Don
Ruzek
Guitar

Led Zepp Cover

One of may favorite Led Zeppelin songs

Glade

1 of 6 songs on the EP "X Paths"

Thick and Thin

Guitar on this song.

It's Me Again

Played various guitars, co-wrote this song with Phil.

Hamtramck Mama - Phil Profitt

Guitar on this song.

Solstice Doma - Ambient Music

New LP Solstice Doma by Cloud Tape, Ambient music project.

X Paths EP

Video playlist of all 6 songs.

Credits

Written, Recorded, & Produced by Don Ruzek
Don Ruzek - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer
Rick Neal - Guitar solo on "X Path - Real Thing"
Jason Oberliesen - Upright Bass on "X Path - Daydreamer"
Kassia Martin - Flute on "Seventy Six" (www.kassiamartin.com)
Phelan Young - Bassoon on "Seventy Six"
Recorded at West Ray Records, Tempermill Studio
Additional Engineering by Dave Feeny on “X Path” & “Glade”
Mixed at OTB by Neil Kernon for Auslander
Mastered by Alan Douches for West West Side Music
(c) 2021 Luminol Records

Complete X Paths Album Info

Review of X Paths Posted on January 5, 2022 Rock Nation. Translated

Ruzek "X-Path"

Sometimes dark and claustrophobic music that suddenly opens up approaching the best Rush

Don Ruzek is an American guitarist and keyboardist, active since the 80s in Motivation together with Steve Garvey of the Buzzcocks. After joining the Ten Ten and recording albums and touring the length and breadth of America, Don decided to devote himself to his family, then returned to recording dividing himself between live activities - the band Madly and the cover band SHAG - and that as a composer, arranger and producer. "X-Path" is his first ep to his name and is therefore to be considered in all respects his debut, out on Luminol Records on October 22, 2021.

Six instrumental tracks suspended between the two millennia, in which the sound of the Hammond merges with the loops and atmospheres close to those of Steven Wilson's records. Sometimes dark and claustrophobic music that suddenly opens up approaching the best Rush of “Counterparts” - listen to “Hollows” - and even acoustic Led Zeppelin in the splendid “Glade”.

Don Ruzek proves to be a musician with an enviable sensitivity and experience combined with the strong evocative capacity that his music possesses. In fact, his approach shuns the descriptive element, focusing more on the emotional one, as if the notes of his guitar had the weight and value of words.

Article by Jacopo Meille

Bio

Live performances at Hamtramck Music Festival, Corktown Music Festival, Arts Beats & Eats Royal Oak, Motor City Rumble IV, Winchester Wine and Apple Blossom Festivals, BritFest.

Going back, in the 80's I was a full time player in the band Motivation with Steve Garvey from the Buzzcocks. Then later joined Ten Ten on guitar and keyboards, recording albums and touring North America and Europe. Studio work Wisseloord, Sarum West, AIR, Cue Studios. Live performances at Amnesty International Holland, Park Pop Belgium, Rock am Ring Nürburgring Germany, Marquee Club & Dingwalls London, Beacon Theater, The Ritz, Radio City Music Hall NYC, Fox Theater Detroit.