★★★★★
The area between Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and Hunstville, Texas--a space roughly described by guitar slinger Mike Zito, musically and lyrically, on his fourth album--is stuffed to bursting with unknown roots musicians too in love with their own mythology. You know the type: they killed a gator in the swamp and got the juju hand after drinking too much whiskey with them wild, wild women. But Zito, a St...
- www.offbeat.com
2013-11-27
★★★★★
Gone To Texas gets its title from a saying among early 19th century pioneers, who would abandon their problems back East to forge a new life in the Spanish territory. That theme of running from past demons and finding redemption in a new land (and new people) defines this record--Mike Zito's first with his new band, The Wheel. Musically and lyrically, it has the blues down...
- www.relix.com
2013-10-09
★★★★★
Both a high-caliber soul-rock shouter and balladeer, Mike Zito provides his plaintive, potent pipes with consistently solid song fare. His lyric sets and collaborations manage to sound fresh and comfortably familiar at the same time and decidedly a cut above for the genre, vying constantly for attention with his punchy, classic vocal delivery...
- rootsmusicreport.com
2013-07-02
★★★★★
Mike Zito is a rare find: a rough- and-tumble bluesman with a knack for wearing his heart on his sleeve and a penchant for stirring up a commotion with his fretwork. On his second release for Electro Groove Records, Pearl River, Zito teamed up with producers David Z (Prince, Johnny Lang) and Randy Chortkoff in New Orleans' Piety Street Recording and tapped into the rugged and resilient spirit of the Delta...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-02