About this Event
The Delta Sonics music takes a Chicago Blues base and seasons it with Swing, Delta, N’awlins R&B and some early Rock n' Roll . They were Westword’s best blues band in Denver the last six of nine years. The band made the semi-finals in the Memphis (International Blues Challenge) in 2012. They have been featured at many of the major festivals in Colorado and Wyoming . The Delta Sonics have played the Boulder Creek Fest, The Cherry Creek Arts Fest, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Parker Days, Denver BBQ Fest, Bohemian Nights in Ft. Collins, Pearl St Blues and Brews, the Greeley Blues Jam, the Five Points Jazz Fest, Beaver Creek BBQ Fest, Palisade Peach Fest and many more.
Al Chesis supplies vocals & foot stomping showmanship but it's his harmonica playing that grabs you. He has been a Hohner endorser since 1992. Al recently received a Colorado Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award . Bob Pellegrino supplies the dazzling, slide guitar. Bob was the Colorado Blues Society’s best slide guitar player in three years in a row.
Rising bass star Alissa Chesis and Stefan Flores on drums ‘drive the bus’ and are a grooving rhythm section .The Sonics have been the Mile Hi ‘go-to’ band for touring Blues national acts for 15 yrs. The band has backed national blues acts like Big Bill Morganfield, Steadyrollin' Bob Margolin, Ronnie Baker Brooks, grammy -nominated Lurrie Bell, grammy -nominated John Primer and the late Pinetop Perkins, & the late Bo Diddley.The Delta Sonics opened for BB King (twice) Robert Cray ( three times) and Jimmy Vaughn (twice) among many others . Al Chesis is a featured guest on Big Head Todd's album " Black Beehive "
Check them out at : www.deltasonics.net
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Louisville Underground, 640 Main Street, Louisville, United States
USD 20.52 to USD 97.88
