Zach Bryan picks iconic Maplewood establishment to help release
Zach Bryan picks iconic Maplewood establishment to help release
MAPLEWOOD,
Mo. – Zach Bryan has taken the music world by storm. In early May, he and his band electrified the Enterprise Center with two sold-out shows. On Thursday night, he sent his legion of fans into a frenzy by announcing on social media that his new album, “The Great American Bar Scene,” will drop on July 4. Along with this exciting news, Bryan revealed a special surprise: he has selected fewer than two dozen bars across the country to get early access to some of the new music, and among them is Saratoga Lanes in Maplewood.
“His whole message of ‘The Great American Bar Scene’
is truly what we are,” said Paige Barton, whose family has owned Saratoga Lanes since 1986. This might be the biggest event at Saratoga in nearly four decades.
“I was extremely shocked. I didn’t even know he would know about this place,
” Barton recalled. “I got a voicemail, saw the transcript, and it said Zach Bryan. I thought Siri had mistranslated it. But when I listened, it was his manager, who sounded like the nicest guy. He said, ‘We want to do something for you guys. We really like you; we like what you’re about.’ It gives me goosebumps.”
How did Bryan pick Saratoga out of hundreds of bars in St. Louis and thousands across the U.S.? “His manager said some of his friends told him about Saratoga when he was in town for his concert and he wanted to come in. I guess he wasn’t able to, but I think he looked us up, heard some things, and now it’s happening, which is wild!” Barton said.
Saratoga Lanes will help Bryan share his new music with the masses by hosting special events on June 28 and 29. “We know it’ll be new music that hasn’t been out yet, and we’ll get a good amount of it. That’s all we know. Lots of surprises still for me, so that’s all I know. Maybe he’ll show up,” Barton said.
With its vintage vibe,
Saratoga Lanes is right up Bryan’s alley. “I know he likes to play pool, maybe smoke a cigarette, drink Budweiser, which is mostly what we serve. Usually, it’s pretty cold if things are working right,” Barton said.
Bryan himself might say those are the perfect ingredients for an “all-night revival.”
“I hope he knows what he’s doing for Saratoga. No one has ever done anything like this for us,” Barton added.
Tickets to the early release parties for Zach Bryan’s new album at Saratoga Lanes will be sold online. Saratoga will release more information on June 24 via their social media channels.
