Zach Deputy is hitting the road this spring with a full band in tow, allowing the singer-songwriter to demonstrate his front man-guitarist skills in a new dynamic and full flavored setting. The tour-- the debut of Zach Deputy Band-- kicks off in Statesboro, GA, then blankets Florida with a stop in Mobile, AL before heading North for performances in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont.

The full band setting is a big contrast to Deputy's "one man band" looping show that has made him a staple of the club circuit and festival scene throughout North America. In this more organic context, Deputy's songs-- soulful, island-tinged R&B with elements of blues and funk throughout-- will have a chance to reveal themselves and take center stage, no longer subject to the restrictions of the looping process. Likewise, Zach himself will will not be hidden behind an array of electronics and microphones.

Standing nearly six and a half feet tall with a striking red beard and a broad infectious smile, Deputy is truly a sight to see. He is a mountain who commands the stage and could easily play stunt double for Paul Bunyon... but in this case, Deputy wields a different kind of axe. His remarkable guitar playing is sometimes overlooked when he is playing the nylon stringed guitar that generates all of the sounds in his loop show, but with the electric strapped on, Deputy's shredding electric chops have earned him guest sit-in spots with artists ranging from Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and The New Mastersounds to Ivan Neville's Dumpstahfunk, Umphrey's McGee and moe.

It isn't even the guitar playing, the songs or the stage presence that grab most people's attention, however--  it is Deputy's singing. A true soul singer, Deputy's voice takes the listener back to a time before Stax and Motown, when the best music came piping out of back alley blue light districts, in the heat of a southern night. Today, as he embarks on the band tour, the South Carolina native is getting back back to his roots, recalling a time when the Calypso rhythms and folk songs of St. Croix competed for space on the family stereo with R&B / soul pioneers like James Brown and Ray Charles. Supported by a rhythm guitarist, bass, keyboards, sax, drums and auxiliary percussion, the Zach Deputy Band is a new look for Deputy and reflects the fuller sound of his latest record, Another Day (Eusonia, 2011), but unlike the introspective, quieter mood of the recording, Zach Deputy Band's goal is to bring the dance party to the night clubs they visit.

For more information about Zach Deputy and complete tour information check out his official website at www.zachdeputy.com