Tommy Castro & The Painkillers to Play Jazzbones on February 19th, The Triple Door on February 21st
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, celebrating the release of their new album Method to My Madness, will perform at Jazzbones in Tacoma on Friday, February 19 and The Triple Door in Seattle on Sunday, February 21, 2016. Over the course of his four-decade career, Castro – a six-time Blues Music Award-winner – has played thousands of shows to hundreds of thousands of fans, packing seats and dance floors, always leaving them screaming for more.
Hailing from the San Francisco area, Castro, along with his band, The Painkillers (featuring bassist Randy McDonald, keyboardist Michael Emerson and drummer Bowen Brown), play music that is guaranteed to fire up fans and leave critics searching for new words of praise. Concert information is as follows:
Date: Friday, February 19, 2016
Venue: Jazzbones
Address: 2803 6th Ave.
City: Tacoma, WA
Phone: 253-396-9169
Showtime: 8:00pm
Ticket price: $18-$20 advance
Website: www.jazzbones.com
*See website for detailed ticket information
Date: Sunday, February 21, 2016
Venue: The Triple Door – Mainstage
Address: 216 Union St.
City: Seattle, WA
Phone: 206-838-4333
Showtime: 7:30pm
Ticket price: $20-$30
Website: www.thetripledoor.net
*See website for detailed ticket information
Method to My Madness finds Tommy Castro & The Painkillers at their very best. It is an instant career highlight in a lifetime full of them. The album was recorded at Laughing Tiger Studio in San Rafael, CA and produced by Castro (his first time at the helm) using no recording studio wizardry, just the unadulterated sound of the band. Castro’s songs – he wrote or co-wrote 10 of 12 tracks – are raw, raucous and rocking.
From the opening one-two punch of everyman anthems Common Ground and Shine A Light to the full-tilt energy of the title track to the searing deep soul ballad Heaven, to the bayou rock of Got A Lot to the atmospheric, autobiographical Ride to the reinvented version of the Clarence Carter hit I’m Qualified to the emotional cover of B.B. King’s Bad Luck, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers continue to break new ground while simultaneously having an incredible amount of fun.
