Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 19, 1970, American blues guitarist Mike Zito made a name for himself on the local scene before signing with Eclecto Groove Records, which released the albums Today (2008) and Pearl River (2009), whose title track won a Blues Music Award. After a third album for the label, Greyhound (2011), he formed the supergroup Royal Southern Brotherhood with Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Charlie Wooton and Yonrico Scott. This group will record four studio albums up to 2016, with a further three coming from touring. At the same time, Mike Zito surrounded himself with other musicians to form his own band The Wheel, which recorded the albums Gone to Texas (2013), Keep Coming Back (2015) and Songs from the Road (2014), featuring one of their concerts. Thereafter, Mike Zito continues solo with Make Blues Not War (2016), First Class Life (2018), Rock'n'Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry (2019) and Quarantine Blues (2019). He tours with Bernard Allison and Vanja Sky, resulting in the release of Blues Caravan 2018, before the comeback album after the Covid-19 pandemic, Resurrection (2021), followed by collaboration with Albert Castiglia on Blood Brothers (2023), Live in Canada (2023) and Help Yourself (2025). Meanwhile, Mike Zito returned to solo recording with the albums Life Is Hard (2024), ranked #9 on the Billboard blues charts, and Outside or the Eastside in 2026.
