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UPLOADED APRIL 2011: Sean Costello, Aaron Trubic & Ray Hangen thrilled a full house audience, when the band performed Bob Dylan's 'A Simple Twist of Fate' at the 'Nekkersdaal' venue in Brussels, Belgium, March 13th, 2007

Video is a bit shaky, 'snapped' using a small digital camera held as high up as possible, in order to see beyond the folk sitting in the rows in front.

The Sean Costello band, here featuring:
Sean Costello (guitar, vocals)
Aaron Trubic (bass)
Ray Hangen (drums)

From Wikipedia:
Born in Philadelphia, Costello moved to Atlanta at the age of 9. Obsessive about the guitar from a young age, he got hooked on the blues after buying Howlin' Wolf's 'Rockin' Chair Album'. At 14 the young prodigy created a stir in a Memphis guitar shop, where an employee tipped his father off about a talent contest sponsored by the Beale Street Blues Society, which Costello duly entered and won. He formed his first band shortly after.

At sixteen, Costello recorded his first album, Call The Cops (1996), already 'displaying a flawless command of 1950s blues guitar', in the words of music historian Tony Russell.

His lead guitar work on Susan Tedeschi's gold-selling album, Just Won't Burn, (1998), subsequently brought him national exposure. Costello's band later toured as Tedeschi's backing group.

"His playing is shockingly deep for a 20-year old", wrote the Allmusic guide of Costello's second album, Cuttin' In (2000), which was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for Best New Artist Debut. The follow-up, Moanin' For Molasses, was equally well received; the Allmusic guide drew attention to Costello's "soulful voice" and his "ability to mesh blues, R&B and soul". "Passionate... distinctive and often compelling... Costello's vocals are most astonishing," reported Blues Revue Magazine.

Costello honed his skills through almost constant performing, playing over 300 gigs a year and touring widely in the USA and Europe. His reputation as a brilliant live performer enabled him to play alongside blues luminaries such as B. B. King and Buddy Guy (Ma Rainey House benefit concert, Columbus, Georgia, June 1997), James Cotton (Cotton's 64th birthday concert in Memphis) and Hubert Sumlin (South by Southwest, Austin, Texas, March 2005). When not touring, Costello made a living playing small venues in his home town of Atlanta, Georgia, such as the Northside Tavern. Richard Rosenblatt, former President of Tone-Cool Records, recalls Costello's performances:

As a guitarist he was astounding, but for Sean it was never about showing off monstrous chops or stroking his own ego. His playing always fit the song; he would work the tone and phrasing, sometimes with an economy of notes that let the empty spaces hang achingly for what seemed like hours. When he did take off on the occasional blazing run, he was the ultimate tightrope walker, flirting fearlessly with danger before bringing it all back home with the unlikeliest of phrases that was still, somehow, perfect.[15]

Through Amy Helm of Ollabelle, Costello met her father, Americana musician Levon Helm, formerly of The Band,[16] whose eclecticism encouraged Costello to further develop his interests outside the blues: "he really blew it wide open for me. He'd play a Chuck Berry tune, then a blues, then a country tune or a rock number or whatever, and he didn't even think twice about it."[6] Levon Helm and the members of Ollabelle were among the contributors to Costello's fourth, self-titled album, recorded in New York with input from local musicians. With an eclectic set list, and arrangements reminiscent more of Memphis soul than Chicago blues, Sean Costello (2005) marked a departure from his earlier work. Costello's guitar took a backseat to his voice, which by now "had acquired a ragged edge of considerable power".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Costello

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