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Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers ↔ Tommy Castro & The Painkillers

Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers and Tommy Castro & The Painkillers are directly connected through shared producer Bruce Iglauer.

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Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States • 📅 1957 – 1975

Six-fingered slide guitar berserker whose distorted, raw Sears-Roebuck guitar racket compelled Bruce Iglauer to found Alligator Records in 1971 just to release his music.

Chicago Blues Slide Guitar Blues Electric Blues
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Bruce Iglauer

Record Producer / Audio Engineer

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Tommy Castro & The Painkillers

📍 San Jose, California, United States • 📅 1991 – Present

Multi-Blues Music Award Entertainer of the Year fronting a relentless four-piece that fuses Memphis soul with blistering guitar-driven blues rock.

Soul Blues Blues Rock Electric Blues
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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1957 – 1975

Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Archival Biography

Six-fingered slide guitar berserker whose distorted, raw Sears-Roebuck guitar racket compelled Bruce Iglauer to found Alligator Records in 1971 just to release his music.

Musical Genres

Chicago Blues Slide Guitar Blues Electric Blues
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👥 Band Personnel (3)

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Hound Dog Taylor

Lead Vocals, Slide Guitar

1957–1975
Brewer Phillips

Guitar, Bass Lines

1959–1975
Ted Harvey

Drums

1959–1975
💿 Record Labels:
Alligator Records
🎛️ Producers & Engineers:
Bruce Iglauer ⚡
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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1991 – Present

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers

📍 San Jose, California, United States

Archival Biography

Multi-Blues Music Award Entertainer of the Year fronting a relentless four-piece that fuses Memphis soul with blistering guitar-driven blues rock.

Musical Genres

Soul Blues Blues Rock Electric Blues
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👥 Band Personnel (4)

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Tommy Castro

Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar

1991–present
Randy McDonald

Bass, Vocals

1991–present
Bowen Brown

Drums

2012–present
Michael Emerson

Keyboards

2012–present
💿 Record Labels:
Alligator Records Blind Pig Records
🎛️ Producers & Engineers:
Bruce Iglauer ⚡
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