Mike Zito - Gone to Texas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Singer, songwriter, producer, and Royal Southern Brotherhood member Mike Zito presents a new in the hit Ruf series SONGS FROM THE ROAD. This album was recorded live at Dosey Doe in the Woodlands in front of a sold-out crowd of 300 screaming Texans!

The legendary vocalist's debut album!InchA 100% must for my record of the yearInch - Jazz Journal ReviewRemastered by multiple Grammy winner Michael Graves.The fist time Candid founder Nat Hentoff heard Harrow sing, he decided on the spot that if he were to ever have a tag of his own, he would have to cut a record with her. Both of his dreams came true, resulting in a jazz vocal album as easily appealing as anything you're likely to hear. Despite it's accessibility, it's also a showcase for Harrow's utterly unique style. One of the few vocalists of her generation that didn't emulate the voices of the icons that came before her.When the Washington Post reviewed this album, they got so much right about Wild Women Don't Have The Blues and Nancy Harrow herself InchShe sings for the sheer fun of it - not to be glamorous, not to knock our musicians, but just because she's got a feeling she wants to get across. Repeated hearings bear this out - her long, strong phrases; the ironic power of her understated emotions; the stripped, supple timbre of her voice, straight as a clipper's keel. And I say we've got a rare thing here - a woman who has made grand what's common to us all. I think that's what they call art.InchAfter this album, Harrow went on a 12-year hiatus to raise her children (one of which is Galaxie 500's Damon Krukowski) before re-emerging to even greater acclaim on the jazz scene. This reissue finally gives her debut the shot it always deserved to find it's way into the collections of aficionados and casual listeners alike.

2018 . Blues-rock is a tightrope - and Mike Zito has never lost his footing. At times in his storied two-decade career, the Texas bandleader has rolled up the amps and rocked as hard as anyone. Yet his lifelong fascination with the blues has always reeled him back in. And now, having shaken the rafters with 2016's acclaimed Make Blues Not War, First Class Life finds Mike diving deep into the only genre that can do justice to his hard-won true stories of hardship and redemption. InchMake Blues was pretty extreme and rocking,Inch he reflects. InchThis time, I was definitely thinking more blues.Inch First Class Life is a fitting album title from a man who remembers the hard times. InchThe title track is a nod to where I've come from and where I'm at,Inch explains the songwriter whose promising early career was almost destroyed by addiction. InchIt's a rags-to-riches story, and it's certainly true. I grew up poor in St. Louis, and now I'm travelling the world to sing my songs. In the world of excess America, I may not look 'rich', but in my world, I most certainly am. I have a beautiful family, I'm clean and sober, and I get to play music.Inch