Missing Mike Zito

I need a Mike Zito fix!

Listening to him on my iPod shuffle

and my CD player just isn't working!

I want to see and hear Mike Zito live!

Mike Zito with Bobby Walker and Chris Alexander

I will never forget the first time I heard Zito play.
The E-P and I were playing video poker
at the Ameristar in Black Hawk, Colorado.

Suddenly I heard the sound 

of an incredible blues guitar

spilling out of Bar 8042.

I hit cash out, collected my ticket, and raced 
for the bar at the center of the casino.

Mike, Bobby, and Chris

From that moment on, 

if Mike Zito and his band

were playing at Bar 8042

I was there!

Note to Ameristar ~

Bring back Mike Zito!

Bar 8042 just hasn't been the same without 

this talented performer.

Mike Zito is a guitarist, singer, producer, and song writer

hailing from St. Louis, Missouri.

As a member of the Blues Foundation,

I had the honor of voting for 

Mike Zito's Pearl River

that was nominated for

"Song of the Year"

at the 2010 Blues Music Awards

in Memphis, Tennessee.

And he won!!!!!
Mike Zito collaborated with Cyril Neville
on the winning title track of his album Pearl River.

Two years later Mike Zito's album Greyhound

was nominated for 
the 2012 Blues Music Awards

"Rock Blues Album of the Year." 

Often when Mike played at the Ameristar,

Chris Alexander and Bobby Walker joined him.

Chris Alexander ~ Bass Guitar

Ameristar, Black Hawk, Colorado

Bobby Walker ~ Drums/Blues Harp

Ameristar, Black Hawk, Colorado

Zito was a founding member of the supergroup

Royal Southern Brotherhood that formed 

during 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
RSB members include:
Cyril Neville ~ singer and percussionist
Devin Allman ~ vocalist and guitarist
Mike Zito ~ vocalist and guitarist
Yonrico Scott ~ drummer
Charlie Wooton ~ bassist

RSB released their debut album
Royal Southern Brotherhood
on May 11, 2012.
The album debuted at 
#5 on the Billboard Blues Albums Chart
and at
#30 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart.

In 2013 the album Royal Southern Brotherhood
was nominated a Blues Music Award
for best "Rock Blues Album of the year."
Source:  Wikipedia

In my opinion Mike Zito is just THE BEST!
Watching him play an electric blues guitar
and listening to him sing his powerful songs
are some of my most favorite musical experiences ever.

Move over my favorite Clapton and Vaughan,
and make room for Zito!
I enjoy him every bit as much as you!

Note:  

I took all these photographs during a live performance 

by Mike Zito, Chris Alexander, and Bobby Walker

at the Ameristar in Black Hawk, Colorado, in April 2012.

Here's Mike playing one of my favorite songs of his

Change My Ways at the Riverfront Blues Festival,

Wilmington, Delaware, on August 8, 2010.