One of the most-anticipated albums of 2023, Blood Brothers features multi-Blues Music Award-winners Zito and Castiglia, who kicked-off a highly-successful string of “Blood Brothers” shows in the spring/summer of 2022, with the current 2023 tour running through the summer and into the fall, culminating with a special appearance at the Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas in September. Released on March 17, the Blood Brothers album reached the coveted Number One slot on both the BillboardBlues Chart and iTunes Blues Chart shortly thereafter as the band hit the road in a heavy dose of touring. I won’t be working and the money will help to pay our monthly bills and living expenses.” – GoFundMe We have started a GoFundMe to help my family and Laura. We want the band to continue to perform and we want you to go see the band and support our shows. The Blood Brothers Tour will continue with Albert and the band a special announcement is coming this week. I will finish this week’s Blood Brothers shows in Texas and Colorado, and then stop for the Summer or foreseeable future. We don’t know how much time we have left together and we don’t want to be apart anymore. With all this said, it’s time for me to come home and be with my wife and my family. We have hoped and prayed and Laura has fought so hard the past 12 months, but we both knew there was a good chance this day would come. Of course, we were heartbroken, but we have been heartbroken for the past year. Her doctors have suggested Laura start hospice right away. Her cancer is just so advanced, the chemo would ruin her health and she would lose what quality of life she has left. Mike Zito broke the news about Laura Zito’s diagnosis in a Facebook post on June 20: “Laura went to resume chemotherapy last week in Houston, but her doctors told her they wouldn’t be able to treat her anymore. Thank you, Gary for doing Mike and I this solid. I have a great chemistry with him onstage and people will witness it this Summer. We’ve been jamming and doing shows together ever since. “I first met Gary about five years ago when he was a guest of mine on a BMA showcase in Memphis. I couldn’t have asked for a better person to hold it down until Mike gets back.’Īlbert continues. This upcoming stretch is going to honor Michael Zitoand his soulmate, Laura Duke Zito and bring the fire that you’d come to expect from a Blood Brothers show. I’m really excited to be working with him on this. “We discussed the Summer tour and the kind of show we’ll be putting on. “I just talked to my dear friend and third Blood Brother, Gary Hoey today,’ said Albert Castiglia in making the announcement about the new tour lineup. Hoey, a frequent friend on several Gulf Coast Records artist’s albums, is a natural fit for this slot for the upcoming shows in July and August. With Gulf Coast Records guitarist/Blood Brother Mike Zito taking a break to be with his ailing wife Laura, who’s in hospice care, acclaimed guitarist Gary Hoey is stepping in to take the additional guitarist slot alongside Albert Castiglia on the current “Blood Brothers Tour” as very special guest. Gary Hoey Steps In To Help On Blood Brothers Tour in Mike Zito Absence
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