Thanks for coming to the official homepage
for guitar legend Tom Principato.
Tom has been setting the telecaster
on fire all across the globe with some of the finest performers
for over 25 years.
Tom has performed on dozens of blues recordings
and is still making ground breaking american music enjoyed
by fans across the world.
Tom Principato's world class band includes the passionate
virtuosity of Steve Wolf on bass and Joe Wells on drums.
Tommy Lepson also appears frequently as a guest with the
band on organ and vocals.
POWERHOUSE RECORDS ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL 2022
RELEASE OF THIS NEW TRIBUTE RECORDING
"It's Tele Time"
POW-140
I have never thought of myself in the
same category as Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton--these guys
were my heroes, and through them I heard the playing of
some of my other heroes like Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Roy
Nichols, Charlie Christian and James Burton. And although
I have played different models of Fender and Gibson guitars
over the years, (Roy and Danny didn't always play a Telecaster
either), I have always thought of myself in my own way,
as being part of the "Washington D.C. Telecaster tradition".
I always brought more than one guitar on a tour or to a
concert, and one of them was usually a Telecaster. There
would be a part of the show where I would strap on a Telecaster,
joke about "it's Tele time!" and "unleashing the chickens",
and for a part of the night everything that I learned or
absorbed from Roy and Danny would come pouring out. That
is reflected in this collection of live recordings... Tom
Principato
Powerhouse Records continues the
Tom Principato 50 Year Anniversary Collection on the 25th anniversary
of the Classic album "Really Blue"
Complete with Re-Mastering and
a bonus cut (Sweet Little Woman take 3) and expanded 6 panel Eco-wallet
packaging. The album which was released in USA in 1997 and in
Europe in 1998, features 7 Principato originals including "Every
Minute, Every Hour", Stranger's Eyes" and "One
for Danny" Tom's tribute to the late Danny Gatton, as well
as Principato re-workings of Blues & Roots classics like Joe
Turner's "Kansas City Blues", Robert Johnson's "Walkin'
Blues" and Chicago Blues Pianist Little Johnny Jones "Sweet
Little Woman". The album also features a cameo appearance
from Keyboardist Chuck Leavell (Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Rolling
Stones, Allman Bros.) A timeless classic re-visited.
$17 includes US postage
Really Blue 2021 25th Anniversary Edition
POWERHOUSE RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE 2021
RELEASE OF
Tom Principato
"Down The Road"
Powerhouse Records continues the Tom Principato
Anniversary celebration by releasing “Down The Road-The
Studio Recordings” a 2-CD compilation set of vocals and
guitar instrumentals that is the companion to the “50 Years
Live” CD set. Celebrating 50 Years of Roots Music and Guitar
Playing with Chuck Leavell, Willie Weeks, Sonny Landreth,
Kim Wilson, Brian Auger, Jim Brock, Wayne Jackson of The
Memphis Horns, Steve Wolf, Tommy Lepson, Robbie Magruder,
Joe Wells, Kevin McKendree, John Perry, Conrad Drennon,
Clark Matthews, Josh Howell, Joe Maher, Jeff Sarli, Wes
Johnson, Peter Bonta, Steve Riggs, Chris Watling and many
others...
Tom Principato
"Down The Road" (POW-138)
Special
Pricing
for this two CD set:
$19 includes US postage
POWERHOUSE RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE 2021
RELEASE OF
Tom Principato
"50 Years Live"
This 2 CD collection of all previously
unreleased live recordings from around the World spans Tom's
career and celebrates his 50 years of performing. There
are 20 tracks in all highlighting T.P. Band members past
& present including Joe Wells, Steve Wolf, Josh Howell,
Tommy Lepson, John Perry, Robbie Magruder, Pete Ragusa,
El Torro Gambel, as well as Tom jamming live with Sonny
Landreth, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Emmons, Masters Of The Telecaster,
and a rare recording of James Cotton sitting in with the
Band Powerhouse in 1976.
Tom Principato
"50 Years Live" (POW-137)
Special
Pricing
for this two CD set:
$19 includes US postage
MONTREUX
SWITZERLAND JAZZFEST A HUGE
SUCCESS!!!
Click
below to watch a photo montage and hear one of the tunes
from our Montreux performance.
Tom and the Band (Joe Wells
drums, Josh Howell congas & percussion, Tommy Lepson
organ & vocals and Steve Wolf bass) enjoying the audience
reaction at the Montreux Jazz Festival, "Music In The
Park" stage. They played for an enthusiastic crowd
of about 2,500!
Praise
for "A Part of Me"...
"A
Part of Me" is well worth the wait, and not just because
Principato's songwriting facilitates his exceptional fretwork..."
TPB just won the
"Gary Allen's Best Song in the World" contest
for "Don't Wanna Do It"! This excellent song features
Sonny Landreth & Chuck Leavell. Here's
what Gary Allen (The Charlie Daniels Band/JJ
Cale/Stonewall Jackson) had to say:
"I couldn't agree
more that if Eric Clapton packed it in and turned over
the pick to a successor, that could easily be Tom
Principato. I love the clever, bluesy cover of JJ Cale's
"Lies". I wouldn't be surprised if next month
I was writing Tom up as my Sonicbids contest winner. I
told him the competition was as stiff as Al Gore
but it didn't scare him any. The performances are dynamic
and bombastic and Tom's voice has that fullness and body
that his friend Stevie Ray Vaughan and Clapton possess.
If I had the cash to buy one new blues artist CD this
year, I would proudly hand it over for The Tom Prinicipato
Band."
Tom
endorses Curt Mangan guitar strings!
After over 10 years Tom Principato
continues to use and endorse Curt Mangan Strings. Find out
more about these high quality American made strings here:
curtmangan.com
Thank
you WAMA!
Thanks
to WAMA for honoring the Tom Principato Band and their "Raising
the Roof" CD with the Wammie Award for best Blues Recording.
Vintage Guitar Magazine interviews Tom in one their feature
articles!
Tom
is featured in Vintage Guitar Magazine. Lots of great pictures
and in depth information in this excellent article. Here's
how it starts:
The
Tom Principato Band recently released Raising the Roof and
Principato sat with Vintage Guitar to discuss his history
and the instruments he has used while creating it. He has
resided in Boston, Pittsburgh,and Austin and is now settled
back in D.C., where he came of age listening to local legends.
"I
really got interested in guitar from listening to my parents
records," he recalled. "Chet Atkins, Les Paul,
Charlie Christian. My parents were in their 30s when I was
born and there was a lot of swing music in the house when
I was growing up. I started playing the guitar when I was
11 and struggled with it on into high school..."
This
pic is from the Jeff Sarli Tribute Concert at Chick Halls
Surf Club on Tues Oct. 10.
Tom is jamming with Kevin McKendree (of The Delbert McClinton
Band) on piano, and Big Joe Maher on drums.
Photo
by Linda Parker
Notable
Quotes
"Music reminds us of the best that we are about" --Wynton Marsalis on Emeril Live 8/21/06
"While I acknowledge that my primary function on Earth
is to be a musician, I also see that music is nothing more
than the essential component of humanity-it is all the same
material. My feeling is that the more I can learn about
music, the more I learn about other things. So far, it has
worked for me. --Pat Metheny
The
Birchmere was again sold out and rockin' with over 500 fans!
Thanks
to everyone who came out to the show to party with Tom,
Bill Kirchen, and Tommy Lepson.
Read Tom's interview with BluesWax's Ezine
called Sittin’ In With Tom Principato -
Guitar Thrills, Blues, and A World of Music from Tom Principato.
Check out Tom's Chord Book with
4,000 chord voicings. Guitarists will find it a valuable reference
whenever something special or different is needed...
