BIO
Zach Person was born in a small town located in southern New Jersey. As a child his mother relocated them to her hometown of Southern Pines, NC where Zach would spend his early childhood drawing, reading comic books and skateboarding. On weekends, punk bands would set up their in the industrial, skate warehouses of Moore County and perform loud and energetic sets amongst the local skaters. It was during these performances that Zach would grow an interest in the electric guitar.
At the age of 10, Zach was gifted a toy guitar with a 9-volt battery-powered speaker following the tragic death of his father, a correctional officer who was murdered while serving on duty at the now closed Jessup House of Corrections in Baltimore, Maryland. Zach's mother, a singer- though not by profession, encouraged him to process his emotions through music. It didn't take much convincing as he took to the instrument like a bird to flight.
At the age of 11, he was gifted his first real guitar- a Starcaster by Fender Strat - and signed up for lessons with James Villone before transitioning to Baxter Clement of Casino Guitars (music shop) a few months later. It was during his first lesson with Baxter Clement that he was given a list of msucians to study in alphabetical order- Albert King, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan- among many others. Zach wasted no time and found himself later that night on the early version of YouTube watching a clip of B.B. King performing "The Thrill Is Gone" with Gary Moore. Zach watched in awe as the man in the "big green suit" shot lightining filled notes out from his fingers only to have them returned by the other guitarist on stage. This was the defining moment where nothing would ever be the same for Zach Person.