Author: Tommy Castro

Brand: membran

Format: CD

PartNumber: CDBP5094

Release Date: 08-02-2005

Details: Amazon.ca The title of this album tells you most of what you need to know about San Francisco blues rocker Tommy Castro. His first disc of original material in four years finds him back with the Blind Pig label and expanding his crackling R&B-drenched blues into a more rock-oriented sound. On Soul Shaker, Castro downplays the sizzling guitar that dominated his previous releases and focuses instead on songs and arrangements. The horns that pepper--and often power--tracks such as the frisky "What You Gonna Do Now?" push the soul element even further to the forefront. But it's Castro's gutsy, gritty vocals--something like a mix of Delbert McClinton and John Mellencamp--and his energetic approach that ignite these tunes. Castro borrows Little Feat's New Orleans stomp for the swampy, slide-driven title track, shifts into Bob Seger territory on the thumping rocker "The Holdin' On," and even delivers a flute-powered song, "The Crossanova"--a lively instrumental cowritten by reed player Keith Crossan that wouldn't be out of place on an old Herbie Mann disc. "Take Me Off the Road" burns with ZZ Top hip-shakin' boogie. This may not be what established Castro fans expected, but by widening his scope and beefing up his sound the soul shaker has delivered his most satisfying and eclectic set in a decade-long career. --Hal Horowitz Product Description Tommy Castro is back and better than ever. Reunited with Blind Pig Records, the label which brought him to international prominence after the stunning success of his 1996 debut EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, as well as a string of spctacular release that followed, Castro and his road-hardended band have produced their best effort to date entitled SOUL SHAKER.

UPC: 019148509429

EAN: 0019148509429

Model: CDBP5094

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood