SEAN COSTELLO
"WE CAN GET
TOGETHER"
DELTA GROOVE MUSIC
BY PETER "BLEWZZMAN"
LAURO © MARCH 2008
Ask most kids
entering their teens what they want to be when they grow up, and I'm sure
the choices would be similar to that of when I was a kid. C'mon, doesn't
every kid that age want to be a cop, a fireman or an astronaut? How about a
baseball, basketball or football player? Maybe even a rock or movie
star? Of course they do! And of all the kids that may have
picked anything besides what's on that list, I'm sure there wouldn't be any
picking "blues legend". Unless of course that kids name was SEAN
COSTELLO.
Before he was
fourteen, SEAN decided he was ready for a career in a business where
success rarely comes any sooner than the age of 60 - and that's even
rushing it. Yet, still shy of 30, he has positioned himself very nicely in
the line of work he's chosen. Considering the company he's kept by
having shared the stage with the likes of B. B. KING, BUDDY GUY, JAMES COTTON
& PINETOP PERKINS - all blues legends themselves, SEAN
seems to have made the right decision.
SEAN COSTELLO'S
latest CD, his first for DELTA GROOVE MUSIC, is "WE CAN GET TOGETHER".
The disc containing ten originals and one cover features: SEAN on lead
guitar, vocals and background vocals; AARON TUBIC on bass, percussion and
background vocals; PAUL CAMPANELLA, JR on drums, percussion and background
vocals; RICH IANNUCCI on organ and accordion; OLIVER WOOD on rhythm guitar, lead
guitar and background vocals; NEAL WACHOUPE on keyboards; ADAM MEWHERTER on
sousaphone; DONNIE MC CORMICK on chicken coupe* and background vocals; JOHN
LIEBERMAN on harmonica; RAY HANGEN on drums; CHRIS UHLER on congas; DAVE ROTH on
background vocals.
Wasting absolutely
no time, SEAN gets right down to the nitty gritty on (we can get
together) "ANYTIME YOU WANT", the opening - and as the lyrics
indicate - the title track. With AARON, PAUL & RICH
providing him with strong rhythm backup, SEAN gets rough and tough
on vocals and guitar. Great
start!
Right from the
start, SEAN, AARON & PAUL lock into a great groove and never leave it on
"SAME OLD GAME". This one features absolutely great guitar work
and it's one of those three and a half minute tracks that should have been
at least three times as long.
"HOW IN THE DEVIL"
might have you thinking SEAN made a deal with one - sure sounds like it.
This smoker only features the three of them, but SEAN, AARON and RAY nail
it. Hot stuff!
"HAVE YOU NO
SHAME" is a ballad highlighted by SEAN'S gruff and gutsy vocals and
phenomenal blues guitar licks. Outstanding rhythm from AARON, RAY &
RICH, and harmonic background vocals by DONNIE, make this one of the discs
best.
Vocally and
instrumentally, SEAN is at discs best on "GOING HOME". The
spirituality of the track is accented by great organ work by RICH and
a strong support performance by the NORTHSIDE MEN'S CHOIR (the collective
name for all the background singers). As I tend to do with great tracks,
this one was replayed many times.
Other tracks on
"WE CAN GET TOGETHER" are" "CANT LET GO", "TOLD ME A LIE", "HARD
LUCK WOMEN", "ALL THIS TIME", "FEEL LIKE I AIN'T GOT A HOME" and
"LITTLE BIRDS".
Check SEAN out at
www.seancostello.com and check out more great music from DELTA GROOVE at
www.deltagrooveproductions.com. Be sure to tell them Pete the Blewzzman sent
ya.
Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro
Blues Editor @ www.Mary4Music.com
* Don't go searching musical products
websites trying to figure out what a chicken coop is. It's really a
chicken coop. Search DONNIE MC CORMICK at You Tube, as I had to, to see
for yourself.