Albert Castiglia I Got Love (CD)

Gulf Coast Records announces acclaimed blues-rock guitarist Albert Castiglia's new CD, I Got Love, due out March 25. I Got Love was produced by Mike Zito, guitarist and co-owner of Gulf Coast Records, and features a stellar lineup of musicians backing Albert Castiglia (guitar and vocals): Justine Tompkins (bass and vocals); Ephraim Lowell (drums and vocals); and Lewis Stephens (Hammond B3 organ and piano). The new album, which features 11 blistering, blues-soaked tracks, is a personal and powerful statement from Castiglia. "I Got Love is a musical essay documenting the last two years of my life: two years of many ups and downs," Castiglia says. "It's about falling, failing, adapting, reinventing, surviving and triumphing. 

It contains the thoughts of an unemployed man, a covid-ridden idiot, who gets through it like Andy Dufresne in 'The Shawshank Redemption.' The blues and blues infused music are rooted in truth. This album is my truth. To ignore the events of the last two years (the Covid era) and write about something else would not be my truth. I've been through it all - loss, depression, illness, fear of the unknown. I know I wasn't the only one who went through it. This collection of songs is for those who have felt like I did. It is for those who have gone down fighting and for those who continue to fight. For many of us in my profession and in the gig economy, this has been our Great Depression. Some of us are doing well and some of us are still trying to find solid ground. 

"This album is for everyone. It's also a thank you to those who kept us going; the people who contributed to my virtual shows and took guitar lessons from me. This album is also for Rick Lusher, who retired from the radio promotion business and handed the keys over to my wife at a time when we really needed them. It's about love, gratitude and becoming a better person from the shittiest of circumstances. It's my blues in its truest form. "I Got Love is the most thematic album I've done since Masterpiece," Castiglia explains. "My daughter and grandchildren were my muse for Masterpiece. I Got Love was about the deepest darkness and the brightest light, two extremes that tested every fiber of my being. I'm glad I survived to tell the story!"