Phil Collen, lead guitarist of British rock band Def Leppard & alternative roots/rock band Manraze, started Delta Deep as an extreme blues project. The band has been likened to “Aretha Franklin & Chaka Khan performing with Led Zeppelin”.
Release Date: 26-01-2018
Genre: Hard Rock
TRACKLIST
CD:
1. Black Dog (Opener)
2. Bang The Lid
3. Miss Me
4. Treat Her Like Candy
5. Black Coffee
6. Burnt Sally/Rock Me Baby (Medley)
7. Whiskey
8. Shuffle Sweet
9. Private Number
10. Bless These Blues
11. Mistreated
12. Forrest’s Drum Solo
13. Down In The Delta
14. Band Intro (Medley)
15. FeelIt (Medley)
DVD:
1. Intro (spoken)
2. Miss Me
3. Black Coffee
4. Burnt Sally
5. Rock Me Baby (Medley)
6. Whiskey
7. Bless These Blues
8. Forrest’s Drum Solo (DVD Extra)
9. Down In The Delta (DVD Extra)
10. Band Intro (DVD Extra)
LINEUP
Phil Collen (guitarist/vocalist/songwriter)
Debbi Blackwell-Cook (vocalist/songwriter)
Robert DeLeo (bassist)
Forrest Robinson (drummer)
Helen L. Collen (songwriter)
Phil Collen, lead guitarist of British rock band Def Leppard
& alternative roots/rock band Manraze, started Delta Deep as an extreme
blues project. The band has been likened to “Aretha Franklin & Chaka Khan
performing with Led Zeppelin”. Phil’s love and appreciation for the blues since
childhood enabled him to move forward quickly with the band’s inception in
2012. “Blues was created out of something
completely different from what we hear today. I grew up listening to rock music
but then I found out it was all based on blues. Jimmy Page, Hendrix, all of
those guys-they got it from blues. Today’s musicians miss out on what blues is
completely about. There’s a type of ‘blues style’ but not actual blues music. I
just don’t hear true blues anymore unless I go back and listen to really old
music.” With that reasoning
Phil decided to change the tide of what he was hearing.
The critical authority, Elmore
Magazine said of the
band, “If you’re into good old spiritual, emotional and thought provoking rock
n roll, look no further than Delta Deep.” Screamer Magazine accurately
described Delta Deep’s music as “Sweltering hot, sorrow-drenched, deep southern
blues.” Axis Magazine declared, “[i]f the goal of (DELTA DEEP) is to create music that revives
an appreciation for blues music. Mission accomplished.”
The band also features
Debbi Blackwell-Cook
(vocalist/songwriter), Stone Temple Pilot’s Robert DeLeo (bassist), Forrest
Robinson (drummer), and Helen L. Collen (songwriter). The band released their self-titled debut in 2015.
The DVD portion of this live CD/DVD was
filmed at Daryl’s House (ie. Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame) in April
2016.
Together with the release of the brand
new CD/DVD, Frontiers Music Srl reissues the debut album from the band which
was originally released in 2015 in the USA and UK only. The record includes 11
excellent Blues and Rock numbers and sees cameo appearances from none other
than Whitesnake’s David Coverdale, Collen’s bandmate Joe Elliott and Collen’s
ManRaze bandmates Paul Cook (Sex
Pistols) and & Simon Laffy.
