from Billboard
"The pitcher-turned-singer-songwriter's first EP, the self-released No Secrets, marks his Billboard chart debut, new on the Americana/Folk Album Sales (No. 15), Heatseekers Albums (No. 18) and Country Album Sales (No. 39) charts dated Feb. 18, with 1,000 first-week copies sold, according to Nielsen Music."
Following a career that spanned 15 years and featured a Cy Young Award (as the American League's best pitcher in 2002), three All-Star Game appearances and a World Series ring with the San Francisco Giants in 2012, some might be surprised to see Zito swap a glove for a guitar and move from the mound to behind the mic. But he says that music has long been a passion.
Zito tells Billboard that he first picked up a guitar after signing with the Oakland Athletics in 1999 when he was 21 years old: "I knew that I'd have to do something while being on the road for all these hours. I never really jumped into any musical endeavor until then."
Even before that, music was a big part of Zito's household growing up in San Diego. His father was a conductor for Nat King Cole, his mother was one of Cole's backup singers and his sister, Sally Zito, is a country artist. "We always heard great music in the house, whether it was jazz or some of the great '70s and '80s pop," he says.
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