Fred Eltringham (Drums)
Ken Coomer (Drums)
Doug Lancio (Things with Strings)
Frank Swart (Bass)
Curt Perkins (Things with Keys and with Strings)
Chad Brown (Engineer/Production)
Influences
Paul Simon, Traveling Wilbury's, Jackson Browne, Greg Brown, Tom Petty, Lyle Lovett, Van Morrison, John Mellencamp, The Eagles, Peter, Mulvey, Ray Charles, Troy Johnson, Jonathan Edwards, The Temptations, Patty Griffin, Dan Wilson, Don Williams, Joe Cocker, John Denver, Kelly Joe Phelps, Josh Rouse, Bruce Springsteen, Muddy Waters, Ron Sexsmith, Bob Dylan, Tim Gearan, Roy Orbison, John Hiatt, Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, L. Nuby, Tears For Fears, Merle Haggard, The Pretenders, Randy Newman, George Strait, Harry Chapin, Jeff Buckley, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Cash, WAX and EOM, Al Green, Frank Sinatra, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Todd Snider, Emmylou Harris, James Taylor, The Beach Boys, The Four Tops, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, Elvis Costello, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Neil Young, J.J. Cale, Dave Matthews, The Police, Sting, U2, Kanye West, Otis Redding, Joe Nichols, The Faces, CaBin jOhN....and then the rest of the ipod...
Sounds Like
Something you think of when you think of (fill in the blank)
Zach Broocke, born in Milwaukee, WI grew up listening to music like Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Cat Stevens, and a lot of country tunes ala Willie Nelson. Discovering he had a passion for songwriting Zach traveled to Boston, MA to spend time compiling the songs that would make up his debut release, “Anywhere But Here Sessions” EP. He was greatly inspired by Simon and Garfunkel, coffee, Van Morrison, cigarettes, Greg Brown, and Canadian Beer.
Leaving Boston in the early fall of 2001 Zach headed for Nashville, TN., where he recorded his first full length album “Be Somebody”. This album was independently released by Surburban Sweetheart Productions, LLC, a production company that Zach started in April of 2004.
While in Nashville, Chad Brown, engineer/producer (Ryan Adams, Bob Seger, and Steve Earle) introduced Zach to his good buddy and writing partner Troy Johnson (Warner Chappell, Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban). The two of them penned many songs that were included on “Be Somebody” and Zach’s latest release “Last Call” EP. For seven months Zach toured everywhere east of the Mississippi and filled rooms in Nashville such as Twelfth and Porter, Third and Lindsley, and the Exit In, performing with great acts like Shawn Mullins, Carbon Leaf, Mack Starks, The Bees and Bob Schneider.
Zach left Tennessee in May of 2005 and came to California. In L.A. he formed a band with a new group of musicians including Lester Nuby/drums and bgvs, Joe Corcoran/guitars and bgvs, and Matt Caspeer ..keys and vox. L.A. is where he finished writing and recorded “Last Call” EP. Zach has played many L.A. venues including The Hotel Cafe, The Troubadour, The Viper Room, and The Roxy, and the El Rey Theatre splitting
bills with Josh Radin, Tim Jones, Amos Lee and Todd Snider.
Still penning songs with Troy Johnson, Zach is also writing songs with Mike Busbee, Scott Bennett (Brian Wilson), and David Hodges (Kelly Clarkson, Evanesense, and Chris Daughtry).
Zach’s song “Pullin up the Drive” from his “Be Somebody” album was featured in the motion picture “The Feast of Love” from Lakeshore Productions, released Sept. 28th 2007, starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear.
Zach's New single "Why Can't You," which he wrote, recorded, and produced by himself in 3 days, will be included on the upcoming Lakeshore Entertainment release "Henry Poole is Here" soundtrack and can be bought everywhere on 8/12/08.
He has had songs featured in MTV’s “The Real World”, Oxygen Network’s “Bad Girls” and an online television show “Port City P.D.”
Zach’s song “Remember Me” from his “Last Call” EP was featured in the April 07 issue of Paste Magazine.
Zach’s music is about all of the things we never say and wish we could have; all the times you let slip through your fingers; and being thankful for the moments where you then realize that maybe, just maybe, that’s just the way it’s suppose to go. In
“Remember Me” he’s pulling on the strings and hitting your heart the hardest.
Hey Zach! Hope it's all going well for you. I'd love to hook up while we're in guitar town. We'll be coming in on the 16th, leaving on the morning of the 18th. Let's touch base soon, hope we can find some time to hang! Leland
