The Delta Saints

The Delta Saints is an American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Ben Ringel (vocals and guitar), Dylan Fitch (guitar), David Supica (bass), Vincent Williams (percussion), and Nate Kremer (keyboards).

The Delta Saints
Band photo from 2017.
Background information
OriginNashville
GenresRock
Years active2007 (2007)–present
Websitewww.thedeltasaints.com
Members
Past members

History

The band was formed in 2007 after Ben Ringel and David Supica met at Belmont University and began creating music together.[1][2]

The band independently produced their first work, the EPs "Pray On" (in 2009).[3] and "A Bird Called Angola" (in 2010).[4]

European tour
The Delta Saints at Club W71 (Weikersheim, Germany) in 2011.

The band began touring internationally throughout North America and Europe in 2011.[5] They appeared on German television in October 2011 in Rockpalast, performing in Bonn.[6][7] A DVD of their concert in Bonn was later released in 2012.[8]

The France-based blues label Dixiefrog Records combined the two EP's into one self-titled album "The Delta Saints", also released it in 2011.[9]

Crowdfunding

The band released Death Letter Jubilee in February 2013.[10] The album was financed through crowdfunding using Kickstarter.[11]

The Delta Saints played as the opening band for Blackberry Smoke in 2014, whilst promoting the Death Letter Jubilee album.[12] The tour with Blackberry Smoke included Orlando, Florida (USA).[13]

Loud & Proud Records

In 2014, they released another EP called Drink it Slow,[14] and a live record Live at Exit/In which was recorded in two days at Exit/In Nashville.[15][16] In 2015, the band released the studio album Bones through Loud & Proud Records.[17][18]

In September 2015 they toured Europe again.[19]

Monte Vista

The band independently released the album, Monte Vista, on April 28, 2017.[20] Monte Vista was recorded in six days at the Sound Emporium in Nashville and was produced by Eddie Spear. The band also partnered with PledgeMusic for the release.[21]

Discography
  • 2009: Pray On
  • 2011: A Bird Called Angola
  • 2011: The Delta Saints
  • 2012: Rockpalast "Live from Bonn, Germany" (DVD)
  • 2013: Death Letter Jubilee
  • 2015: Bones
  • 2017: Monte Vista

Reception and music style

Andreas Schiffman from musikreviews.de wrote: "the music of these young men sounded positively old".[22] During a 2015 interview on the CBC program Studio Q, singer-songwriter Chrissie Hynde praised the group after touring with them in the USA, describing them as "the best band I've heard in ten years".[23]

Jochen v. Arnim (Rock Times) describes their style as blues, soul and roots.[24]

The band says their style is influenced by Led Zeppelin, and the Allman Brothers.[25]

References
  1. "Album Review: The Delta Saints". Outlaw Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  2. BassPlayer.com, Electric & Acoustic Bass Gear, Lessons, News, Video, Tabs and Chords -. "David Supica: Hammer of the (Delta) Saints". Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  3. "Pray On - The Delta Saints". Bandcamp. September 18, 2009. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. "EP Review: The Delta Saints – A Bird Called Angola". Sounds of South (in German). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-02-28. Eigenproduktion - 2011
  5. "Concert review of The Delta Saints 28 augustus 2011". Blues Magazine (in Dutch). 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  6. "Rockpalast Archiv - Crossroads". rockpalastarchiv.de. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  7. "Rockpalast live from Bonn DVD". Motel Bourbon Blog. 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  8. "Review: The Delta Saints - Rockpalast "Live from Bonn, Germany" (2012)". Valve online music magazine. 2012-11-15. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  9. "The Delta Saints - The Delta Saints". www.bluesweb.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  10. "The Delta Saints: Death Letter Jubilee". PopMatters. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  11. "The Delta Saints - Bio". MTV. 2015-11-30. Archived from the original on 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  12. "The Delta Saints: Fire On The Bayou". That Music Magazine. 2015-04-24. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  13. Cretin (2014-01-12). "Delta Saints Bring Cajun Rock to Florida". RARAs Farm's Music Blog. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  14. "Ben Ringel: The Delta Saints Evolution to "Bones" -". 19 January 2015. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  15. "Live at Exit/In, by The Delta Saints". The Delta Saints. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  16. Outlaw_Magazine. "Album Review: The Delta Saints – Outlaw Magazine". Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  17. "Stream Nashville Band The Delta Saints' Experimental New Album". Elmore Magazine. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  18. "Bones". Loud And Proud Records. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  19. "The Delta Saints' Ben Ringel Is Our Kind of Dude". Man Cave Daily. 2015-11-24. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  20. "Listen To The Exclusive Stream of The Delta Saint's New Album, Monte Vista". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  21. "The Delta Saints: Monte Vista". PledgeMusic. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  22. "Review: The Delta Saints: Death Letter Jubilee". musikreviews.de (in German). 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  23. q on cbc (2015-09-08), The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde in studio q, retrieved 2019-02-28
  24. "ROCKTIMES - CD Review / The Delta Saints - Death Letter Jubilee". www.rocktimes.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  25. "Music Q&A: Ben Ringel of The Delta Saints". news-gazette.com. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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