Zach Lupetin and The Dustbowl Revival

“I believe that Zach Lupetin knows the blues deep down in his soul…his is a timeless, happy sound - a very talented singer.” Freddy Celis / Rootstime Magazine, Belgium
“…there's always a new sound round the corner and something different to grab your ear. It's good when something comes along that doesn't fit a category, it's even better when it's this good.”Matt Hutchinson / Americana UK
"Zach Lupetin obviously loves this music and the players match his affection with their technique which results in something utterly charming. Matt Rubin's trumpet work throughout flits around the songs pollinating and stinging, transporting the listener to a black and white life, Dennis Potter, Woody Allen, raising musical eyebrows with a knowing wink. If you want to picture it, think of Clem Snide in a 1930's musical with Eddie Cantor or the soundtrack to an unseen Marx Brothers film and you'll be somewhere near."

---David Cowling, Americana UK
Zach Lupetin's groundbreaking first LP "The Atomic Mushroom Cloud of Love" made with the Los Angeles-based The Dustbowl Revival, is his most adventuresome and detailed to date. Featuring over ten local folk musicians including fiddle, lapsteel, mandolin, resonator guitar, Nashville guitar, double bass, trumpet and trombone not to mention his father Jeff Lupetin on blues harp and his sister Lila and a host of talented ladies singing harmonies, "Atomic" is a tour of traditional American music steeped in history. A sort of new-wave jug-band, Zach's tunes range anywhere from Dylan-like folk romps, to Sister Rosetta Tharpe gospel stomps to big band ballads, western swing hoe-downs, bebop breakdowns and mariachi fiestas. In short, it's music to make you feel good and snap your fingers to.

Born in Chicago, Zach Lupetin was classically trained on violin but was turned on to blues and folk music by his father and began writing songs at age 16 on an electric bass. His high school group, Iconoclast, booked bars and clubs across Chicago and while attending The University of Michigan, his blues rock outfit The Midnight Special had the privilege of playing some of Ann Arbor's most cherished venues such as The Michigan theater and The Blind Pig as well performing live on several local radio stations and NPR Detroit.

After three great years and the Midnight Special's demise Zach started seriously pursuing more traditional acoustic roots music. He released "HEAVEN, I'LL MEET YOU THERE" with his Ann Arbor group The Royal Family, fusing traditional Americana, Gospel, Blues & Old Time Country with the sounds of Dylan, Ralph Stanley, Howling Wolf and many others.

After moving to Los Angeles, Zach Lupetin has put together a whole new Royal Family and is playing throughout Southern California with his acoustic "little big band" THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL. They have graced the stages of Safari Sams, The Derby, Tangier, Genghis Cohen, The Cat Club, El Cid, M-Bar, Brennan's Air Conditioned Lounge, Room 5 Lounge and more.
Want them to play your club or private party? Just drop them a line.

Zach Lupetin & The Royal Family and The Dustbowl Revival can be found on CD BABY and I-Tunes

THANKS FOR VISITING AND SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE!

Caitlin Doyle on purring harmony vocals, Matt Rubin blasting that trumpet, Ulf Bjorlin hooting the trombone, Dean Roubicek howling on sax and clarinet, Mike Kolovsky hooting on the tuba, Daniel Mark on lightning-fast mandolin, the Zen-man Steve Ravitz on resonator guitar---handsome Jerry Olson banging those drums and good ol' Josiah Mory on big upright bass. Lila and Jeff Lupetin contributed their voices and harmonica to the CD.

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