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I was planning on going, but folks from Corporate will be out and I need to take them to Bakersfield on the 15th. sad

Too bad! We've got 7 in my clan going.

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Just Rocked with Tommy last Sat. night, TCB is running on all cylinders. The horn section is sizzlin'. Don't forget to visit Janey @ the merch table and tell her John & Karen, from Benicia, say hello.

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Re: Tommy Castro Band

I'll bump this for any SoCal fans that want to see Tommy. Still seats available for the Birch Aquarium show 6PM Wednesday, 9/15. Food and drink on sale at the site.
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Well, those that are in the area and didn't go missed out BIG TIME. $100 got us dinner, drinks and a private party for 200 with Tommy rocking the house for 2+ hours without a break! We bailed the VIP seating after the fuddie duddies remained seated. On the terrace and dancing our socks off non stop. After an hour and a half, the bartender sent us comp beers and said we won the dance contest! tongue Tommy stopped during the set, announced they had won the Top Blues Band of the Year and they were going to show us why! They did! 15 minutes of Sex Machine and more. No table and no Janey J Dawg but we said Hi to the band.  smile What a gig!
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Nice!

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Re: Tommy Castro Band

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Well, those that are in the area and didn't go missed out BIG TIME. $100 got us dinner, drinks and a private party for 200 with Tommy rocking the house for 2+ hours without a break! We bailed the VIP seating after the fuddie duddies remained seated. On the terrace and dancing our socks off non stop. After an hour and a half, the bartender sent us comp beers and said we won the dance contest! tongue Tommy stopped during the set, announced they had won the Top Blues Band of the Year and they were going to show us why! They did! 15 minutes of Sex Machine and more. No table and no Janey J Dawg but we said Hi to the band.  smile What a gig!
Rick
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And you call that fun!   I had dinner with corporate folks and talked about next year's budget.  Oooo man that was the best 3 hrs of my life.

just kidding.  sorry I missed it sounds like you had a much better time than I did.  Tommy's a hell of a player and doesn't get our way often enough.

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They're playing in Bakersfield on Saturday. Joanne Shaw Taylor is one of the warm up acts. Should be sizzlin'. If I was in SoCal this weekend guess where I would be?  big_smile

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Man! Our knees are sore this morning.  lol
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OK Rick, I'm going to assume we are still talking about dancing. lol
Glad ya'll had a great time.

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OK Rick, I'm going to assume we are still talking about dancing. lol
Glad ya'll had a great time.

Tres

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Tommy's site just posted a new tour schedule. Florida, Central Cali and the Pacific Northwest in the next 2 months. Catch him if he's close.  smile

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Tommy Castro, Friday May 13 at the Coachhouse, San Juan Capistrano.  Yep, already bought my 2 tickets.

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A-32, Are we tablemates again?  big_smile Tell Tommy to make room on the stage! Helen and I will be right there with you.  lol
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Just saw Tommy last night in Auburn Hills, MI.  It's been 4 years since the last time.  Tommy played a Firebird all night with his black Strat sitting on the backup stand.  It was great night!

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If anyone in MD/DC/VA is interested, I have one pretty good ticket available for Tommy at Ram's Head Annapolis on Wed. 3/23.  Drop me an email using the link to the lower left of this post if you'd like it.  I'm just looking for face.

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Re: Tommy Castro Band

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A-32, Are we tablemates again?  big_smile Tell Tommy to make room on the stage! Helen and I will be right there with you.  lol
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I drove by the venue today and picked up my tickets.  I have A22 for both Tommy and Eric.

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A-32, Are we tablemates again?  big_smile Tell Tommy to make room on the stage! Helen and I will be right there with you.  lol
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I drove by the venue today and picked up my tickets.  I have A22 for both Tommy and Eric.

We should be close Mike. If not, a bit of encouragement will help the seater make it so.  wink We're looking forward to this gig and seeing you again, my birthday dinner (close enough) and a good excuse to have some fun! We'll be up by 6:45 or so if traffic allows.

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Re: Tommy Castro Band

Get ready guys, saw Tommy last night at the intimate Toot's Tavern in Crocket cross the river. There's been a few changes within the TCB, Ronnie Smith their drummer called it quits to be home with the kids more and his replacement is a young gun named Byron who's up to the task and workin' on getting comfortable with the material. Steve the long time sound man/road mgr. is directing operations other than the sound board from home too. As dknight mentioned, Tommy's put his Strat down in favor of his new Gibson Firebird. He told me he loves the sound and feel and the ol' Strat is just a backup nowadays. Tommy resurrected some older material last night and Tom Poole mentioned they have a rehearsal Thur. so there may be a shake up in the setlist on Fri. night @ the Coach House. Hope you have as much fun as I did last night. Make sure to see Janey @ the merch table and tell her John in Benicia says hello.

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