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𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎, bring 'Closer To The Bone', the most played blues album of 2025 (Big Blues Chart) to the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑 𝐚𝐭 𝟕 𝐏.𝐌. 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 10𝑥-𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4𝑥-"𝐵.𝐵. 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟" ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑒!!
“𝑨 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕...𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒔...𝑯𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚.”
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
“𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚...𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. [𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔] 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓-𝒅𝒆-𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆.”
— 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺
“𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒚, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈-𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏....𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒔.”
— 𝑵𝑶 𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵
“𝑺𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔...𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐’𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 [𝒂𝒏𝒅] 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓.”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪
"𝑰𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔-𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌... [𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉] 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕-𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍."
— 𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑩𝑶𝑨𝑹𝑫
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𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥-𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬. He’s released 17 previous albums over the course of his four-decade career. Each release features its own individual sound and style, ranging from horn-fueled R&B to piping hot blues and soul to fiery, stripped-down rock ‘n’ roll. With his new album, ‘Closer To The Bone’, Castro has returned to his roots, delivering what he calls “a real blues record, the way they would have made them back in the day.” ‘Closer To The Bone’ is the most unvarnished, straight-ahead blues release of Castro’s career, one that bristles with every ounce of his dynamic energy and raw emotion.
𝐎𝐧 ‘𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞’ (𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨’𝐬 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞), 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬—𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝, 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧—mix new Castro originals (“Ain’t Worth The Heartache”, “Can’t Catch A Break”, “Crazy Woman Blues”) with songs originally performed by many of Castro’s friends and heroes. Artists and their songs include Johnny Nitro (“One More Night”, on which Castro plays his treasured 1966 black Fender Stratocaster, a guitar once owned by Nitro himself), Magic Slim (“Hole In The Wall”), Ron Thompson (“Freight Train”), Mike Duke (“”Keep Your Dog Inside) and Chris Cain (“Woke Up And Smelled The Coffee”). Castro additionally chose obscure songs by Wynonie Harris (“Bloodshot Eyes”), Eddie Taylor (“Stroll Out West”), Jimmy Nolen (“The Way You Do”) and Johnny “Guitar” Watson (“She Moves Me”). According to Castro, “These are not the obvious artists people generally cover, and that was most definitely on purpose.”
‘𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞’ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 “𝐊𝐢𝐝” 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧 (𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬), 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰-𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. ‘Closer To The Bone’ finds Castro at the top of his game, bringing his seemingly limitless energy and boundless talent to the studio. Guests on the album include labelmates Andersen, Rick Estrin, Chris Cain and Billy Branch, along with saxophone player/vocalist Deanna Bogart, keyboard wizard Jim Pugh and, on three songs, the voices of The Sons Of The Soul Revivers.
𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓, 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟏𝟎. He fell under the spell of six-string stars like Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal and Mike Bloomfield. Almost every major rock and soul act, from Ike and Tina Turner to Janis Joplin to Tower Of Power, toured through the area, and Castro was at every show. He saw John Lee Hooker, Albert King, and Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at a local club, JJ’s Blues Bar. Castro often jammed at JJ’s, dreaming of busting out and making a name for himself. He created his own personal sound and style by mixing the blues, R&B and funk music he loved into his own, instantly recognizable brand of uplifting, soul-healing music.
𝐀𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧-𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭. In 1985, he became lead singer and guitarist for the regionally popular blues band NiteCry before joined popular Warner Brothers’ artists The Dynatones, gigging all over the country. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1992 and has not stopped touring since. In 1995, soon after releasing their first album on Blind Pig Records, The Tommy Castro Band were selected as the house band for three seasons on NBC Television’s Comedy Showcase (airing right after Saturday Night Live). The show brought Tommy in front of millions of viewers every week and cemented his reputation as a not-to-be-missed live performer.
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐠, 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗. His label debut, ‘Hard Believer’, launched to massive popular and critical acclaim. 2011 saw the release of the raucous ‘Tommy Castro Presents The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue—Live!’. In 2014, Castro & The Painkillers released ‘The Devil You Know’, followed by ‘Method To My Madness’ in 2015, ‘Stompin’ Ground’ in 2017, and the irresistible ‘Killin’ It—Live’ in 2019. With 2021’s ‘A Bluesman Came To Town’, Castro told the story of a young musician’s journey through the blues world. AllMusic said the album was “a towering achievement.”
𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐁.𝐁. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫” 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. He’s taken home a total of 10 Blues Music Awards and is among the genre’s most decorated artists. Castro’s relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, 150 nights a year—continues to earn him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues guitar.” Famed guitarist Joe Bonamassa says, “Tommy has always been top of the heap among blues guitar players. He always puts on a great show.”
𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜 & 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠’ 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑛 ‘𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑇𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑒’ 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑆𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜, “𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑔𝑢𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑔𝑢𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐.”
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎, 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖. The dynamic throwback trio have long been disciples of the place where traditional Blues, Country and Rock ‘n’ Roll intersect. Guitarist and founding member Matt Stubbs, along with guitarist & vocalist Cody Nilsen and drummer Josh Kiggans, strive to bring traditional Blues to the front lines of the modern roots music scene. It’s no wonder they skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard Blues Charts!
𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐎𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡, 𝐉.𝐁. 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐫, 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧’ 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫, 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 ‘𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫’ 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. Performing with what feels like reckless abandon, GA-20 brings a timeless immediacy to every song they play with a sound that continues to grow and evolve.
𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝟏𝟒-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝, and has performed with James Cotton and John Hammond, among many others. In 2019, GA-20 signed with acclaimed soul/R&B label Colemine Records, releasing their debut, ‘Lonely Soul’. The album – with guests Charlie Musselwhite and Luther Dickinson – premiered in the #2 position on the Billboard Blues Chart. Their 2020 EP ‘Live Vol. 1’, debuted at #1.
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟑𝐱 #𝟏 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝟒𝐱 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. Medium.com has appropriately declared, “This is the kind of music that travels through time while taking from the era where it was born and turning it into something fresh. Dirty and raw…timeless and modern.”
"[𝑮𝑨-20] 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚, 𝒖𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒍𝒚-𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕..."
— 𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑵 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑬 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 '𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏').
“𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒐, 𝑮𝑨-20 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑…𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 ‘𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏’, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆.”
— 𝑵𝑶 𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 ‘𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏’)
"𝑮𝑨-20 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒘, 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 2018..."
— 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑬
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎 at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑 𝐚𝐭 𝟕 𝐏.𝐌. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://www.facebook.com/share/1D2mwSxtjU/ and the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Website at: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/event/tommy-castro-and-the-painkillers-with-ga-20/ - 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 2 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘!!
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“𝑨 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕...𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒔...𝑯𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚.”
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
“𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚...𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. [𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔] 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓-𝒅𝒆-𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆.”
— 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺
“𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒚, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈-𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏....𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒔.”
— 𝑵𝑶 𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵
“𝑺𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔...𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐’𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 [𝒂𝒏𝒅] 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓.”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪
"𝑰𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔-𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌... [𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉] 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕-𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍."
— 𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑩𝑶𝑨𝑹𝑫
𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑜 𝐺𝐴-20 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 3𝑥 #1 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 2018!
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/music-schedule/
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𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥-𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬. He’s released 17 previous albums over the course of his four-decade career. Each release features its own individual sound and style, ranging from horn-fueled R&B to piping hot blues and soul to fiery, stripped-down rock ‘n’ roll. With his new album, ‘Closer To The Bone’, Castro has returned to his roots, delivering what he calls “a real blues record, the way they would have made them back in the day.” ‘Closer To The Bone’ is the most unvarnished, straight-ahead blues release of Castro’s career, one that bristles with every ounce of his dynamic energy and raw emotion.
𝐎𝐧 ‘𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞’ (𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨’𝐬 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞), 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬—𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝, 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧—mix new Castro originals (“Ain’t Worth The Heartache”, “Can’t Catch A Break”, “Crazy Woman Blues”) with songs originally performed by many of Castro’s friends and heroes. Artists and their songs include Johnny Nitro (“One More Night”, on which Castro plays his treasured 1966 black Fender Stratocaster, a guitar once owned by Nitro himself), Magic Slim (“Hole In The Wall”), Ron Thompson (“Freight Train”), Mike Duke (“”Keep Your Dog Inside) and Chris Cain (“Woke Up And Smelled The Coffee”). Castro additionally chose obscure songs by Wynonie Harris (“Bloodshot Eyes”), Eddie Taylor (“Stroll Out West”), Jimmy Nolen (“The Way You Do”) and Johnny “Guitar” Watson (“She Moves Me”). According to Castro, “These are not the obvious artists people generally cover, and that was most definitely on purpose.”
‘𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞’ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 “𝐊𝐢𝐝” 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧 (𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬), 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰-𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. ‘Closer To The Bone’ finds Castro at the top of his game, bringing his seemingly limitless energy and boundless talent to the studio. Guests on the album include labelmates Andersen, Rick Estrin, Chris Cain and Billy Branch, along with saxophone player/vocalist Deanna Bogart, keyboard wizard Jim Pugh and, on three songs, the voices of The Sons Of The Soul Revivers.
𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓, 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟏𝟎. He fell under the spell of six-string stars like Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal and Mike Bloomfield. Almost every major rock and soul act, from Ike and Tina Turner to Janis Joplin to Tower Of Power, toured through the area, and Castro was at every show. He saw John Lee Hooker, Albert King, and Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at a local club, JJ’s Blues Bar. Castro often jammed at JJ’s, dreaming of busting out and making a name for himself. He created his own personal sound and style by mixing the blues, R&B and funk music he loved into his own, instantly recognizable brand of uplifting, soul-healing music.
𝐀𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧-𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭. In 1985, he became lead singer and guitarist for the regionally popular blues band NiteCry before joined popular Warner Brothers’ artists The Dynatones, gigging all over the country. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1992 and has not stopped touring since. In 1995, soon after releasing their first album on Blind Pig Records, The Tommy Castro Band were selected as the house band for three seasons on NBC Television’s Comedy Showcase (airing right after Saturday Night Live). The show brought Tommy in front of millions of viewers every week and cemented his reputation as a not-to-be-missed live performer.
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐠, 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗. His label debut, ‘Hard Believer’, launched to massive popular and critical acclaim. 2011 saw the release of the raucous ‘Tommy Castro Presents The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue—Live!’. In 2014, Castro & The Painkillers released ‘The Devil You Know’, followed by ‘Method To My Madness’ in 2015, ‘Stompin’ Ground’ in 2017, and the irresistible ‘Killin’ It—Live’ in 2019. With 2021’s ‘A Bluesman Came To Town’, Castro told the story of a young musician’s journey through the blues world. AllMusic said the album was “a towering achievement.”
𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐁.𝐁. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫” 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. He’s taken home a total of 10 Blues Music Awards and is among the genre’s most decorated artists. Castro’s relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, 150 nights a year—continues to earn him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues guitar.” Famed guitarist Joe Bonamassa says, “Tommy has always been top of the heap among blues guitar players. He always puts on a great show.”
𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜 & 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠’ 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑛 ‘𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑇𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑒’ 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑆𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜, “𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑔𝑢𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑔𝑢𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐.”
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎, 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖. The dynamic throwback trio have long been disciples of the place where traditional Blues, Country and Rock ‘n’ Roll intersect. Guitarist and founding member Matt Stubbs, along with guitarist & vocalist Cody Nilsen and drummer Josh Kiggans, strive to bring traditional Blues to the front lines of the modern roots music scene. It’s no wonder they skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard Blues Charts!
𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐎𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡, 𝐉.𝐁. 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐫, 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧’ 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫, 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 ‘𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫’ 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. Performing with what feels like reckless abandon, GA-20 brings a timeless immediacy to every song they play with a sound that continues to grow and evolve.
𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝟏𝟒-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝, and has performed with James Cotton and John Hammond, among many others. In 2019, GA-20 signed with acclaimed soul/R&B label Colemine Records, releasing their debut, ‘Lonely Soul’. The album – with guests Charlie Musselwhite and Luther Dickinson – premiered in the #2 position on the Billboard Blues Chart. Their 2020 EP ‘Live Vol. 1’, debuted at #1.
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐆𝐀-𝟐𝟎 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟑𝐱 #𝟏 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝟒𝐱 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. Medium.com has appropriately declared, “This is the kind of music that travels through time while taking from the era where it was born and turning it into something fresh. Dirty and raw…timeless and modern.”
"[𝑮𝑨-20] 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚, 𝒖𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒍𝒚-𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕..."
— 𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑵 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑬 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 '𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏').
“𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒐, 𝑮𝑨-20 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑…𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 ‘𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏’, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆.”
— 𝑵𝑶 𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 ‘𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏’)
"𝑮𝑨-20 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒘, 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 2018..."
— 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑬
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