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NEWSOn November 13, 2020, Gulf Coast Records will release A Gulf Coast Christmas. A Gulf Coast Christmascontains 16 tracks of beloved Christmas covers as well as original Christmas tunes by the label’s talented and diverse artists. This blues holiday album features 18 Gulf Coast Records artists including Mike Zito, Albert Castiglia, Kat Riggins, The Proven Ones, Mark May, Diana Rein, John "Blues' Boyd, Lisa and Kid Andersen, Kevin Burt, LeRoux, Jimmy Carpenter, Billy Price, Sayer Joyce, Thomas Atlas, Tony Campanella, and Odds Lane.A Gulf Coast Christmaswill be your favorite holiday album for years to come!!​A Gulf Coast Christmasreleases worldwide on Nov.13th, but if you pre-order here you will receive your copy EARLY. This cd will come signed by Mike Zito AND you will get a FREE copy of Quarantine Blues!!Pre- OrderMike Zito, "Looking Out This Window" from the new album "Quarantine Blues" on Gulf Coast Records.Of the album "Quarantine Blues" Zito says, “While flying home from Europe after all of our tours being cancelled, I decided the band and myself would record a free album for our fans. Individually we have been quarantined for 14 days and this idea of writing, producing and releasing an album in the 14 day period seemed like quite an effort and a distraction for us. In return fans from around the world contributed to our Gofundme and it has been an amazingingly rewarding experience.I hope our fans enjoy the album and the music we have written.I followed no rules, I wrote what I was feeling regardless of style or genre and used my feelings of fear, hope, love and rebelliousness to fuel my creativity.I have collaborations with LA Guns and Guns n Roses founding member, Tracii Guns on the song ‘Don’t Touch Me’ and several songwriting efforts with my label partner Guy Hale.I left the ‘rules’ on the floor and followed my heart.I think these are some of the best songs I have written in years.”Quarantine Bluesis now available in its entirety, absolutely FREE viaSoundCloud.Video for “Don’t Let the World Get Down” was created byZach Zito.Don't Let The World Get You Down"I had been playing with these 3 chords and this title for a month leading up to this life changing event. I knew I liked the simple melody and meaning behind the saying. Little did I know the world would literally change in the next 30 days. When I got home and began my quarantine, this is the first song I wrote and it wrote itself in minutes. I am so proud my son Zach stepped in and created a music video that shares the emotion of this song. I truly hope people will hear the song and follow the advice I have been giving myself Don't let the world get you down......"Many of my musician friends are out of work during this pandemic.Not just a little out of work, completely out of work.Not everyone is comfortable asking for assistance or maybe tech savvy to do online shows or streaming. This is all VERY new to everyone.I started a "Quarantine Blues" recording project to help feed my family and truly help my band members who were coming home with nothing after a large cancelled tour. The band and I have committed 10 original songs available for free to the world and in return we were given much needed support from our fans and the Blues community.Now, we are extending this campaign to our large Blues community.We are asking artists that are in need of assistance to contribute a song for this project and in return we are going to try and raise $1000 each for the artist and their band members. We feel this is a time of need,but we want to give back with what we do best - music.We have a list of musicians and bands that are in serious need right now and they are going to each contribute new music to the project.We will announce an artist and band in need and once the amount of money has been reached, we will then announce a new artist and band...and so on.PLEASE if you are a working, professional Blues genre musician that is out of work and in need and would be interested - please contact Mike Zito or Nick Moss to get on the list.PLEASE if you can share - share what you can - if you cannot share financially, please share the campaign with your family and friends.We are hopeful that the end result here will be hours of new and wonderful music that can help us all come closer and ease someanxiety and give a little hope.Sincerely,Mike Zito and Nick MossPLEASE DONATEDonationsWell, like many musicians, our tour has been shattered. We are flying home from Europe with only a handful of the 30 shows we were scheduled to perform. The band and myself included will be hurting financially for the next month or so and we are all 4 facing a 14 day quarantine starting Monday March 16th. So I have decided to write, record, mix and master an album while I am quarantined in my recording studio. I will write the songs and record the demo parts and send them to the members of my band who will record their individual instruments at their homes where they are quarantined and then send the parts back to me where I will mix the final recordings and master the album at my studio. Our goal is to be as creative as possible and complete a timely, entertaining blues album and offer it to you in 14 days, the full quarantine term. This recording will not be available via distribution, or on ITunes or Amazon, it will only be available through my website for download or cd. Every dollar you give to this project will go directly to myself and my band members: Matt Johnson, Doug Byrkit and Lewis Stephens. It is solely to offset the loss of our current tour and make creative use of our quarantine. This process will begin Monday March 16 and be completed on March 30th for your listening pleasure. I will post live videos of the process and let you share in the experience. We will offer some very special opportunities for those who can give more and give this music to the world in return. We know it’s crazy right now and we don’t feel right begging for your assistance when those in more need may require help. So we wanted to offer you something special for your support. Something that is real and right now. We are musicians and that’s what we do, we create and perform music, so we will make music for you and anything in return will be much appreciated. God bless and please be safe!MIKE ZITO AND FRIENDSROCK 'N'ROLL: A TRIBUTE TO CHUCK BERRYDROPSNOV. 1st ONRUF RECORDSORDER HERESPECIAL PKGS VINYLIZito’s upcoming album -- his 16th -- due this November on Ruf Records and descriptively titled Rock N Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry, finds him broadening his boundaries still further even as it marks a return to his roots. The album consists of 20 Chuck Berry classics performed by Zito and an impressive array of 21 guest guitarists, among them Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout, Eric Gales, Robben Ford, Richard Fortus, Sonny Landreth, Luther Dickinson, Albert Castiglia, Anders Osborne, andsignificantly, Chuck’s grandson, Charlie Berry III.​“This was a very special project for me,” Zito says. “I was born and raised in St. Louis, I lived there for 32 years, home of Chuck Berry. I worked at a small musical instrument store where his drummer also happened to be employed. Chuck’s son would drop by on occasion as did Chuck himself a few times. Johnny Johnson came to that store and taught me piano licks. I was fortunate enough to open for and play with Chuck Berry on occasion at the Duck Room. He was an icon, and rightfully so. I’ve been playing his songs since I was a kid. Needless to say, he was a tremendous influence on my career, and, of course, on many other musicians’ as well.”​Produced by Zito himself, the album was recorded at his own Marz Studio and mixed and mastered by David Farrell. “We recorded the basic tracks and then sent them to each guest musician,” Zito recalls. “They added their contributions and then sent the files back to us. The process took a year to complete.”​On Rock N Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry, Mike Zito does what he does best, make an album that’s humble, heartfelt, skilled and sublime....and, to paraphrase Chuck himself, letting it rock all at the same time.

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