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Funky For The Iceman

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Released: Jul 14, 2009

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Funky For The Iceman
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Genre: Blues
Location San Jose, California, Un
Profile Views: 228037
Last Login: 4/28/2013
Member Since 7/1/2007
Website www.danielcastro.com
Record Label unsigned
Type of Label Indie
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Phone: (408) 362-1173
Email: blueslive@yahoo.com

The Sound of San Francisco Blues

The Blues........... It's embedded in every note Daniel Castro plays. And he’s spread the gospel all over — from festivals like the San Jose Fountain Blues Festival and Sonora Fire On The Mountain to the Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival in Washington State and Bitterroot Smokin’ Blues Festival in Montana. He has shared the stage with legends like John Mayall, Joe Lewis Walker, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, The Staple Singers, CJ Chenier, Long John Hunter, and Tab Benoit.

Beloved by fans and musicians throughout the West Coast, Daniel Castro is fiercely loyal to them all. “He’s got that real deal feel — Daniel Castro is a great musician and entertainer,” says San Francisco Bay Area blues legend Elvin Bishop, which explains why blues aficionados habitually revisit Castro’s expanding circuit of venues. They crowd into upscale showcases like the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, the Fox Theater in Redwood City, the Mystic Theater in Petaluma, and the State Theater in Modesto, as well as legendary blues clubs like The Saloon in San Francisco, the Torch Club in Sacramento, and JJ’s in San Jose.

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“Daniel Castro is one of the most dynamic blues guitarists performing on the West Coast — the club is always packed when he comes to our city,” says Willie Brown, president of the Sacramento Blues Society. Rick Nagle, booking agent for the West Side Theater in Newman,California agrees, “Daniel Castro is a skilled guitar player and a pleasure to work with. Audience members always appear to enjoy the show, and their feedback has been very positive.” And following the band’s riveting appearance at the 2010 Blue Wing Blues Festival in Upper Lake, California, booker Bernard Butcher enthusiastically exclaimed, “Daniel Castro and his band stole the show.”

With two CDs of potent blues in his portfolio — 1999’s No Surrender and 2003’s Live At The Saloon — Castro draws from a deep well of material comprised of both originals and covers that guarantee packed dance floors and absorbed listeners at every show. Funk. Shuffles. Rumbas. Second line. Slow blues. They’re on every Castro band set list — but it takes more than clever chord changes and melodies to draw fans night after night.

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Castro is a consummate bandleader, backed by a tight well seasoned band, a Daniel Castro show is both passionate and electrifying. Fate plays no role In this case. Every move he makes at every gig he plays is culled from decades of experience on stage. It's an education in the blues that money simply can't buy.

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May 24

Valley Brewing Co.

Stockton, California
May 26

Biscuits & Blues

San Francisco, California, US
Jun 1

The Saloon

San Francisco, California, US
Jun 8

Mildred Owen Concert Hall @ Pacifica Center For The Arts

Pacifica, CA
Jun 15

Crystal Basin Cellars

Camino, CA
Jun 16

Half Moon Bay Brewery

Half Moon Bay, California, US
Jun 19

The Club Fox Jam

Redwood City, California

Daniel Castro Bio

Daniel Castro
Guitar and Vocals

Daniel Castro represents the heart and soul of the San Francisco Bay Area blues scene. He moved to Northern California in 1995, after cutting his teeth in South Central L.A. blues clubs with “Loud Mouth” Delmar Evans, who worked with the Johnny Otis Show. With Evans, Castro backed other great artists from Otis’ band, including Pee Wee Crayton and Little Ester Phillips.

He has released two albums:
No Surrender 1999
Live At The Saloon 2003

Johnny Yu Bio

Johnny Yu
Bass and Vocals

Hawaiian native Johnny Yu picked up his first guitar at the age of 13. By the age of 16 Johnny was playing professionally all over Hawaii. Moving to San Francisco's North Beach in the late 70's, he joined his first regular working band with blues/folk singer Lisa Kindred. Johnny has played, recorded, toured with national and local Bay Area artists and bands including Nitecry, Stu Blank and his Nasty Habits, Starbaby, Lightyear, Hal Blain, Larry Bunker, Art Lande, John Condon, Jock Rockenboch, Keith Crossen, Mark Baum, Tim Hyland, Kenny Dale Johnson, Jim Pugh. John Chippolina, Garth Weber, and Doyle Bramhall Jr. Johnny also played on Daniel Castro's 1999 CD release "No Surrender" Johnny currently lives in San Jose.

David Perper Bio

David Perper
Drums

David Perper has played, recorded, and toured with national and local Bay Area artists and bands including Bob Weir and Kingfish, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jesse Colin Young, the Youngbloods, Pablo Cruise, the Mamas and the Papas, the Hoodoo Rhythm Devils, The Rowan Brothers, Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Air Force, the Sounds of San Francisco (featuring John Cippolina, Greg Douglas, Alex Ligertwood, and David Margen), Lowell Fulsom, Lamb, Steve Seskin, Bill Cutler, Barry Flast, David Denny, Chris Michie and Andy Kulberg, Big Bang Beat and many more. David currently lives in San Francisco.

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