Tommy Castro (USA)

Tommy Castro was born on April 15 in 1955 in San Jose/CA. At the age of 10 he began to play guitar. He was inspired by West-Coast and Chicago Blues but also Soul, RocknRoll and Southern Rock. In the 1970s he began to play as a professional in the Bay Area, played for the Dynatones in the 1980s and since 1991 he is leading his own bands. Since 1994 he recorded 17 albums, 6 for Blind Pig and as from 2009 another6 for Alligator records.
In 2007 his album "Painkiller" was voted Best Album of the Year and in 2008 it won the Blues Music Award. 2010 was his most successful year so far, he won 4 Blues Music Awards: Best Band, Best Male Artist, Best Album and B.B.King Entertainer of the Year. In 2011 he stripped down his band to a four piece outfit called the Painkillers.

1993

Roadrunner 9051, 10 tracks, 63:07 min.

1994

Saloon Recordings 1993, 11 tracks, 71:25 min.

 1995

Blind Pig 5029, 10 tracks, 42:58 min.

 1997

Blind Pig 5041, 12 tracks, 50:08 min.

1999 

Blind Pig 5051, 12 tracks, 49:18 min.

 2000

Blind Pig 5059, 11 tracks, 62:27 min.

 2001

Dixiefrog 8524, 11 tracks, 51:56 min.

 2001

Blind Pig, 12 tracks, 49:54 min.

2003

Heart & Soul 8801, 12 tracks, 57:06 min.

 2003

Telarc 83585, 11 tracks, 52:28 min.

 2005

Blind Pig 5094, 12 tracks, 49:51 min.

 2007

Blind Pig 5111, 12 tracks, 48:06 min.

2008

Delta Groove 121, 13 tracks, 76:19 min.

 2009

Alligator 4931, 12 tracks, 49:55 min.

 2011

Alligator 4943, 12 tracks, 72:01 min.

 2014

Alligator 4958, 13 tracks, 52:09 min.

 2015

Alligator 4967, 12 tracks, 49:42 min.

 2016

Blind Pig digital, 14 tracks, 64:13 min.

 2017

Alligator 4978, 12 tracks, 56:23 min