Royal Southern Brotherhood | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by Royal Southern Brotherhood | ||||
Released | May 8, 2012 | |||
Recorded | December 2011 | |||
Studio | Dockside Studio, Maurice, Louisiana | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 51:51 | |||
Label | Ruf | |||
Producer | Jim Gaines, Ruben M. Williams, Thomas Ruf | |||
Royal Southern Brotherhood chronology | ||||
|
Royal Southern Brotherhood is the debut studio album by American blues and blues rock supergroup Royal Southern Brotherhood, released May 8, 2012. In support of the album, the band began an international tour on May 11, 2012, with shows in USA and Canada, as well as multiple countries in Europe.[1]
The band members consist of: Cyril Neville, a Grammy Award winning singer and percussionist, former member of bands The Meters, the Neville Brothers and Galactic; Devon Allman, vocalist and guitarist from his band Honeytribe, who was featured on a top 10 hit in Europe with guitar master Javier Vargas; Mike Zito, vocalist and guitarist of his own band, which was nominated in 2009 and 2011 for the Blues Foundation’s 'Rock Blues Album of the Year' award; Yonrico Scott, drummer from Derek Trucks Band; and Charlie Wooton, bass guitar.[2][3]
In 2009 Zito and Neville won the Blues Music Award 'Song of the Year' for "Pearl River", the title track to Zito's 2009 release.[4]