Zac Harmon was born in Jackson, Mississippi in a musical family (his mother played piano and his father harmonica) and grew up listening to artists like Elmore James, Muddy Waters, BB King, Ike & Tina Turner, Albert King or Little Milton He also met Cab Calloway developing a good relationship, Duke Ellington or blues scholars Bill Ferris and Alan Lomax Only aged sixteen, he started to play with Sam Myers, Dorothy Moore or ZZ Hill In the early 80’s he moved to Los Angeles where he did an extensive career both in pop and rock music It was not until 2003 when he felt the imperious need to come back to the roots, that is to say, to the blues so, since then on, he has devoted all his energies to excel in this style and today his name is well known and respected by most blues fans This ambitious new recording has been produced by Grammy winner Jim Gaines Zac is backed by The Rays, one of the best and more reputed horn sections led by Bob Trenchard, as well as by his regular band The album gathers ten original songs and an impressive version of Bob Dylan’s Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door This is a very complete recording where Zac Harmon shows the maturity he has gradually reached, which can be immediately noticed in a handful of good songs full of Southern soul and good blues touches