Mike Zito - Life Is Hard [CD]

GULF COAST RECORDS

£11.50

Cat. no: GCRX9051
Format: CD
Barcode: 659699897509
Release Date: 23 Feb 2024
Genre: Blues

The new disc from multi-Blues Music Award-winner Mike Zito, 'Life Is Hard' was recorded in September at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California, with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith producing (and guesting on guitars)

'Life Is Hard' is a complete work of art for me," says Mike Zito about the new disc. "I believe this is the best album I've ever made in my life. My wife Laura and I planned this idea of pouring my heart out in music after her death from cancer. Joe, Josh and the incredible musicians were fully aware of the task at hand. They brought a lot of emotion to the music. I am so proud of this album and I know Laura would be proud as well."

The even-dozen tracks on 'Life Is Hard' include Mike Zito originals, but also his takes on a wide variety of blues songs written by such contemporaries as Tinsley Ellis, Walter Trout, Tab Benoit and Fred James. Sprinkled in are covers from a diverse assortment of blues/ roots music icons, including Little Milton ("Lonely Man"), Stevie Wonder ("Have a Talk with God") and Reverend Gary Davis ("Death Don't Have No Mercy"), plus the outside-the- box blues-worthy rendering of the Guess Who classic, "These Eyes." Blues Matters review confrmed

Tracks: Lonely Man / Life Is Hard / Have a Talk with God / Forever My Love / No One to Talk to (But the Blues) / Dying to Do Wrong / These Eyes / Darkness / Without Loving You / Nobody Moves Me Like You Do / Death Don't Have No Mercy / Forever My Love (radio edit)