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Delta Generators - Hard River To Row (2010)

2016-03-28T11:49:55Z

Delta Generators - Hard River To Row (2010)


1.    Hard River to Row
2.    Too Many Cooks
3.    Field and Plow
4.    Canebrake
5.    Someday
6.    Give Me Some
7.    Let the Boy Down Easy
8.    Don't Uncork the Bottle
9.    Love You Tight
10.   Hardly Working
11.   Follow You Down
12.   Reverend's Daughter
13.   Coming Home
14.   Hard River Blues

Craig Rawding – vocals, harmonica
Charlie O'Neal – guitar
Rick O'Neal – bass
Jeff Armstrong – drums
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John Cooke – Hammond organ

Though the Delta Generators have done all of the musical leg-work, and have spent countless nights tearing up stages all around New England, it is hard for those of us at the Boston Blues Society not to crow over their recent accolades. After winning the 2009 Boston Blues Challenge and representing The Boston Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge, the Delta Generators are back with their sophomore release and their debut full-length CD. They’re back, and they’re representing the Boston Blues Society at the Challenge. Hard River to Row, currently in the Top Five for the “Best Self-Produced CD” portion of the 2011 International Blues Challenge, contains 14 original tracks of their brand of high energy blues/rock made up of Memphis soul, Louisiana funk, and classic rock 'n' roll.

The Delta Generators book-end Hard River to Row with two versions their title track, “Hard River to Row.” Both versions bring a little something different to the table. On the opening version of “Hard River to Row,” vocalist and harpist Craig Rawding showcases his rock ‘n’ roll vocal chops with a hard driven back beat by drummer Jeff Armstrong. On the last track, titled “Hard River Blues,” Charlie O’Neal’s slide work illustrates that he must have ingested some mud in the water on the banks of Worcester County and Rawding lays down some seasoned and understated harp work.

On “Someday,” which seems to be about taking a moment for yourself and checking out of the rat race albeit temporarily, the Delta Generators offer up a ballad worthy of the AAA-Radio airwaves. With its pop-sensible melodies and big choruses, if not destined for adult album alternative-radio, then there is surely a future for this song in a summer movie soundtrack.

With “Reverend’s Daughter,” the Delta Generators offer up a bawdy tale of a girl just over the hill. Though the topic is a standard for most blues acts, between Rick O’Neal’s bass line and Rawding’s humorous lyrics, it’s hard not to get caught up in the track.

Regardless of the outcome of the 2011 International Blues Challenge, given the mix of the material on Hard River to Row, it is hard not to envision additional mainstream exposure, acclaim and radio airplay for the Delta Generators throughout the year and beyond. --- bostonblues.com

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Delta Generators - Hipshakers And Heartbreakers (2016)

2016-03-10T16:51:22Z

Delta Generators - Hipshakers And Heartbreakers (2016)


01. Day That I Met You 02:48
02. Elephant In The Room 04:23
03. Two Headed Snake 02:18
04. Feel No Pain 02:47
05. Strike The Bells 03:02
06. Tumbling Away 04:47
07. Bastards Lament 03:23
08. Way Down 04:11
09. Tom Waits For No One 03:41
10. Something Good 05:03

Craig Rawding — Vocals, Harmonica
Charlie O'Neal — Guitars
Rick O'Neal — Bass
Jeff Armstrong — Drums

In the last couple of years, the Delta Generators have shared the stage with such acts as Robert Cray, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Three Dog Night, James Cotton, Jimmie Vaughn, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter, Walter Trout, Popa Chubby, Bonerama, Candye Kane, Michael Burks, John Lee Hooker Jr. and Sonny Landreth among many others. Notable musicians have also sat in with the Delta Generators on stage including Brad Whitford (Aerosmith).

The Delta Generators have accomplished a lot since forming in 2008. They won the Boston Blues Society’s Blues challenge in 2008, which earned them a spot in the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis in 2009. The band finished as a Top 10 Finalist out of over a hundred bands. The Delta Generators also won an Independent Music Award for Best Blues Album category for their debut album, Devil in the Rhythm in 2009. In 2009 they won Best Blues Band in Worcester Magazine for and were nominated for Best R&B Act in the Boston Phoenix in 2010.The DG’s 2nd album Hard River to Row was selected by the Blues Foundation as a Top 5 Finalist (out of entries worldwide) in the Best Self-Produced CD competition at the International Blues Challenge in 2011. This album also placed nationally at #8 on the JamBand Radio Chart, #17 on the Living Blues Radio Chart and #25 in the Roots Music Report. The DG’s were nominated for Best Blues Act 2011 by The Boston Music Awards, and Best Blues Band 2013 by Worcester Magazine Music Awards.

There’s no harder hitter than frontman Barrence Whitfield of Boston, MA. When he hits the boards with the Savages, you’re either gonna ride the energy or be crushed by it. We’re talking Joe Louis, Howlin’ Wolf, Wilson Pickett, Smokin’ Joe Frazier. Barrence has what these greats all possessed, the one thing a trainer cannot teach a fighter: a lust for mayhem. The wilder, louder, more insane the Savages bring it, the more BW is ready to attack the mic, to bring it high, to bring it low, to wear you down on the ropes, and eventually drop you.

Backing Whitfield are the best cornermen in the business, led by garage/punk guitarist Peter Greenberg, the visionary who started the Savages after a legendary stint with the Lyres, and his sidekick Phil “Mr. Tenacious” Lenker on bass. Greenberg works his guitar with the ruthless intricacy of a chain saw ice sculptor. Lenker meshes with drummer Andy Jody for an unrelenting sequence of haymaker beats. Tom Quartulli’s saxophone rips like a foghorn through the mist. --- deltagenerators.com

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Delta Generators - White Mountain Boogie and Blues 2009

2013-07-30T15:47:38Z

Delta Generators - White Mountain Boogie and Blues 2009


01 - Black Ice
02 - X – Roads
03 - On Your Way Down
04 - Everyday - Crawl Again
05 – Wig
06 - Alley Cat
07 - Read My Letter
08 - Moon in the River
09 - Soul Sender
10 - One Way Out
11 - Hand Me Down Blues
12 - Devil In The Rythm
13 – Evil
14 - All Of Your Love
15 - Pass It On
16 - Hard River To Row
17 - That Evil

On Hard River to Row, the Delta Generators capture the same kind of soulful passion and raw intensity that they’re known for in their live shows. But vocalist Craig Rawding, guitarist Charlie O’Neal, and simmering rhythm section Rick O’Neal (bass) & Jeff Armstrong (drums) are always looking to expand their well-honed musical palette, and on their sophomore studio release they gracefully touch on blues, soul, funk, rock ‘n’ roll and even country! The impressive songwriting and musical chops would be enough in themselves, but the Delta Generators also have that certain indescribable quality that makes a band special. As music critic Bill Copeland wrote, “the Delta Generators are one of those rare bands that go beyond talent to arrive at charisma and that extra something that just makes listeners take a strong liking to it.”

In the last couple of years, the Delta Generators have shared the stage with such acts as Robert Cray, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Three Dog Night, Jimmie Vaughn, Tommy Castro, Johnny Winter, Walter Trout, Popa Chubby, Bonerama, Candye Kane, Michael Burks, John Lee Hooker Jr., Nick Moss And The Flip Tops, Sonny Landreth and Lurrie Bell, among many others. Several notable musicians have also sat in with the Delta Generators on stage, including Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) and Johnny A. (Peter Wolf/Solo). The Delta Generators continue to pack enthusiastic venues and gain new fans throughout the northeast and beyond.

The Delta Generators have accomplished a lot since forming in 2008. They won the Boston Blues Society’s blues challenge in 2008, which earned them a spot in the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis in 2009. The band finished as a Top 10 Finalist out of over a hundred bands in Memphis. The Delta Generators also won an Independent Music Award for Best Blues Album category for their debut, Devil in the Rhythm in 2009. They also won Best Blues Band in Worcester Magazine for 2009 and were nominated for Best R&B Act in the Boston Phoenix in 2010. Hard River to Row has been selected by the Blues Foundation as a Top 5 Finalist (out of 55 entries worldwide) in the best self-produced CD competition at the International Blues Challenge in 2011. --- deltagenerators.com

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