Zak Perry

     His school had a class in it and it seemed like a cool thing to do.  While this may not seem like a typically momentous rock and roll occasion, it was all young Zak Perry needed to start playing the guitar.  Within days, Zak had already written his first song called, "Jesus is Calling."  It was apprently good enought that his parents didn't believe he wrote it and sent him to his room for lying.  They came around pretty quickly, however, and soon became his biggest fans.

     One thing that made Zak different from other young guitar players was his disinterest in flashy pyrotechnics.  Although he had no trouble mastering the tricky leads of popular Led Zeppelin solos, blistering country finger picking rags, or even hight technical classical passages of Yes, Zak stuck to honing the skill he discovered he had... songwriting.  "I just gravitated to doing what nobody else around me at the time was doing... writing songs."

     Zak soon formed the requisite garage band and began to take writing and playing more seriously.  It was right around this time, the he fell, as subtly as he had with playing, into becoming a lead singer.  "We couldn't find a singer," he remembers, "so I figured I might as well just do it myself."  Despite, or maybe because of this unceremonious vocal beginning, Zak has managed to craft his voice into what is certainly one of the most powerful, emotive, genuinely bluesy voices in rock and roll today.
After two bad record deals and his seven year trip from St. Louis to New York to Austin, TX, Zak has just released a new CD called, Seven Years.  A collection of songs he wrote during his travels, performing with some great musicians he met along the way.  Once again, Zak has decided to "do it himself" and is already working on another CD.  

      This is Zak Perry and he deserves a listen!

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