Sometimes traditional and sometimes bringing a new sound to a familiar tune, Zachariah Malachi is as genuine a Honky-Tonk artist as any we've previously heard. His debut song, “Local Bar Opry Star,” was selected as Country Music People Editors Pick for Single of The Year. Growing up outside of Detroit while being part of a family of East Tennesseans, Zachariah was obsessed with the lonesome moan of Hank Williams. Picking up rhythm guitar at an adolescent age, he strived to be a hillbilly singer like many of his mentors. On many Fridays and Saturdays, you could find him singing in local bars before he was even of age to taste any whiskey. 

In his early 20s, you could catch him anywhere from the Metro Detroit area to the suburbs of Chicago and Indiana, fronting a country punk band called Hook N Krooks. It was during this time that Zachariah's songwriting skills appeared at their Genesis and local publications took notice of the hybrid styles they were hearing: 

"There's an appropriately dirty feel to the whole record, sort of like a '70s exploitation flick, or a modern equivalent like The Devil's Rejects. Lots of fun though" - Detroit's MetroTimes

​In 2018, Zachariah started a band geared more towards his serious love for honky tonk music. It was then that The Hillbilly Executives became the band that always backed Zachariah on the road. With The Hillbilly Executives, Zachariah had a chance to play all of his favorite venues in the Detroit area, even opening for Patti Smith at the Royal Oak Music Theater. He loved his hometown, but it was time for him to make the pilgrimage to Nashville.

Upon Zachariah's first few stays in town, he caught the attention of Gus Arrendale of Springer Mountain Farms Chicken (a sponsor of the Grand Ole Opry and 650 AM WSM), and Gus graciously offered to finance Zachariah's first album. With the late, legendary guitarist Jimmy Capps as producer,  the first single, "Local Bar Opry Star," was shaping to be a top-notch Nashville record with the best of the modern A-Team to back it while striving to bring a sound to the table that country music longs to get back to as well as a splash of the eccentricity that only someone like Zachariah can dish.

Currently, Zachariah lives in Nashville with the family of Pop-A-Top legend Jim Ed Brown. He is finishing up his debut record and performing downtown in two bands: The Tennessee Walkers and The Cowpokes.

• His debut song, “Local Bar Opry Star,” was selected as 2021 Country Music People Magazine’s Editor Pick for Single of The Year.

• “Again I Get To Missin' You” / Available on Jan. 28

• “Where Do You Go” released on 10-29-21

• Zachariah grew up outside of Detroit Michigan

• Legendary guitarist Jimmy Capps produced single - ”Local Bar Opry Star”

• Currently performs with two bands: The Tennessee Walkers and The Cowpoke

• Sometimes traditional--sometimes bringing a new sound to a familiar tune, Zachariah Malachi is as genuine a honky tonk artist as any previously heard.

• Picking up rhythm guitar at an adolescent age, he strived to be a hillbilly singer like many of his mentors.