LANCE LOPEZ (Texas Guitar Fave)

From Opening for Buddy Guy in Chicago at Legends to opening for Robby Krieger of the Doors in the world famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood,  Zakk DeBono and his band the Broken Circle are definitely making an massive impact on the Colorado music scene as we know it. From being ranked #1 for an entire two years on Reverb Nation for Blues/Rock with over 80,000 fans here locally, Zakk has definitely the vintage style songs and stage performance to get the crowd moving and feeling good with a vintage 60’s sound and vibe. From bars to stadiums, to festivals all over, Zakk an unsigned artist, is tearing it all up with his Gibson SG in a new style and sound of psychedelic blues and songwriting that listeners come all over to see. This obsessed old Hendrix, Dead head, Beatles, and Doors influenced guitarist and singer songwriter has a lot of talent that people all over the nation now are noticing, especially his unique sound. From being quoted “A powerful and unbelievable guitarist” from Robby Krieger of The Doors, “The most unique and underrated guitar player I’ve ever heard in my life,” Stephen Pearcy of Ratt , “A great guitarist and band” by Buddy Guy and the “Modern Day Hendrix” by 303 Magazine,” which is Denver's largest fashion and music magazine. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see Zakk and his band the Broken Circle live you are definitely missing out. This band will turn you soul inside out with the sound of real originality and rockin' trippy blues.

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Texas six string legend Lance Lopez is set to unleash his long-awaited new solo album, ‘Tell The Truth,’ March 2nd, 2018 on Mascot Label Group.

Tell The Truth is an autobiographical tour-de-force through the life and times of an archetypal Texas blues legend with all the highs and lows that inevitably accompany this time honored path. Lance Lopez has been on a slow, steady climb up the mountain to the blues rock hall of heavyweights for the last decade, and this album declares his arrival.

​“Nothin’ worth having, ever came easy to me, the sweetest victories came within an inch of defeat” ~ “Never Came Easy”

​Lance Lopez has a voice that let’s you know he’s walked the walk, and his smokey tenor has grown more gravely and passionate with the years, then you remember, he was brought up by the likes of Bobby “Blue” Bland, Buddy Miles, Johnny Taylor, and Lucky Peterson. Lance started playing professionally at the age of 14 in bars and clubs in and around New Orleans, joining up with soul great Johnny Taylor when he was just 17, then becoming Lucky Peterson’s band leader at 18, and eventually joining the Buddy Miles Express. He’s lived the life every day since, and you can feel every mile of the road on this album.

​The path to becoming a Texas blues guitar legend is not an easy road, and even with mentors and friends like Billy Gibbons and Johnny Winter, that road is long and fraught with the necessity of the literally thousands of clubs, endless nights, low wages, and long travels – all of which leads to the many temptations that make for distractions to get one through the day. Lance Lopez, again, was mentored by the best, and that means that along with the priceless lessons in the musical life from legends like Buddy Miles, also came lessons in drinking, drugging, late nights, the ravages of road food, and that side of the life that has broken so many. With the grace of good faith, friends, and family, Lance has seen it through to a healthier, happier side.

​Lance Lopez released his first of six solo studio albums, First Things First, independently in 1998, several live outings, and two critically acclaimed and well received albums as the lead vocalist and guitarist for Supersonic Blues Machine (West Of Flushing South Of Frisco, Californisoul). He’s toured extensively from America’s West Coast, throughout Europe and the UK, and as far East as India and Jakarta, Indonesia.

​“A very exciting and intense blues guitarist.” ~ Jeff Beck

​Tell The Truth is the record on which Lance Lopez finally defines his solo sound – there’s loads of his famous hard-edged gritty guitars, lovingly parsed and layered throughout, but there’s also a powerful full band sound on every track with throbbing bass lines, sumptuous piano and organ, wicked blues harp, thunderous drums, and Lopez’s industrial strength vocals across the whole of this outstanding songset.

​This record rocks. Hard. Nobody seems to talk much about the rock side of Lance Lopez, but that’s about to change. The blues audience has been hip for years, but as much as he identifies with the legacies of the Hubert Sumlins and the many, many greats of that world, Lance Lopez also proudly wears the colors of British hard rock and the Southern rock sounds that informed the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd – all of which came from the firestorm that Hendrix brought back with him from London. This album has one foot in the blues, and one foot in rock ‘n’ roll, and Lopez straddles the divide brilliantly. The soul that he brings to this recipe is the gravy on top, and it makes for a very tasty, satisfying meal. This album is electrifying. It rolls through like a thunderous majestic freight train of truth, pain, and hope.

​Tell The Truth is above all a working class blues rock record. Songs like “Cash My Check” and “Never Came Easy” look at life as it’s being lived, in an honest and forthright fashion. Then there are the more harrowing tales of life’s travails and temptations to be found on “High Life” and “Down To One Bar.” Even when he’s covering John Lee Hooker on an incendiary reading of “Mr. Lucky,” this is a fiercely personal record, and Lopez spares himself not one bit as he lays down life as he’s seen and lived it. Lopez has seen has demons, stared them down, and come out on the other side.