Saturday, September 24th, Doors 9pm
Culture Room
3045 N. Federal Highway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33306
954.564.1074
www.CultureRoom.net
Tickets: $12 Adv | $14 Dos 18 +
On Saturday, September 24th, Zach Deputy will bring his unique brand of one-man-band, powerhouse showmanship the Culture Room. Deputy uses live loops, layering sounds through the magic of technology to create a full band effect. The Zach Deputy sound is essentially roots rock, but in his case the roots are in soul, calypso and dancehall, underpinned by driving hip-hop, rock steady, Motown and Stax backbeats created with his layered vocal beatboxing. On top of the backbeat, Deputy’s nylon strings pull multiple duties as bass, rhythm and lead guitar. Riding over that, a plethora of sounds — keyboard, steel drums and an entire horn section — come pumping and grinding out of the speakers when he takes the stage. He is a one man dance party, but he can also bring an audience to rapt attention with a heartfelt love ballad. On his upcoming, forth studio release, Another Day (Eusonia Records, 2011), Deputy demonstrates his extraordinary ability to perform and record in multiple contexts and conveys the sensibilities of a mature singer/songwriter.
Hailing from the South Carolina coast, Zach Deputy’s family roots are in Puerto Rico and St. Croix. Cruzan rhythms and folk songs competed with blues and American roots music for space on the family stereo. Having toured the country in his late teens and early 20’s with a couple of bands that just didn’t inspire him, Deputy followed his muse back to the Atlantic coast, where he began to craft his own approach to music as a solo artist. Deputy embraced the creative freedom of performing alone, but soon realized it also had its limitations. Thus, he began to employ live looping as a means of filling out the sound. Deputy is now a full band unto himself, made possible through simple technology, but delivered by a skill and mastery of technique, made pure through the injection of warm, charming soul. From his base in Hilton Head, Deputy has been performing 250-300 shows a year for the last four years. Zach Deputy is sponsored by Godin Guitars, and plays nothing else. www.zachdeputy.com
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Bushwood is a three-piece reggae rock band that calls South Florida home. They draw their inspiration from all genres including classic rock, old school funk, reggae rhythms, southern rock and feel good bar music. Up-beat drums, thick pulsating bass lines, explosive guitar solos and a great amount of soul and feeling go into every song played. www.bushwoodband.com
