The Delta Saints
The Delta Saints | |
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 The Delta Saints in Club W71 (2011) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Delta Saints |
| Origin | Nashville |
| Genres | Blues, blues-rock |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Members | |
| Past members |
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| Website | www.thedeltasaints.com |
The Delta Saints are a Blues-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They describe their music as Bourbon-Fueled Bayou-Rock.[1]
History
The band was formed in 2007 after the musicians had met on College.[2] But, their qualities were becoming famous in the city and so it came to the release of their first independent produced EPs Pray On in 2009, and A Bird Called Angola in 2010. After this, a successful international tour with over 150 concerts followed, and they appeared in Rockpalast WDR.[3] Inspired by their increase in popularity of Delta Saints , the two EPs 2011 from Roots Rock and Americana were remastered by the label company DixieFrog for the European market onto a CD. A DVD with the recording of their Rockpalast concert was published in the following year (2012).[4]
The first real release of the band in a conventional CD titled 'Death Letter Jubilee' was financed using the crowdfunding - company Kickstarter and released in February 2013. The successful funding of the album by the fans was described by Ben Ringel as a consistently positive experience: "That is a feeling like no other. It's awesome and so humbling. And it's good pressure on us to succeed. It's the kind of pressure we were able to harness and strive off of."[5]
In 2014 The Delta Saints played a major tour with Blackberry Smoke in support of their record, 'Death Letter Jubilee.'[6] They also released an EP called Drink it Slow, and a live record called Live at Exit/In.[7]
In September 2015 they started their newest European tour.[8]
Reception and music style
Andreas Schiffman has written in musikreviews.de: "the music of these young men sounded positively old, especially during the Singer-songwriter and the Blues moments..."[9] Their music is a modernized and powerful mixture of Delta Blues, Swamp rock and Southern Rock, with a taste of Funk and Gospel. Musically, the style of the band is influenced by Benjamin Ringel’s Resonating guitar and his occasional Slide guitar, as well as with the singing and harmonica by Greg Hommert. Their style with its pounding rhythms and lush guitar riffs was compared to Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers or The Black Crowes.[10]
Discography
- 2009: Pray On
- 2010: A Bird Called Angola
- 2011: The Delta Saints (DixieFrog; republication for the European market)
- 2012: Rockpalast "Live from Bonn, Germany"
- 2013: Death Letter Jubilee (DixieFrog)
- 2014: Drink it Slow
- 2015: Bones (Loud & Proud)
External links
- The Delta Saints Wikipedia in German
- Official Website
- The Delta Saints discography at Discogs
- The Delta Saints in Rockpalast
- www.musikreviews.de Report and criticism of Death Letter Jubilee at musikreviews.de
- www.wunderbar-weitewelt.de Report and criticism wunderbar-weitewelt.de
- www.rocktimes.de Report and criticism rocktimes.de
References
- ^ www.wunderbar-weitewelt.de, Retrieved March 13, 2013
- ^ www.musicianshalloffame.com, Published February, 2014
- ^ www.marathonmusicworks.com, Published December 12, 2014
- ^ www.valve-magazine.net, Published June, 2012
- ^ www.mtv.com, January, 2013
- ^ www.thatmusicmag.com, Published April 24, 2015
- ^ themusicroom.me, Published January 19, 2015
- ^ mancave.cbslocal.com, Published August 24, 2015
- ^ www.musikreviews.de, Published February 15, 2013
- ^ www.news-gazette.com, Published August 29, 2013