“The album is a revelatory experience, one that stands as not only Tommy Castro’s most essential effort to date, but a sheer, soaring tour-de-force as well,” states LIVING BLUES (Album Review of ‘A Bluesman Came To Town’). “Tommy Castro is a soulful singer and stinging guitarist…gritty, funky, and rocking,” raves the BOSTON GLOBE. “Irresistible contemporary blues-rock” with “street-level grit and soul”, says BILLBOARD.
10x-Blue Music Award Winner & 20x-Blues Music Award Nominated Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS formed in 2012, creating a high-energy, larger-than-life sound! The band has coalesced into one of the telepathically tightest units Castro has ever assembled, making them one of the most in-demand live roots music acts performing today, delivering soul-shaking, muscular music. Tommy Castro received 5 Blues Music Award Nominations in 2022, winning "Album of the Year" ('A Bluesman Came To Town'), "Band of the Year" & "B.B. King Entertainer of the Year" - the most coveted & prestigious Blues Music Award given every year to the most outstanding live performer. In 2023, Castro again won "B.B. King Entertainer of the Year" (his 2nd year in a row!) as well as "Blues Rock Artist of the Year" (3rd Nomination). "Funky Southern soul, big city blues and classic rock...silvery guitar licks that simultaneously sound familiar and fresh," says SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.