Jazz Articles about Rusty Zinn

Rusty Zinn: Confessin'

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1999

Rusty Zinn is a talented 29-year-old blues guitarist from San Francisco with a retro sound that combines West Coast and Chicago blues styles. Zinn's music jumps as much as it rocks, and the guitarist also tries his hand at gospel and doo-wop on Confessin', his second release for Black Top.

Much like fellow Golden Stater Rick Holmstrom, Zinn favors the subdued amplification of a '50s-style guitar. And like Holmstrom, Zinn understands that raw blues is the best blues; his production ...