ALBERT CASTIGLIA: Burn

Albert Castiglia

Burn

© 2002 Albert Castiglia

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Rockin' blues that combines the best of the old school and the new school.

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Albert Castiglia was born on August 12, 1969 in New York during the weekend of the famous (infamous) Woodstock music festival. At the age of 5, his family moved to Miami. With a Cuban mother and an Italian father, he is an example of the melting pot of culture that is Miami. He learned to play guitar at the age of 12 and soon realized that the passions in his heart were expressed best by his music. He realized too that he could sing as well as he played. Upon completion of his high school and college education, he worked for four years as a social service investigator for the State of Florida. During that time Albert continued to hone his musical skills playing nights and weekends with local bands around South Florida. In 1990 he joined The Miami Blues Authority. After performing with the group as lead guitarist and vocalist for more than 7 years, and developing a very exciting and dynamic musical style, Albert won the award for "Best Local Blues Guitarist for 1997" by the Miami New Times Magazine and soon after, decided to pursue his lifelong dream of "hitting the road" as a blues performer. Though a mutual friend and music promoter, Gloria Pierce, Albert got an audition with international and Chicago blues great Junior Wells, and so impressed Wells with his playing and vocal style, that he was asked to work in the band as a fill-in lead guitarist for a 3 city mini-tour in clubs from Cleveland, Buffalo and Detroit. He performed so well on the tour, that he was asked in 1997 to become the permanent lead guitarist in the Junior Wells band playing both guitar and vocals. With Junior and his band, Albert performed in major Chicago clubs as well as clubs and blues festivals all over the US, Canada and Europe including France, Switzerland and Italy winning rave reviews for his performances along the way. Unfortunately, Junior Wells became ill and passed away in 1998. As well as playing with Junior, Albert has performed and jammed with important blues artists and bands such as Sandra Hall, Pinetop Perkins, Aron Burton, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Sugar Blue, Melvin Taylor, Ronnie Earl, Billie Boy Arnold, Phil Guy, John Primer, Lurrie Bell, Larry McCray, Lee Oskar, Michael Coleman, J.W. Williams, Little Mack Simmons, Eddy Clearwater, Jimmy Burns and Otis Clay. Albert, living in Chicago at the time of Junior's death, stayed with Junior's band for awhile as the lead singer and guitar player in the "Hoodoo Man's Band." During this time the band started touring with Sandra Hall, nationally known as the "Empress of the Blues." Albert opened the shows for Sandra and the touring continued for the next several years. In 2001, Albert decided to work on his own material and began writing and working in a recording studio. He returned to his hometown of Coral Gables, Florida. Using his exceptional writing skills and some collaboration with Graham Drout, from the Miami-based band IKO IKO, Albert finished his own debut CD entitled "Burn," produced and recorded by Clazzy Studios in Nashville, TN. He is poised now to step out under his own name and light up the stages again throughout the US, Europe and beyond with his own exciting and unique musical style.

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  • Castiglia flys..
    author: John Hately

    I just can't say enough about Albert Castiglia. I first heard him on 1.FM Blues and said immediately, "I gotta get some more of him". If you like Aynsley Lister, Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Johnny Winter, Joe Bonamasso, you'll love Castiglia. He's hot with the guitar...

  • Awersome Electric Blues Album
    author: RSMCTBluesfan

    A must have for any true Electric Blues fan out there!

  • Sweet Perfection
    author: Tarheel1979

    If I wasn't married and had no morals, I would hunt this guy down. His music takes me to another place. He has such soul!

  • Why aren't these guys famous yet??
    author: Kelly Eriks

    Awesome cd!!! My favorite is Hoodoo Man Blues. But of course, all these songs rock! These guys can sure jam!

  • Great stuff!!
    author: Wildman Steve WQNR-FM

    Got it! Great stuff!! "Burn" adding to rotation 4/12/04 Rock on! Wildman Steve Director of Music Programming WQNR-FM 99.9 The Rock Auburn AL 36830 www.wqnr.com www.wildmansteve.com

  • Just awesome stuff
    author: Deb Panebianco Blue IceWater Radio

    first off...WOW, this mans been hiding in the background way too long. Just awesome stuff. Not only would I be please to give Albert airplay, I would be honored...I know my listeners will love his stuff Deb Panebianco www.blueicewater.com

  • Great Stuff!
    author: Mike Flowers KZUM 89.3 FM

    I played 3 cuts from it last Wednesday and the phone rang off of the hook from regular listeners wanting to know, "Who is this cat?" Great Stuff! Mike Flowers, Producer Mystic Mile, Wednesday's 3-6PM CST KZUM 89.3 FM 833 Elmwood Ave. Lincoln, NE 68510

  • I LOVE THE CD
    author: Jim Santella WBFO-FM-88.7 Buffalo

    I have Albert's CD "Burn" in my hot little hand and I'm pleased to say that it is very programmable and easy on the ears. I really liked Albert's acoustic version of Muddy Water's "Can't Be Satisfied" and "I Didn't Know," "Burn" and "Teasing The Trains" also caught my ear. To be even more explicit. I LOVE THE CD! Jim Santella WBFO-FM-88.7 The Blues Saturday and Sunday 11AM-4PM, Saturday 10PM-midnight on WBFO http://www.wbfo.org/programming/blues.php3

  • Burn is an exceptional debut recording by an exceptional young talent
    author: The Blues Foundation

    The eleven songs featured on Burn offer several sides of Albert Castiglia, demonstrating that he is not only a talented guitarist (in a variety of styles), but also a capable singer and a fine songwriter. As Burn traverses through its offerings of electric blues, acoustic blues, soul and blues rock, Castiglia repeatedly reveals a talent that is even greater than I had perceived watching him perform live. On the CD, Albert does an excellent job of using his talent and the band in a mutually satisfying way, never really overpowering his backup musicians, although he is clearly the frontman

  • This is a damn fine Blues album.
    author: Blues Wax
  • author: Blues On Stage

    Burn is an exceptional debut recording by an exceptional young talent.

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