Tommy Castro & The Painkillers

Tommy Castro is an American blues, soul and rock guitarist and singer from San Jose, California, who has released albums since the mid-1990s. His band The Painkillers, with whom he has performed since 2011, blends Southern soul, big-city blues and classic rock. Castro has won the Blues Music Award for 'B.B. King Entertainer of the Year' multiple times (including 2008, 2010, 2023) and 'Blues Rock Artist of the Year' in 2025.