Mike Zito - Life Is Hard - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mike Zito, Life Is Hard. Zito recorded the new album in September at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California, with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith producing. Both Bonamassa and Smith were involved in the production of Blood Brothers, the critically-acclaimed album Zito recorded with fellow tag guitarist Albert Castiglia. The even-dozen tracks on Life Is Hard include not only several Mike Zito originals, but also his takes on a wide variety of blues songs written by such contemporaries as Tinsley Ellis, Walter Trout, Tab Benoit and Fred James. Sprinkled in are covers from a diverse assortment of blues/roots music icons, including Little Milton (InchLonely ManInch), Stevie Wonder (InchHave a Talk with GodInch) and Reverend Gary Davis (InchDeath Don't Have No MercyInch), plus the outside-the-box blues-worthy rendering of the Guess Who classic, InchThese Eyes.Inch Mike Zito - Guitar and Vocals / Joe Bonamassa - Additional Guitar / Josh Smith - Additional Guitar / Reese Wynans - Keyboards / Calvin Turner - Bass / Lemar Carter - Drums / Paulie Cerra - Saxophone on InchLonely ManInch / Jennifer Kumma and Anna Spina - French Horn on InchForever My LoveInch and InchThese EyesInch / Jade Macrae - Background Vocals / Dannielle Deandrea - Background Vocals / Steve Ray Ladson - Background Vocals on InchDeath Don't Have No MercyInch / French Horn Arrangements by Calvin Turner