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Mike Zito

Autumn 2022

by Doug Collette
December 4, 2022

Blues Deluxe is a regular column comprised of pithy takes on recent blues and roots-music releases of note, spotlighting titles in those genres that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. Grant Dermody Behind The Sun Self Produced 2022 This roughly fifty-minute excursion into the blues, Grant ...

Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?

by Doug Collette
June 12, 2022

It was back in 1968 that the Bonzo Dog Band tendered the immortal question in this article's title, but it remains an interrogatory relevant to our times. In the sizable community devoted to blues music around the world, passion for music too often leads to posing by too many practitioners of the genre. Not so with ...

Summer 2021

by Doug Collette
August 14, 2021

Blues Deluxe is a regular column comprised of pithy takes on recent blues and roots-music releases of note. It spotlights titles in those genres that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. Mike Younger Burning The Bigtop Down Self Produced 2021 The backstory of an album is ...

Mike Zito at the Iridium

by Mike Perciaccante
June 24, 2017

Mike Zito The Iridium New York, NY June 11, 2017 Mike Zito is a blues guitarist, singer, producer, and songwriter from St. Louis, MO. He is a co- founder of the Royal Southern Brotherhood. During his time (2010-2014) with that band the other members were Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Charlie Wooton ...

Mike Zito: Keep Coming Back

September 27, 2016

After sideman work, then membership in cooperative groups with Cyrille Neville, Devon Allman and others, in 2012 the jny: St. Louis blues guitarist and singer Mike Zito formed his band, The Wheel. Few dedicated jazz listeners also keep up with developments in the music that grows out of country blues pioneers like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert ...

Mike Zito - Greyhound (2011)

August 18, 2011

Mike Zito's new release Greyhound moves with impressive force between acoustic story songs, and these grinding, hellhound-chased blues-rock numbers. You have the title track, a grifter's road song. Traveling with only the things he can carry, Zito's character has a fascination he just can't shake for whatever is just over that next rise. Then, “Motel Blues" ...

Mike Zito’s “Greyhound” Leaves The Station On July 19, 2011

July 15, 2011

Sherman Oaks, CA—Eclecto Groove Records proudly announces the release of award-winning Texas-based songwriter/guitarist/singer Mike Zito's “Greyhound," on July 19, 2011, his 3rd release for the label. “Greyhound" was produced by Grammy-winning guitarist/singer/songwriter Anders Osborne and recorded at Dockside Studios in Lafayette, LA. Featuring Zito on vocals/guitars, Carl Dufrene—bass/vocals, Brady Blade—drums/vocals and Osborne—back-up vocals/guitar, “Greyhound" continues the ...

Mike Zito Releases New Blues-Rock Album "Today" on May 20

May 18, 2008

Los Angeles, CA--Eclecto Groove Records is proud to announce the release of singer/songwriter/guitar player Mike Zito's national debut release, Today on May 20, 2008. On Today, Zito has teamed up with Grammy Award-winning producer David Z. (Prince, Etta James) and a lineup of studio musicians that includes bassist James “Hutch" Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Joe ...