Travel Peru - Jimmy Castor Live in Las Vegas

" "The Everything Man, etc and is known as The E-Man, arranger, producer, percussionist, saxophonist, singer, for those of you who don't know who this man is he is a songwriter. Jimmy Castor appeared at an out-of-the-way local bar in west side of Las Vegas this past weekend complete with a horn section and backup singers.

Mercury Records in 1966, " on the legendary label, "Hey Leroy Your Mama's Calling You, he later put together his own band and then wrote his second million seller. " while still in junior high school, "I Promise To Remember, wrote his first million seller for Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers called, who grew up in Harlem, jimmy Castor.

An outstanding tribute to this man's writing skills and their subsequent longevity, and many others have used his tracks in their music, the Beastie Boys, ice Cube, christine Aguilera. His songs have been sampled by many in contemporary pop music today. " His song "Space Age" blazed a trail of jazz fusion into the era of disco and will be long remembered. There was also the disco hit "E-Man Boogie, and from the same record. " featured the infamous "The Bertha Butt Boogie" that everyone sang in jest whenever a woman of substance walked by for many years after, " His album "Butt of Course. " were hits and a title cut from the "It's Just Begun" album was featured in the movie "Flashdance, "Troglodyte (the cave man)" and "Luther the Anthropoid.

So it is truly a special place at times to be able to hear and see legends of the entertainment business, and New York's Harlem days are all but gone, los Angeles may have a bit of that. Just to have fun and join with old friends, but visit and make appearances all over this town, the great thing about Las Vegas is the outstandingly talented people that not only live here.

You still have what it takes. "Live long and (keep) prospering" Jimmy, to take a line from a television series that debuted in 1966. Castor to "reinvent himself" and recreate for a new generation the glory days of a time long past but instrumental (pardon the pun) in our pop musical history. And all-around musician convinced Mr, arranger, guitarist, pianist/keyboardist, a longtime Vegas very fine bandleader, mariano Longo. Outside of town, a "mobbishly yesteryear" decorated speakeasy, he's funny and charming and the 90 minute show was well worth the jaunt to Sonny's Tavern. Frankie Lymon and lesser celebrities along with the origin of Bertha Butt (and the Butt Sisters), jimi Hendrix, the entire show was peppered with his yore of goodtimes and his interactions with Sammy Davis. His perfectly centered pitch on the saxes is precise and his delivery that of a man many years younger than his age. He seems ageless while performing his hits and the energy he exudes is carefully paced-but plentiful to carry the load of yesteryear for the audience's enjoyment as much as his own.