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PAINKILLER VOTED BLUESWAX ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
The readers of BluesWax, the largest subscribed Blues publication
in the world have voted Painkiller as BluesWax Album of the Year for 2007.
The win gives Tommy four total BluesWax awards (Artist of the Year 2002
and 2006 and Album of the Year 2003) and he has the distinction of
being the first two-time Album of the Year award winner.
TARI LACOURT RELEASES CD:
Tari LaCourt, whom many have seen sharing the stage
with TCB as of late, has released her debut CD,
"Better Late Than Never."
Click here for more information on the CD.
Click here for Tari's website.
TOMMY CHECKS IN FROM THE ROAD ABOUT
THE LRBR AND SOME GREAT TOUR VIDEOS:
Hey everybody... The Legendary Cruise was a blast this year.
They just keep getting better. Scott Burnett from the
Blues Cruise was with us, and he shot a little
video of the tour
on and off stage. Check it out if you got a minute.
He's no Scorese but it's pretty good.
See you at the next show,
Tommy
TOMMY TALKS ABOUT NEW BASS PLAYER SCOT SUTHERLAND:
Hey everybody! The new bass player for TCB is Scot Sutherland
from Des Moines, Iowa. Some of you might remember
him from the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue Tour.
When Randy needed to leave a TCB tour last year
because of a serious health situation in his family,
Scot was the guy that filled in. We were in Iowa at the time,
so we asked some people we know in Des Moines for some names.
The first person everyone recommended was Scot.
Lucky for us he could do the gigs. We gave him some CDs
and two days later he was on the gig for four shows. I was a
little nervous--we had never done a show without Randy before.
After the first couple of songs I wasn't nervous anymore. He did his
homework and played great. We had a lot of fun that night.
Randy needed some time off again in January, so we asked Scot to
fill in again. He did the back to back Delbert & Legendary Cruises
with us andthe Legendary R&B Revue, backing up Deanna Bogart,
Ronnie Baker Brooks and Magic Dick. He's a really good guy and we all
like him a lot. A few months later when Randy told me he was going to
be leaving I didn't think twice about it, I called Scot.
We'll have Scot's bio posted on the site soon so you can find out
more about him. --TC
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE:
Check out the article on Tommy in the August issue of
Guitar Player Magazine by David Rubin.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Tommy Castro was voted Blues Artist of the Year
2006
by the readers of BluesWax, the largest subscribed blues
publication in the world. Castro took the honor with a record
number of first place votes. In expressing his gratitide to all
the blues fans that voted for him, Castro said, "I like these
kinds of awards best because it is foks that support the
music, the average Blues fan that is giving me the thumbs
up. That makes me feel great! It's great when industry people
recognize me, but when it comes down to it, it's the people who
listen to the music that I have spent my life making that really
matters. Thank you!"
"PAINKILLER" MOVES UP TO #2 ON THE
BILLBOARD BLUES CHART
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE:
Check out the article on Tommy in the August 2007
issue of Guitar Player Magazine by David Rubin.
TOMMY CASTRO DAY:
San Francisco mayor, Gavin Newsome, has declared
October 14 to be "Tommy Castro Day." Come celebrate at Slim's
in San Francisco on Oct 14 with Daniel Castro opening.
BENEFIT:
On August 22, the Tommy Castro Band
performed at the Green Door to benefit the
Michigan State University Community Music School's
Eric "RicStar" Winter Music Therapy Camp Scholarship Fund.
To make a financial contribution email camp director Cindy Edgerton.
MYSPACE.COM:
Check out the MySpace
page.
Be sure to sign up to be a friend!
BLUES MUSIC AWARDS:
Tommy talks about his trip to the Blues Music Awards
and sharing the stage with Elvin Biship, Kim Wilson,
and others in his latest "Featured Artist" article.
BOOKER
T & THE MG'S & BO DIDDLEY:
TCB recently shared the stage with these two
legendary artists. TCB was also the back-up band
for Bo Diddley. Check out the stage
photos page
for pictures.
TCB PLAYS THE AUSTIN BARN DANCE
ON THE LAST DAY OF SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW):
The Tommy Castro Band will
be playing the Full Moon Barn Dance
in Austin, TX on the last day of the South
by Southwest (SXSW) Festival.
SXSW is s a private company based in Austin, Texas,
with a year-round staff of
professionals dedicated to building and delivering
conference and festival events for entertainment and
related media industry
professionals.
TOMMY
AND SOUL SHAKER NOMINATED FOR BLUES MUSIC
AWARD
(FORMERLY THE HANDY AWARD)
Tommy Castro has been nominated
for two Blues
Music Awards for 2006.
Soul Shaker has been nominated for Contemporary
Blues Album of the year,
and Tommy has been nominated for Contemporary Blues
Artist of the year.
AL
KOOPER DIGS TOMMY CASTRO:
AL KOOPER'S TOP 50 TRAX
FOR 2005
"Every year I pick my top 50 faves. Except
for #1, they're only in a best
listening order, programmed like a radio show. Choosing
an order based on
quality is foolish here. They're all fun to have
around in my opinion.
But out f a thousand downloads, they are the best!!"
46. No One Left To Lie To - (Castro, T.
/Bowe, K.)
Produced by Tommy Castro, Kevin Bowe, Steve Spirn
and Gordon Brislawn
"The blue-eyed bluesman pushes through the
ranks and sticks out with this
well-done ballad. Ya got me, Tommy -- nicely done.
Shoulda been nominated
for SOME blues award..."
SOUL
SHAKER VOTED TOP 5 OF 2005:
Amazon.com editors recently launched a "Best
of 2005" series.
Soul Shaker was listed as one of the top
5 best blues CDs of 2005.
LINDA
REESE & CDs FOR TROOPS:
Tommy Castro Band fan Linda Reese has been sending
care packages
to our troops since the war began. She's been sending
Tommy Castro
CDs & DVDs and the troops love them.
Click Here to read more and see some photos of the
troops.
MAN
OF THE YEAR!
Tommy was honored by the Portuguese American
Leadership Council
of the United States (PALCUS)
on November 12 at their gala
event.
GUITAR
SCHOOL ARTICLE
Read
Tommy's Guitar School article
from the September issue
of GuitarOne Magazine. Here Tommy talks shop about
influences
and shares some licks.
GUITAR ONE MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Tommy was featured in the September issue of
GuitarOne Magazine's Guitar School column.
BLUES
REVUE MAGAZINE COVER STORY
Tommy
was on the cover of the June/July issue of Blues
Revue magazine.
Inside you'll find a nice full-color photo spread
and a great article.
From the Blues Revue site, click on "back issues"
at the top left
for information about getting a copy of this out
of print issue.
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