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2003! Tommy Castro is back in a big way
WoW! Two CD's out from Tommy this year. Both are a little different from what we have heard the past few years. This disc is Tommy's tribute to the blues masters who inspired him. This disc is gritty and tough and will easily go down as one of his best discs. The other "Triple Trouble" was really a disc that really isn't a Tommy CD but a guest starring role for him. Still a solid disc but if you want 100% Tommy Castro (and I sure do!). Gratitude is the CD to buy (although I bought both :))

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Tommy Delivers Again....
I have to say that this album, on first listen, was not what I had anticipated. I had hoped for more of Tommy's punchy guitar style and vocals. What I heard on numerous replay of this extrordinary CD is his attempt to recreate the style and nuance of the original artist, but with a subtle "Castro" overtone. His rendition of BB King's guitar style brought an enormous smile to my face as I drove down I-95. Buy this album. Period.

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Amazingly good blues and soul
Tommy is always incredibly good in concert, but I find that his CD's usually have a few great songs and then a bunch that you have to learn to like. Not here. This album is chock full of deep rich beautiful covers of classic and timeless blues and soul songs, each one taken into the fold in Tommy's own style. For classic soul lovers, you absolutely can't beat his renditions of James Brown's "I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On" and Wilson Pickett's "I Found A Love." Whoa! In the blues category, you have a drop-dead solo on Ray Charles' "Come Back Baby", gorgeous jobs on John Lee Hooker's "It Serves You Right To Suffer" and Buddy Guy's "When My Left Eye Jumps," and then my two favorite cuts on the CD - Howlin' Wolf's "44" and B.B.'s "Bad Case of Love." If you're a compulsively hooked blues freak like me, then you'll know what I'm talking about when I tell you I've listened to these 2 cuts countless times over and over and cannot get enough - they're that good. I'm going nuts on this album and I'm a serious blues freak!
So if you dig Tommy, but haven't been thrilled with his other releases, get this one. And if you've heard of him but have been skeptical of the hype, do yourself a favor. You will be pleased!