Delta Wires - Tears Like Rain

Size: 99.5 MB
Time: 42:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: West Coast Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Honey Bee (2:36)
02. Tears Like Rain (5:15)
03. Back In Town (4:17)
04. Travelin' (5:23)
05. Lonesome Blues (3:26)
06. Leaner Days (3:35)
07. Life's A Mystery (0:41)
08. After Me You're First (3:31)
09. Devil Woman (5:05)
10. Leave It That Way (4:36)
11. She's Out The Door (4:14)

Three decades of dark San Francisco clubs, hot summer Bay Area blues festivals… shared billing with such blues luminaries as Freddie King, Bo Diddley, Bobby “Blue” Bland, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Lowell Fulson, Van Morrison and Boz Skaggs. These elements culminate in this finely-honed presentation of rhythm and blues stylings as an art form. Take one talented Italian city kid with his harmonica, and his boyhood bass-playing buddy, raised in the Oakland/East Bay area – the heart of West Coast Blues – and throw in the urban beat of the 60’s wave, when Mississippi Delta and Chicago influences blended with early rock, soul, and Big Band blues to create a hybrid of urban sound. Anchor this explosive combination with years of heart, soul and sweat on stage and you’ve got a definitive representation of a generation of the Bay Area music scene What began as an anthology of blues music from the Mississippi Delta to the South Side of Chicago, inevitably evolved into a band, which has become known for its versatility and crisp, tight, exciting sound. This album features special guests Latin Jazz Legend Pete Escovedo on congas and timbales and the Grateful Dead’s Vince Welnick on synthesizers.

Hard-driving, intense, with a band that’s tight and fierce, this new CD (“Tears Like Rain”) from the Delta Wires will leave you breathless!” ~Kathleen Lawton

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Delta Wires - Live In San Francisco: Take Off Your Pajamas

Size: 154.9 MB
Time: 66:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: West Coast Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Weary Man (3:14)
02. Take Off Your Pajamas (5:19)
03. One More Heartache (4:32)
04. Too Tired (3:27)
05. Goin' Away (3:21)
06. Treat Her Right (5:11)
07. Dimples (7:02)
08. Don't Want No Woman (Tellin' Me How To Live My Life) (4:22)
09. J.B. In Oakland (Pass The Peas) (6:06)
10. Everyday I Have The Blues (4:04)
11. Ice Cream Man (5:16)
12. Don't Cry No More (4:31)
13. Take Your Hand Outta My Pocket - Harmonica Interlude (6:16)
14. Pontiac Blues (3:45)

The DELTA WIRES is a big, rockin’ harmonica and horns blues band from the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. They were Finalists in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge held in Memphis TN, and were voted “BEST LIVE BAND” Oakland/East Bay in Oakland Magazine’s annual readers’ poll, and also by the East Bay Express. The DELTA WIRES were inducted into the California Blues Hall of Fame in December, 2012.

The DELTA WIRES have recorded 8 Albums,and just released in January their latest “if somebody told me…”, which is receiving rave reviews and national and international airplay. They have appeared at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia Italy, the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Russian River Blues Festival, the Monterey Bay Blues Festival 8 times, headlined the Shasta Blues Society’s Redding Blues by the River Festival, have played Crescent City Blues Festival, Central Valley Blues Festival, Oakland Blues and Heritage Festival, Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee, and many others.

The DELTA WIRES have shared the stage with many noted artists including Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, The Neville Bros, Dr. John, The Doobie Brothers, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Boz Scaggs, Bad Company, The James Gang, Elvin Bishop, and numerous others…

A Brief History: Band Leader Ernie Pinata was a blues lover and collector. While in college, he created a band to perform for credit, an anthology of the evolution of the blues from it’s birth in field hollers to it’s electrified form in the big cities like Chicago.

The band started by playing the clubs in Oakland – Esther’s Orbit Room and The Continental Club, and Mandrake’s and The New Orleans House in Berkeley. Around this time, Lowell Fulson sat-in with the DELTA WIRES at the New Orleans House in Berkeley and Ernie sat-in with the Freddie King Band at Mandrakes in Berkeley. This was followed by a performance with Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at Keystone Berkeley. The Delta Wires then began to open shows for these blues greats, and continued to grow as musicians and as a band. The DELTA WIRES name was derived from the image of a band playing a high-energy electrified musical style born in the field hollers of the Mississippi Delta which evolved into the blues and ultimately led to the migration to Chicago of the Delta bluesmen. What began as a college project and anthology of blues music from the Mississippi Delta to the South Side of Chicago, inevitably evolved into a band which has become known for its originality, versatility, and crisp, tight, exciting sound.

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Delta Wires - If Somebody Told Me

Size: 123.2 MB
Time: 52:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: West Coast Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Can't Win For Losin' (4:27)
02. If Somebody Told Me... (6:32)
03. I Tried (3:49)
04. Bring Me Up (3:45)
05. Voodoo Cadillac (4:53)
06. I Pity The Fool (6:24)
07. Sloppy Drunk (3:24)
08. Hand Outta My Pocket (4:57)
09. Dimples (7:03)
10. Blues In Hoss' Flat (7:22)

Personnel:
Ernie Pinata – bandleader, vocals, harmonica
Tom Gerrits – bass
Richard Healy – guitar
Tony Huszar – drums
David Bowman – trombone
John Christensen – trumpet
Caleb Murray – saxophone
Richard Sylvester – keyboards

“Ernie Pinata’s searing and impassioned harp opens this dynamic new CD, If Somebody Told Me from San Francisco Bay Area treasure, The Delta Wires. This 7-piece East Bay-based band has been generating powerful blues for over 30 years, performing in festivals from Italy to Monterey, always with monumental audience response and earning them membership in California’s Blues Hall of Fame.

A combination of tight and highly-polished horns, fierce bluesy guitar and that crying, emotional harp make for a powerful fusion, blending the heartbeat of the Delta with electric sophistication and a full-blooded brass sound. Their latest release includes a number of originals, a few nods to the legendary Sonny Boy Williamson – and even a little Count Basie lagniappe. The best way to experience The Delta Wires is undoubtedly live. Onstage, the Wires always deliver an incandescent experience. But if you can’t catch them live, grab this CD – and hold onto your hats. You’re in for a wild, wild ride! ” -Kathleen Lawton

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Delta Wires - Born In Oakland

Size: 101,2 MB
Time: 41:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: West Coast Blues
Art: Front

01. Sunny Day (3:30)
02. Fine And Healthy Thing (3:10)
03. Vacation (4:12)
04. Your Eyes (4:02)
05. Days Of The Week (4:08)
06. Devils In My Headset (4:45)
07. Fun Time (3:58)
08. I Don't Care (2:55)
09. In The Middle (5:47)
10. All I Have To Give (5:09)

Delta Wires is a powerful harmonica and horns seven-piece band dedicated to modern blues, while paying tribute to the blues origins of the Mississippi Delta. Their name was derived from the image of a band with modern, electric instrumentation, playing a style of music born in the Mississippi Delta. What began as a college project and anthology of blues music from the Mississippi Delta to the South Side of Chicago, inevitably evolved into a band which has become known for its originality, versatility and crisp, tight, exciting, sound. Delta Wires is comprised of Ernie Pinata (harmonica, lead vocals), Tom Gerrits (bass, background vocals), Richard Healy (guitar), Tony Huszar (drums), Gerry Jonutz (tenor, alto, baritone saxes), David Bowman (trombone) and John Christensen (trumpet).

A living history of the San Francisco West Coast blues, Delta Wires was truly born in Oakland over 30 years ago. The band started as band leader Ernie Pinata's college project demonstrating the evolution of the blues from the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta, to Chicago and ultimately, to the West Coast. The small band Ernie put together to play examples of this evolution grew into the high-powered seven-piece band that now calls itself Delta Wires. The band started by playing clubs in Oakland such as Esther's Orbit Room and The Continental Club. Around this same time, legendary bluesman Lowell Fulson sat-in with Delta Wires at the New Orleans House in Berkeley and Ernie Pinata sat-in with the Freddie King Band at Mandrake’s in Berkeley. These were followed by a performance with Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at Keystone Berkeley. The Delta Wires then began to open shows for these blues greats, and continued to grow as musicians and as a band.

Born in Oakland, their seventh album, demonstrates a further maturation of the group’s West Coast blues style, influenced by the ups and downs of city life - and of life, itself. It’s a sound that is truly original and un-typical of what fans might expect from a “blues band.” Both high-energy and moody, with intricate horn arrangements and harmonies, Delta Wires is justifiably proud of what it has accomplished, which includes being voted best band by the East Bay Express and Oakland Magazine, and being inducted into the California Blues Hall of Fame.

Born In Oakland

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Delta Wires - Anthology

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 78:09
Size: 178.9 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[ 2:39] 1. Three For Dizzy
[ 4:15] 2. Smack Dab In The Middle
[ 5:18] 3. Take Off Your Pajamas
[ 3:46] 4. Tippin' Into The Blues
[ 3:14] 5. Weary Man
[ 4:38] 6. Why Did You Leave
[ 3:42] 7. Saturday Night In North Beach
[ 2:33] 8. Honey Bee
[ 4:00] 9. Got Me Where You Want Me
[ 5:56] 10. Monkey Man
[ 4:22] 11. Don't Want No Woman (Telling Me How To Live My Life)
[ 0:24] 12. Introductions
[12:26] 13. Take Your Hand Outta My Pocket Pontiac Blues (Medley)
[ 5:01] 14. In The Middle
[ 3:19] 15. Goin' Away
[ 6:08] 16. Big Legged Woman
[ 3:34] 17. Them That's Got
[ 2:45] 18. Bonus Track (Interview With Kathleen Lawton, Kcsm-Fm)

San Francisco Bay Area blues legends the Delta Wires take a victory lap after their induction into the Blues Hall of Fame with the release of their historical survey Anthology. A band founded in 1970 and led by harmonica player, composer and singer Ernie Pinata, the act grew out of a college undergraduate project where Pinata was tasked to research and perform an anthology of the great blues music form, tracing it from its Delta roots to its Chicago wired form (thus, the name “Delta Wires”). This collection of live and studio tracks culled from six prior albums and obscure concert recordings, likewise traces the blues over the decades, as delivered by Pinata and his band. However, this collection also touches on other blues variations, like New Orleans r’n’b, jump blues, and the local Bay Area funk popularized by another fabled Oakland musical force, the Tower of Power.

Like the Tower of Power, Delta Wires has had its own horn section, made up of guys who played for another popular Frisco-based act, the boogie rock outfit Cold Blood, and it adds punch and a certain panache you can’t get from small combos. But listening to some of these tracks, especially the earlier ones, there’s enough dirt under the fingernails to make this group bona fide practitioners of the blues.

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