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Love) on KACC 89.7

Zach Tate Band’s FM (the Alvin Com-
munity College radio
Galveston Love Affair Continues station that reaches
Galveston and deep
into Houston) on also
helped Tate gain a
foothold in the area.
After assembling
what would be the Lynn Raggio (L) and Zach Tate rockin' Lone
first of many incarna- Star Rally 2017
tions of the Texas
version of the Zach Tate Band, Tate began playing shows from
Galveston to Spring. Additional airplay on KPFT 90.1 FM (89.5
in Galveston) and TV morning show appearances on Great Day
Houston and FOX News helped boost Tate further into the
spotlight.

The band’s second CD, Southern
Rain, featured the novelty song and
accompanying experimental video,
The Google Song and earned the band
a place on European television in a
documentary about the founders of
Google. In 2008 the tune was
named by media giant Network-
World as one the top Google songs
of all-time and helped fuel tours of
France and The Netherlands in
“M Tate’s current band is an eclectic mix of players from diverse
2013 and 2015.
Drew Schuessler | Bass
eet me on the beach in Galveston” sings Zach

Tate, of the popular Houston based, Zach Tate
tune, Galveston. Band, during their radio-friendly, laid back beach backgrounds and experience in music consisting of Houston’s,
Lynn Raggio on lead guitar (founder of the 80’s hard rock band
Blitz and originally from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana), Galveston’s
While Tate is from the neighboring northern country of Canada, own BOI (Born On the Island) Drew Schuessler on bass, Jody
he has called the Clear Lake area home for more than a decade.
Prior to Texas, Tate lived in Hollywood, California where he Smith, a longtime Houston drummer originally from Mississippi,
and current Galveston resident, Gary Graham, the band’s year-
performed regularly on the famous Sunset Strip. The West round surfer and keyboard player.
coast’s high cost of living drove him to look for more affordable
accommodations, he said. “I wanted palm trees, southern
warmth and to be near the water. One weekend trip to Houston
and I was intrigued - one day in Galveston on that trip and I was
sold,” said Tate.

Tate released his first CD, Texas Road (after a notorious road of
urban legend in his hometown of Windsor, Ontario) while still
living in Los Angeles in early 2006, and coincidentally found
himself on an actual road to Texas later that same year. The
CD’s title track reached #1 on the regional TexasTop40.com, a
pre-Spotify-era internet radio station with free downloads that Jody Smith | Drums Gary Graham | Keyboards
featured many of the area’s musicians and bands. Broadcast air- www.zachtate.com
play of another song from the Texas Road CD (titled Don’t Say

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