ZB Savoy and The Chivalry - The Winter Record (2015)

ZB is a serial songwriter. He spent the 2000’s in LA writing, engineering and producing for such major label acts as Pepper (engineer/producer), Unwritten Law (engineer) and 311 (engineer), and as an artist, playing local Hollywood songwriter haunts like The Hotel Café and Room 5.

His return to San Diego was an exit from the recording industry and the hollywood scene to start the ZB Savoy Bowtie Co. (a men’s accessories line), and to get back to his SD roots, surfing, his family… He began a residency in La Jolla playing 3 hour acoustic sets on Friday nights and gigging solo around town mostly for fun. He struck up a freindship with Chris Moberg (Mogs) who was working at the music shop ZB frequented and who began playing the same La Jolla Bar/Restaurant where they would sit in with each other whenever possible.

Chris was the perfect compliment to ZB’s pop oriented songwriting and dusty morning voice which left songs wide open for Chris’ inate ability to harmonize and to play most any instrument you put in front of him with far more than a reasonable amount of proficiency.

With the addition of Kevin Bass on bass and Adrien Berry on drums (both old band mates of ZB’s) a sound was formed that, while strongly singer/songwriter in nature, can at times lean towards country without abandoning a certain Southern California beachiness in its character.

The boys were able to put together a 3 hour set, split between covers and originals, within the first few weeks of playing and jumped right into regular weekend gigs at Longboards, one of the more popular college bars in Pacific Beach. The band’s look is based partly on ZB’s throwback apparel company, including ZB’s signature bowtie. The live show seems to feature the comical banter that Mogs and ZB have developed over their years of performing both individually and together.

ZB Savoy and The Chivalry are a good natured Sunday afternoon festival band made up of four kindhearted gentleman who can play with the best of them, have plenty of stories to share, and aren’t afraid to deliver positivity to anyone open to it.