Albert Castiglia – Grits & Glory (CD)
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Castiglia paid his dues on the South Florida club circuit before a pivotal stretch backing Junior Wells gave him a direct line to Chicago blues royalty. That apprenticeship runs deep in his phrasing, and hearing it filtered through the same rooms where the Stones and Zeppelin absorbed their own blues education makes Grits & Glory something worth sitting with. Twenty-two tracks is a statement of purpose from a player with plenty left to say.
Albert Castiglia isn't pulling any punches on Grits & Glory, his latest solo studio album on Gulf Coast Records, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The record feels like a full-circle moment - reconnecting Albert with the wide-eyed, guitar-slinging kid from New York whose world was flipped from black and white to technicolor by an 8-track of Rubber Soul on the way to a ball game. That spark of curiosity sent him chasing sounds and players - Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page - whose influence has echoed through Castiglia's playing ever since. British blues always felt essential to his DNA... just out of reach. Until now.
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UPC: 5052442030591
Label: Sono Recording Group
Release Date: 7.31.26
Format: CD