Stompin' Ground [CD]

ALSO AVAILABLE ON YELLOW TRANSLUCENT VINYL LP

Tommy Castro: Vocals and Guitar
Randy McDonald: Bass and Background Vocals
Bowen Brown: Drums, Tambourine (2)
Michael Emerson: Keyboards

Special Guests:
David Hidalgo: Guitar and Vocals (10)
Charlie Musselwhite: Vocals and Harmonica (12)
Danielle Nicole: Vocals (8)
Mike Zito: Guitar and Vocals (7)

With:
Kid Andersen: Rhythm Guitar (1,2,8,9,10); Acoustic Guitar (3,4,12); Saz (3); Bass (4); Tambourine (1,3,4,8,9); Background Vocals (5)
Lisa Leuschner Andersen: Background Vocals (1,3,6,8,11)
Nancy Wright: Tenor Sax (1,2,4)
John Halbleib: Trumpet (1,2,4)
Martin Windstad: Percussion (6)
Robby Yamilov: Background Vocals (5)

Produced by Tommy Castro and Kid Andersen
Recorded by Kid Andersen and Robby Yamilov at Greaseland, San Jose, CA
Mixed by Kid Andersen at Greaseland
Mastered by Collin Jordan and Bruce Iglauer at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL
Cover painting by Angelique Benicio
Packaging design by Kevin Niemiec
Photos by Peggy DeRose

Danielle Nicole appears courtesy of Concord Records

Special thanks to: Alligator Records; Tom Gold and Concerted Efforts; Roger Naber and The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise; Delaney Guitars; Gibson Guitars; Category 5 Amplifiers; Westone In Ear Monitors; Eminence Speakers; Dunlop Picks and Accessories; GHS Strings; Reunion Blues Gig Bags and Cases; Reverend Guitars; Strobel Guitars; and all of our families, fans and friends for your support.

Booking: Tom Gold at Concerted Efforts. tom@concertedefforts.com, 617-969-0810

tommycastro.com

Over the course of his career, Tommy Castro has always been inspired by the sounds he absorbed while coming of age on the rough and tumble side of San Jose, California. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, this was Tommy’s home turf—his stomping ground. It was a place where the street-tough Mexican Americans and the counter-culture hippies came together to drink, smoke, laugh, party and listen to tunes—the hippies with their blues and rock, the Mexicans with their soul music. Mixing the blues-rock he loved and the soul music he heard blasting out from the lowriders cruising the streets, along with the socially conscious message songs of the day, Tommy’s own sound was born.

Almost every major rock and soul act, from Ike & Tina Turner to Janis Joplin to Elvin Bishop and Taj Mahal toured through the area, and Tommy was at almost every show. He saw John Lee Hooker, Albert King and Buddy Guy & Junior Wells at the same local blues bar, JJ’s, where he often jammed, honing his chops and dreaming of one day busting out. Tommy Castro has long since gone from that local bar to stages around the world, but his San Jose DNA still infuses his music to this day. You can hear it in every note of Stompin’ Ground.  —Marc Lipkin