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Pearl River

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I recently recieved "Pearl River" from Mike Zito's Label (I'm blessed to be a Blues DJ w/a couple shows), and thought-cool...I liked his last disc-"Today", so I put it up on the priority list to give a listen. If you liked his last disc-you'll love this one-great variety of stuff-there's some rockin' stuff, some a little greasy,and of course-some soulful stuff as well. This disc is a continuance of his maturity as a player, singer and songwriter, it's pretty impressinve to put out such good cd's two years running. If you're not instantly hooked on this disc with one listening-give it another spin--this one will grow on you! I'll put this one on the short list (with Curtis Salgado's-"Clean Getaway") of some my favorite 09' releases.

George Carlin had a comedy piece based on white guys singing the blues implying that they had not been through enough hard times to be legitimate. Listening to Mike Zito dispels that myth in short order. He is a man in recovery whose life has been in the throws of death and he has emerged as an outstanding performer. He has the emotional depth and ability to express it that causes him to stand out as a welcome addition to other white men who played the blues such as SRV, Clapton, Duane Alman and others. I heard him last night at Treasure Lake Ski Lodge less than a week after Ana Popovic graced their stage and I can say his performance was just as inspiring!

Stevie Ray Vaughan would be so proud of this Texan's Blues music and singing. Mike Zito is the future of electric Blues music and a listen to these songs will convince you of that very fact!!!

Years ago I saw Mike play in St. Louis fronting for Walter Trout(he played a set with Walter and definitely held his own). He was selling CDs off the stage between sets. I bought a couple and liked them a lot, although they were rough-edged lyric-wise. One thing is evident: Mike can certainly handle the guitar! I received PEARL RIVER for Christmas and love it! The best electric blues I've heard in a while (hard to pick out the good ones), and reminds me of SRV and/or Johnny Lang. You can't go wrong with this one.

If you haven't heard much from Mike, pick this up and groove to the Blues! Maybe his best work yet, but you can't lose with any of Mikes' work. Picked this up used and it works great!

This is a great blues cd by Mike Zito. The guitar work is tasteful, with catchy riffs. I 1st heard it about a year ago through a friend that I play guitar with. And we now play the track "Step a A Time" as a part of our regular set list. This purchase was to share copies with 2 other friends. They love it!!!

I have been looking for some new blues,This rendering put a big smile on my face.The more I hear it the more I like it.

I was really happy that Mike Zito released a new CD, since I have 2 others from him, so I ordered Pearl River from Amazon.

I was surprised and a little disappointed that 6 of the 13 tracks are already on one of the other CDs I own (Real Strong Feeling). I hate when that happens on a "new" release, I mean you can expect it on a "best of" or "hits" release, but come on...

Other than that, the CD is pretty damn good, I have seen Mike live and this CD lives up to that fairly closely.