RIP SEAN COSTELLO

[bobatude]

April 15, 2008
RIP Sean Costello 4/16/79-4/15/ 08: This shocking and sad news just in from Steve Hecht of Piedmont Talent: Blues singer/guitarist Sean Costello was found today dead in his hotel room in Atlanta, Georgia. He would have been 29 tomorrow. Cause of death is not known at present but details will posted on the Piedmont Talent websiteas they are revealed. Sean had recently released his fourth CD, We Can Get Together on the Delta Groove Record Label, and was a featured guitarist on the acclaimed new Nappy Brown CD Long Time Coming on BlindPig Records. A handsome young man with amazing guitar ability, a fine voice, and a strong sense of carrying forward the tradition of the blues, Sean was a rising star with a brilliant career in front of him. In a world where we sorrowfully watch so many elder statesman of the blues pass, the loss this youthful bright light is especially hard to take.


Steve Allen
Detroit Blues Society

[PaulC]

way too sad..

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"Born in 1979 in Philadelphia, Costello began playing guitar at age nine, about the time his family moved to Atlanta. He came of age early, appearing regularly in clubs before he could drive, much less gain legal admission, to them. At age 14, his winning performance in the finals of the Memphis Blues Society’s talent competition had career-changing effects. First, it netted him studio time to record his debut album, Call The Cops, a collection of 1940s and 1950s-style Chicago blues. The Memphis trip also marked the beginning of an important association with another finalist, as Costello put his solo aspirations on hold long enough to contribute indelibly memorable guitar tracks to Susan Tedeschi’s career breakthrough gold album, Just Won’t Burn and, with his band, to back her on the high-profile national tour in support of that record.

Forgoing the comfort of his long-time band (a full complement that featured organ and harmonica or piano), Costello has for the past two years been playing in a trio format with Aaron Trubic (electric bass) and, most recently, Paul Campanella Jr. (drums), a rhythm section of deadly precision and efficiency. The stripped-down configuration not only forces Costello to work harder - “I am playing a lot of guitar, man!” - it lends sharp focus and an aggressive edge to the music, a set of raw blues (“Anytime You Want”), impassioned gospel (“Going Home”), solid soul (“Can’t Let Go”), idiosyncratic pop (“You Told Me A Lie” filters The Beatles through the Chess studio), exposed-nerve ballads (McCormick’s “Have You No Shame” is one highlight) that crackles with energy and a deep groove."
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http://www.myspace.com/seancostello

man,.. the tears are flowin' listenin' to the soulful "can't let go".....
fckin' shame..........

rip sean...................................