Sean Costello

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Sean Costello (April 16, 1979 – April 15, 2008) was an American blues guitarist and singer.

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[edit] Career

Sean Costello began his career while still in high school. At age fourteen he won the Memphis Blues Society's Talent Award. He released his first album, Call The Cops, when he was 17. A year later he worked on Susan Tedeschi's album Just Won't Burn, which went gold shortly before his 21st birthday. In 2000, Costello released Cuttin' In, earning him a W.C. Handy Award nomination for best new debut.[1]

[edit] Death

He was found dead in his Atlanta hotel room late Tuesday,[2] April 15, 2008, one day short of his 29th birthday.[2][3] The just released toxicology report conducted by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in Fulton County, Georgia has cited the cause of death on April 14th of rising 28 year old blues guitarist Sean Costello as being an accidental drug overdose. The autopsy, released June 3, attributed Costello's death to a combination of heroin, ephedrine, amphetamine and Librium, a prescribed anti-anxiety medication. The report also cited recent cocaine use. Costello was to have turned 29 years old on April 16, 2008.

The medical examiner who completed the autopsy, Dr. Geoffrey Smith, says that it is impossible to determine exactly which drug or drug interaction caused Costello's death, but it was most likely the result of the combination of the drugs in his system .[2]

[edit] Releases

  • Call The Cops (1996)
  • Cuttin' In (2000)
  • Moanin' For Molasses (2002)
  • Sean Costello (2005)
  • We Can Get Together (2008)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Jasmin, Ernest A.. "Sean Costello tries new things with his repertoire", The News Tribune, 2008-02-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. 
  2. ^ a b c Bluesman Sean Costello dead
  3. ^ Atlanta Bluesman Sean Costello Found Dead

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