I am shocked to have read that Delta Groove Recording artist Sean Costello has passed away. Not many details are available but this is a true shocker. He was a great blues influence and a powerful vocalist and guitarist. He would have turned 29 years old tomorrow. More details to come. He was booked to play the 2008 Bayfront Blues Festival.

Sean Costello

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 website as 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 Blind Pig 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. Rest in peace, Sean.

Here are a few of my favorite videos of Sean Costello…


Sean Costello – Who’s Been Cheating Who


Sean Costello – Love is Amazing


Sean Costello – I’m a Ram


Sean Costello – It’s My Own Fault


Sean Costello – Kansas City Blues