Kickin Child, which was originally recorded for Columbia Records but left unreleased until now.
In 2016, Dion released his critically acclaimed album,
New York Is My Home. The collection, which was produced by
Conan bandleader
Jimmy Vivino, features a duet with Paul Simon on the album s title track. Plans are currently in the works for a jukebox musical based on his life.
Dion told us that the deeper he got into discovering music as a kid, the more similarities he found there to be among various genres:
“Country music, it s American music. Blues people must ve heard country, country heard blues and putting those two together, that s what we called rock n roll in the 50s. It just seems that country music was in a major key and blues was in a minor key. Pretty much the same three chords, but only major and minor.”
Albert Castiglia
Englewoods on Dearborn, another local restaurant and venue featuring acclaimed blues artists, is scheduled to host Albert Castiglia as part of this week s lineup. The South Florida guitarist and singer-songwriter played in legendary bluesman Junior Wells’ band before starting a solo career, most recently releasing last year s “Wild and Free,” which won a Blues Blast Music Award for Live Blues Album and was recorded at Boca Raton’s The Funky Biscuit. Castiglia previously put out 2019 s Masterpiece,” which earned him a Blues Music Award for Blues Rock Album last year. 7 p.m. today; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $7; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com