An old pal of Elmore, Mike Zito, chats with senior writer, Jim Hynes, about his new album, Make Blues Not War, and provides a bit of career perspective as well, reflecting on his time with Royal Southern Brotherhood, his choice to leave behind the Wheel, the vibrant Houston music scene and, most important of all, recruiting a key new member for his touring act. I enjoy being in a band, I love writing songs, playing blues, blues-rock and playing guitar and jamming. When we formed Royal Southern Brotherhood, I thought Cyrille and I were forming a blues band because we won a Blues Music Award for Song of the Year.