of The Painkillers
in 2012 and released <The
Devil You Know.= By 2014
(with Brown and Emerson
taking over drums and
keys respectively) they had
become a lean, mean four-
piece lineup. The current
band released <Method To
My Madness= in 2015 and
<Stompin9 Ground= in 2017,
with critics shouting praise
and admirers cheering the
group9s every move.
Blues Revue said simply,
<Tommy Castro can do no
wrong.=
The Belfry is located at
302 E. Main Ave. Showtime
is 7 p.m. Tickets are $20
advance/$25 day of show.
Visit www.belfryevents.com.
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