The DELTA WIRES is a big, rockin', high-energy harmonica and horns blues band from the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. They were Finalists out of 100 band representatives from blues societies all over the world, in the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge held in Memphis TN, and were voted “BEST 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.
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, Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee, and many others. They have also appeared at many community music series, such as the Capitola Twilight Concert Series, Concord Tuesday Night Blues Series, Point Richmond Music Series, Antioch Concerts by the River Series, Friday Nights at the Oakland Museum Concert Series, and many others.
The DELTA WIRES have toured or played 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, Boz Scaggs, and numerous others…
