Tom Principato – Twangin!

It’s an all-instrumental Electric guitar album with an eclectic mix of styles

Tom Principato – Twangin!
Format: CD – Digital
Label: Powerhouse Records
Release: 2026

Release date: April 3, 2026

 Tom Principato is set to release “Twangin’!, his first studio album in 13 years. It’s an all-instrumental Electric guitar album with an eclectic mix of styles

There are 5 Tom Principato originals including “Beyond The Stars,”Smoky Blue”, “The Bone Head Shuffle”, “Head First”, and “Drop D Boogie.” Two of the covers are Tom’s updates of the obscure Ventures songs “Night Walk”, “Blue Star.” Also in the collection are “Kentucky”, an old Bluegrass favorite, The Gospel classic “All Day, All Night (Angels Watching Over Me), a heartfelt rendition of Ketty Lester’s “Love Letters”, and “Champagne” an obscure shuffle from Merle Haggard’s band of the 70’s written by Norm Hamlett and Roy Nichols, one of Tom’s Telecaster heroes.

There’s plenty of Twang and Blues here as well as rockin’ stuff harking back to Tom’s work “Blazing Telecasters” with the late Danny Gatton, and plenty of that DC Telecaster sound invented by Roy Buchanan.

Guests include Dave Elliott drums (Danny Gatton), Jim Brock drums (Kathy Mattea), Steve Wolf bass (Danny Gatton), Big Joe Maher drums, Jim Robeson bass, and Tommy Lepson organ (Danny Gatton).

Website: https://tomprincipato.powerhouserecords.com/index.html

Tracks:
01. Night Walk
02. Kentucky
03. Drop D Boogie
04. Smoky Blue
05. The Bone Head Shuffle
06. All Night, All Day (Angels Watching Over Me)
07. Champagne
08. Beyond The Stars
09. Head First
10. Love Letters
11. Blue Star