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Terry Hawkins-Drums and Minister of Cool - joined in '94;
Bill Humphrey-Bass, Bandleader and Chief Groove Inspector-started band in '92
Matt Stewart-Guitar, mandolin, anything with strings, backing vocals resident Boy Genius
Cody Sokolski-Vocals/guitar. Songs and owner of an age inappropriate fashion sense.
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Influences
Every Great dead musician and lots of cool live ones too.
Cody - Ray Davies, Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Junior Wells, Billy Joe Shaver, Miles Davis, Neil Young (and he ain't been too good for a loooong time), Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Leonard Cohen, Ray Charles
Bill- ask him, but if it's blues, and it's from Chicago, he's there.
Terry - Ringo, Simon Kirke, Charlie Watts & Bun E. Carlos
Sounds Like
the perfect American roots-based band that we in the band felt needed to exist! ROCK'N'ROLL, plain & simple. Gotta have a beat and ya gotta move yer feet!
The Delta Kings started in 1993 and 14 years later, Terry, Bill, Kenny & Cody remain steadfast to the cause of rock'n'roll and together, this original foursome have played over 750(!!!) gigs from funky Central Illinois roadhouses, Summer Street Festivals to the prestigious Krannert Center For The Arts in Champaign. They have opened for more names than can be mentioned here, but range from The Bottle Rockets to Heartsfield to Tommy Castro to Webb Wilder to Tinsley Ellis to Naked Mommies. In January of 2008, original member, Kenny McNichols retired from live music and after 3 months of auditions, a few months of some experimentation, the lads decided to keep it internal and are forging on as a 3 piece. THAT IS UNTIL NOW, A YEAR + LATER, WE HAVE FINALLY THE LAD WHO WILL BRING SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL TO THE PROCEEDINGS. Ladies & Gents, please welcome guitar slinger/musician extraordinaire, MATT STEWART!!
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Troy Michael of Innocent Words Magazine and the News Gazette Newspaper has posted some of his favorite releases of 2008 including the DELTA KING’s “13 Years of Friday Nights”
