Bio: Shawn Z. fills the house full of Rock, Americana, Country, Roots music and Humor. . and presents a dynamic concoction of jokes, stories and songs designed to awaken the slumbering subconscious of the crowd. Influences? "Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Billy Joe Shaver and my friend Todd Snider."
His seemingly bottomless song bag provides the soundtrack to observations of life on the thin highways of a Fat America.
Shawn's first independent release titled "Wishful Drinkin" received airplay throughout the US and the world on Americana, Rock, Country and NPR stations .. As well as airplay on Xm Satellite Radio's X-Country 'channel 12' and Sirius Satellite Radio 'Outlaw Country', and reached 11 after 14 weeks while on the Americana XM X-Country (channel 12) Charts.
He's written and continues to write songs with some of the best songwriters in all genres of the music world..
Band Members consist of Firp Edmunds, Ron Simasek and Bret Alexander (Both Ron & Bret are also members of The Badlees)