Zojo Black back to prime audience for new album

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Friday, Nov. 12 was  Zojo Black’s third CD release party in theory, but  even through their third CD hadn’t arrived always great to see the band which is pretty much a Lethbridge blues supergroup based around Paul Kype and Texas Flood band veterans.

 

Greg Gomola and Zojo Black at the Slice, Nov. 12. Photo by Richard Amery

 Zojo Black is  Greg Gomola’s funk tinged blues rock inspired, mostly original project.

 

He happily welcomed  Steve Keenan to play lead guitar and Paul Kype on bass with Brady Valgardson keeping the beat behind the skins. Kelsey Reichert  was in the middle of singing a couple songs with the band by the time I arrived.

 

 Most of the set was original music, mostly from their upcoming CD, though there were a few highlights from  his previous  record including their high powered cover of Deep Purple’s “Hush” and one of my favourite Zojo Black originals “ Modern Day Marilyn Monroe.”

 

It doesn’t get much better than listening to Keenan and Gomola trading guitar leads.

 If they had found another bassist and put Kype on guitar, we could have had a true triumvirate of Lethbridge guitar goodness. 

 

  They played a fantastic set as expected which had the full house of enthusiastic fans on their feet.

Greg Gomola jams with Zojo Black at the Slice, Nov. 12. Photo by Richard Amery

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor

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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 November 2021 11:37 )