Tears Like Rain

Tears Like Rain

Editorial Reviews
<"b00007m9ny2999"> About the Artist
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.... DELTA WIRES is an Oakland, California based rhythm and blues band which was founded by lead vocalist and harmoni! ca player Ernie Pinata as a college project. The Delta Wires 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 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. If you love the blues, sit back and enjoy the fresh and unique blues sound that IS the DELTA WIRES: "They're kicking out the jams as if their lives depended on it. Maybe in a way that only true musicians understand, they DO" … (Ernie) Pinata has a muscular voice that sails above even the hardest, tightest arrangements the band can slap out for him. His slicing harp solos mesh easily with the high and mighty horn section, which blend beautifully into a unified voice…" -Jeff Tamarkin, Goldmine Magazine PRESS CLIPPINGS: "Superlative new CD" -Kathleen Lawton *Crazy *Bout the Blu! es* KCSM-FM "They blow hard from the get-go, a tight horn section blending comfortably with the spirited, intense harmonica from lead man Ernie Pinata…as fierce a Sonny Boy Williamson-influenced harp as you will find" -BLUES ACCESS Magazine "a tough, rocking, socking band, knocking out crowds...the WIRES are burning up! " - Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle "These musicians turn on the power and deliver a shock of blues and R&B...Yes, these DELTA WIRES show they are a polished group. A band that is ready for the big time. The WIRES are pros... Check this 14 track CD ("Live in S.F."). A must for blues lovers!" -Armando Canales, The Critical Review

<"b00007m9ny4999"> Album Description
All new recordings, great blues, R&B, and rock songs, produced by group leader and lead vocalist Ernie Pinata; engineered: by Benji Farquhar. Featuring Pete Escovedo and Vince Welnick (of the Grateful Dead). Interested listeners: baby boomers, and Gen X’ers (30-60 year olds who enjoy classic R&B, electric blues, and party rock).

Tears Like Rain, Music, Delta Wires, Blues, Pop, Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

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