Friday, Feb. 27-Saturday, Feb. 28: Tommy Castro and the Painkillers

Jazzbones

By Volcano Staff on February 24, 2015

Award-winning guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tommy Castro is famed for his signature brand of tough, rocking rhythm and blues. With his eyes and ears firmly on the future, Castro, along with The Painkillers - original Tommy Castro Band bassist Randy McDonald, Bowen Brown on drums and James Pace on keyboards - has stripped his music down to its raw essence as he rockets into the next phase of his storied career. Whatever. Nobody plays roadhouse like this anymore: the rock snarl and the soul heart. His songs don't make you want to sing along; they make you want to scream along.

TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS, 8 p.m., Jazzbones, 2803 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, $15-$17.50, 253.396.9169