Zygote is the debut solo album by musician John Popper

John Popper

John Popper is an American musician and songwriter.He is most famous for his role as frontman of rock band Blues Traveler performing harmonica, guitar and vocals...

 of the American jam band

Jam band

-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...

 Blues Traveler

Blues Traveler

Blues Traveler is a rock band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock...

. Produced by Terry Manning

Terry Manning

Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....

, it was released on September 7, 1999, less than a month after Popper lost a good friend and fellow bandmember, Bobby Sheehan. Accompanying Popper on this album is Carter Beauford

Carter Beauford

Carter Anthony Beauford is an American drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band. He is known for his ability to adapt to a variety of genres, and both his ambidextrous and his open hand drumming styles. He plays the drums and sings backing vocals in the band...

 (of the Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...

) on drums, and Crugie Riccio on guitar, Rob Clores

Rob Clores

Rob Clores is a New York based keyboard player who has worked with artists The Black Crowes, Men At Work frontman Colin Hay, Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, Spin Doctors frontman Chris Barron and Gov't Mule leader Warren Haynes.-External links:*...

, and Dave Ares (all of Cycomotogoat).

Track listing

1. Miserable Bastard (John Popper) – 7:25
2. Once You Wake Up (Popper) – 3:28
3. Growing in Dirt (Popper) - 4:23
4. Tip the Domino (Popper, Crugie Riccio) - 5:05
5. His Own Ideas (Popper) - 6:44
6. Home (Popper) - 4:00
7. Love for Free (Popper) - 4:04
8. How About Now? (Johnny Lang, Popper) - 3:07
9. Evil in My Chair (Popper) - 4:19
10. Lunatic (Popper, Riccio) - 6:24
11. Open Letter (Popper, Riccio) - 5:15
12. Fledgling (Popper) - 7:22

External links

• Zygote @ Amazon.com