Artist description Sons of the Delta was formed by two of the top bluesmen in the SouthWest UK, Mark Cole and Rick Edwards. The duo plays a gutsy, unpolished blend of electric/acoustic blues which includes traditional blues plus new originals. Their music also has undertones of other American roots styles such as gospel, hillbilly, bluegrass and texmex. They play in clubs, art centres, festivals and bars with an appreciative blues audience.

Music Style Gritty, no-frills down-home acoustic and electric blues

Musical Influences Mostly deep blues musicians but other southern roots musicians too

Similar Artists Bukka White, Hound Dog Taylor, T-Model Ford, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, JB Hutto, Robert Johnson

Artist History MARK COLE - A powerful, passionate vocalist, Mark also plays a pretty mean harp and compliments Rick's playing with his own honest, uncluttered slide and rhythm guitar. Mark's first ever gig was back in '83 playing drums with a rock & blues outfit called Little Village. Since then he has treaded the boards thousands of times, usually singing and playing slide guitar and blues harmonica with Gloucester blues legends Maxwell Street, or fronting renowned roots rockers the Dockery Boys. Both in the studio and on stage he has played with or supported a great many artistes including Alison Moyet, Dr. Feelgood, Chris Jagger (Mick's brother), Roy Wood, Ian Dench (EMF), Steve Gibbons, Mike D'Abo, Phil Beer (Rolling Stones session man), the Gutter Brothers, Richard Thompson, guitar legend Alvin Lee (at the Glastonbury Festival in 1994), Chicken Shack, Steve Marriott and Chicago Blues legend Eddie C. Campbell. Over the years he has received critical acclaim for his vocal performance and songwriting which has been described as having "a quality and professionalism that sets it apart from so many" with an "assured melodic delivery and ability to constantly impress" (Rock 'n' Reel magazine). He writes songs across many styles both for the bands that he plays in and other performers.------------------------------------------ RICK EDWARDS - A much-in-demand, talented multi-style guitarist, Rick goes 'back to his roots' for the Sons and delivers some of the best deep-south acoustic/electric guitar you've heard for a long time plus some very tasty vocals. In the 70s Rick lived and worked in London, playing in many outfits including Studebaker, an Anglo-American country band signed to CBS. The U.S.A. had the benefits of his talents in the first half of the 80s while he lived in Denver, Colorado and toured through Texas, Oklahoma and California in numerous blues, bluegrass, country and jazz outfits. On his return in '84 Rick spent four years in extensive solo and session work around Bristol and Bath area. He was a well received regular at the Howlin Wolf, Naval Volunteer and Old Duke and played with Tone On Ten amongst others. At the tail end of the 80s and in the early-mid 90s Rick played guitar, harp and vocals for iston Broke a soul blues collective based in West-Midlands and lead/slide guitars for Blind Lemon Blues, a solid five piece act working extensively around Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire. Since the mid 90s he has been a guitarist and vocalist with the Blueshounds, a four piece R&B outfit, well known on the SouthWest gig scene and regularly backed by the Little Big Horns - a highly regarded three-piece horn section. When the hounds are between gigs, Rick also fronts Hocus Pocus Blues, playing lead/slide guitar and vocals. This solid four piece punches out classic Chicago and Texas blues. When time allows(!) he also makes up the other half of the Lounge Lizards, a soul/folk/rock'n'roll/60s duo well known in the Gloucestershire area.

Group Members Mark Cole & Rick Edwards

Instruments Mark uses vintage Teisco electric guitars, a Vintage Resonator guitar, a beat up old Stella parlour guitar, a '50s Airline electric mandolin, Lee Oskar harmonicas, a '64 Sears Silvertone 1482 tube amp combo for guitar and a Laney LC15 tube amp combo for harmonica.--------------Rick uses a Fender Strat Texas Special, a Fender Strat Plus, a Takamine FG150 acoustic guitar, a Yamaha FG120 twelve string acoustic, a Martin 00018 New Yorker style parlour guitar and a Fender ProSonic tube amp.

Albums 'No Credit' due for release spring 2003

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Location Gloucester, Glos. - United Kingdom

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