Blues musician Mike Zito, supported by the Jimmy Carpenter Band will bring their music to the Center for the Arts of Homer with an 8 p.m. Sunday show.
“I have nothing to hide; it seems my honesty is what people relate to most,” Zito once told Vintage Guitar magazine. “Anders (Osborne) told me early on, ‘If you don’t believe what you’re singing, you’ll never be a good singer.’ I try not to write fluff; I try to make every word count.”
Zito began playing guitar at the age of 5, and by the time he reached his late teens, he was established on the St. Louis music scene. He signed with Eclecto Groove Records in 2008. “Pearl River,” the title track of his 2009 album for the label, won Song of the Year at the Blues Music Awards and marked his first collaboration with Cyril Neville, with whom he’d later work in the Royal Southern Brotherhood.
A succession of critically acclaimed albums followed, culminating in 2011’s Greyhound, which was nominated for Best Rock Blues Album at that year’s Blue Music Awards ceremony in Memphis.
From 2010 to 2014, Zito played an integral role in the super group of sorts, Royal Southern Brotherhood. He also produced albums for Samantha Fish, Albert Castiglia, Ally Venable, Jeremiah Johnson and Jimmy Carpenter.
