{"product_id":"mike-zito-live-at-rockpalast-2024","title":"Mike Zito - Live at Rockpalast 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePowerful live recording of American blues rocker Mike Zito in top picture and\u003cbr\u003esound quality, recorded on October 9, 2024, by WDR Rockpalast - dynamic\u003cbr\u003etrio featuring Mike Zito (guitar, vocals), Doug Bykirt (bass, backing vocals),\u003cbr\u003eand Matt Johnson (drums, backing vocals).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMike Zito began taking guitar lessons at the age of five and was an integral\u003cbr\u003epart of the local music scene in St Louis by the end of his teenage years\u003cbr\u003eMike initially released his first records, such as \"America's Most Wanted\" and \"Slow It\u003cbr\u003eDown,\" independently. In 2008, he finally signed a record deal with Eclecto Groove\u003cbr\u003eRecords. The title track of his 2009 album \"Pearl River\" won the 2010 Blues Music\u003cbr\u003eAward in the \"Song of the Year\" category. His third album with Eclecto Groove,\u003cbr\u003e\"Greyhound,\" was nominated for \"Best Blues Rock Album\" at the 2011 Blues Music\u003cbr\u003eAwards. In the same year, Mike Zito founded the band Royal Southern Brotherhood\u003cbr\u003e(three studio albums, one live album) together with Cyril Neville, a legend from the\u003cbr\u003eband The Meters, and Devon Allman. Zito and Devon Allman, the son of Gregg Allman\u003cbr\u003eand his first wife Shelley Kay Jefts, knew each other from their time together in St.\u003cbr\u003eLouis, where Devon ran a guitar shop in the suburbs and the two jammed together. In\u003cbr\u003e2013, Zito's album Gone to Texas was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the US;\u003cbr\u003ehis albums Make Blues Not War (2016) and First Class Life (2018) both reached\u003cbr\u003enumber one on the US Billboard Blues Albums chart. Zito founded the Gulf Coast\u003cbr\u003eRecords label with Guy Hale. His albums continued to chart and win awards. He\u003cbr\u003eformed the Blood Brothers with New York blues rocker Albert Castiglia. The album\u003cbr\u003e\"Life Is Hard\" (2024) again reached number one on the charts, and their joint tours\u003cbr\u003econtinued the success story. In October 2024, Mike Zito performed at the Rockpalast\u003cbr\u003eas part of the Crossroads Festival, together with Doug Bykirt (bass, backing vocals)\u003cbr\u003eand Matt Johnson (drums, backing vocals). . This is someone who knows what he's\u003cbr\u003esinging about when it comes to the abysses and hardships that the world can\u003cbr\u003econfront people with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efor fans of Sonny Landreth, Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eliner notes by Trevor Hodgett (Mojo, NME, Record Collector, BBC, RTE, among\u003cbr\u003eothers) from Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIG MUSIC","offers":[{"title":"2CD DVD Set","offer_id":57941829419352,"sku":"TKM-41887","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/PROP_20260810_2040_200733_597_p_0885513910622_2_001.jpg?v=1786465585","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/mike-zito-live-at-rockpalast-2024","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}