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Daniel Castro

Moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995, Daniel formed The Daniel Castro Band and quickly became a hot draw in the burgeoning local blues scene. In 1999, Daniel recorded his first release, No Surrender, followed in 2003 with Live at The Saloon, a double CD recorded at San Franciscos oldest bar and mecca for the blues faithful. Both CDs highlight the talents of Daniels playing, songwriting, and arranging and feature stellar performances by some of the Bay Areas best sidemen.

In 2011, Daniel began looking to form a new band. He had always been surrounded by great players but wanted to focus on his original material, which required working with musicians that shared his passion, would commit to strenuous rehearsals, and had the natural chemistry needed to help him realize the musics potential. Daniel began getting together with bassist Johnny Yu, whom he had played with in the past and who had recorded several cuts on his No Surrender CD. They quickly became a team, working out arrangements to many of Daniels new original tunes and forming the nucleus of the new band. Daniel and Johnny began performing as a trio, using a platoon of drummers as they searched for the elusive third member of the band. In early 2012, Johnny reconnected with drummer David Perper, whom he had worked with in a variety of settings over many years. David got together with Daniel and Johnny at their rehearsal space and it soon became obvious to all that they collectively had something unique. With Johnny and David, Daniel has an intuitive and explosive rhythm section, able to anticipate each others moves and support Daniels music as it deserves. We have something special. Its hard to describe, but we feel it and so do our audiences. Weve all come from different backgrounds and our personal stories vary. We all come to this band with our past and are forming our future.