MIKE ZITO

BLUES ROCK AT ITS BEST

BLUES FOR THE SOUTHSIDE

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MIKE ZITO

GULF COAST RECODS - GCRX-9036 - 2022

RELEASE DATE : FEBRUARY 18, 2022

(usa)

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LIVE AT THE OLD ROCK HOUSE. ST. LOUIS - 2021

Tracklist:
01 Intro 01:23
02 Mississippi Nights 05:00
03 First Class Life 06:22
04 Blues for the Southside 06:06
05 Texas Flood 07:32
06 Mike Speaks 00:47
07 Hell on Me 06:00
08 Back Problems 05:24
09 Make Blues Not War 07:24
10 Highway Mama 06:54
11 Love Her with a Feeling 04:41
12 Wasted Time 03:45
13 Voodoo Chile 12:18
14 Dying Day 08:20
15 Life Is hard 08:40
16 Road Never Ends 07:32
17 Johnny B Goode 04:19

Musicians:

Mike Zito - guitar, vocals 
Matthew Johnson - drums, vocals
Lewis Stephens - keyboards
Doug Byrkit – bass, vocals vocals/ bass
Tony Campanella - guitar (Track 10)
Dave Kalz - guitar (Track 16)
Eric Gales - guitar (track 13)

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MIKE ZITO

Recorded on November 26, 2021 at the Old Rock House in St. Louis, Missouri- USA

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MIKE ZITO : ROCK BLUES MASTER

Mike Zito, born in 1970, ranks high among the guitarists of his prolific generation / It's not in vain that he has been chosen four times to win the BMA award and has been nominated seven more times / Zito is not only a magnificent guitarist, singer and songwriter, he's a musician convinced of what he does, he doesn't need the spectacularity of his solos or the showiness of a staging / his albums and his live performances contain the effectiveness of a musician with the will to transmit from the most sincere creative honesty his innate and humble perception of blues music and rock'n'roll / After a few faltering albums, in 2008 he released "Today" the first of a set of definitive recordings on his long road to establishing himself as the benchmark artist for the most innovative and regenerative blues rock of the first twenty years of the 21st century / Along with Cyril Neville and Devon Allman, he was in the founding of the Royal Southern Brotherhood, one of the bands with the most ingenuity and clairvoyance that emerged in those early years, and as a complement to his facet as a composer, he has left a strong mark on two albums dedicated entirely to make his own perception of some of the best songs by Chuck Berry and John Fogerty / This album, "Blues For The Southside" recorded live in 2021, finds Mike Zito in an exceptional state of form and in which he once again demonstrates that his contribution as a blues rock musician is absolutely indispensable.

03/09/2022