I've liked what I've seen of them too, though not a uhhh huge fan of Collens guitar tones. They're ploughing a similar furrow to Glenn Hughes I think
You think? Black Country Communion and California Breed were just straight up hard rock, they didn't sound anything like Delta Deep to me.
Delta does cover an old Deep Purple tune Mistreated (Burn, 74') so I can see the Hughes reference.
And Robert's bass tone is much of that as well. In all reality that goes back to John Paul Jones-and John Entwistle. These are good things. Great influences.
Over-driven PBass (which is probably the greatest rock/ blues bass tone in the universe) is shared by many. I cant say there's a clear history of who was first....
anywhoo.
Im a big Hughes fan..so if anything resemble that- I'm good with it.
Saw DD a few nights ago- Phil's tone is a bit "metal" for me, but hey- its their record. I like the songs. Lets call it a fusion of heavier rock (tones) and more traditional blues. On the more mellow songs he reeled in a cleaner tone. He has the reigns on volume and presence. Not a gain hog. He plays for the song and stays in the pocket.
Robert and the drummer (Forrest) were lock step. Held it down great. The highlight for me was Debbie Blackwell-Cook. She's a terrific singer and front woman. She worked the crowd well. Obvious experience there. These are not rookies so I expected no less. The performance was solid by all and it was very cool to see players of this caliber in a small room. I wish them success and look forward to hearing more material.
