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Delta Moon
Rock / Blues / Roots Music

American roots rock



DECATUR, Georgia
United States

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Last Login:  7/10/2009
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   Delta Moon: General Info
Member Since3/14/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.deltamoon.com
Band MembersTom Gray: vocals, Weissenborn-style guitar, lap steel, dulcimer, keys.

Mark Johnson: bottleneck guitar, mandoguitar, backing vocals.

Franher Joseph: bass, backing vocals.

Darren Stanley: drums, percussion.
InfluencesR.L. Burnside, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Blind Willie Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, The Rolling Stones, Lightning Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Sonny Landreth, David Lindley, Little Feat, Wilson Pickett, Iggy Pop and don't forget our doting moms.

Sounds LikeLIVE FAN VIDEO - Blues Garage, Isernhagen, Germany, May 2, 2009:
(Thanks, Ulrich!)




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Record LabelJumping Jack (US), Blues Boulevard (Europe)
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 11 2009 6:45P
Kalamazoo Blues Festival Kalamazoo, Michigan
Jul 17 2009 9:00P
Bradfordville Blues Club Tallahassee, Florida
Jul 18 2009 8:00P
Pirate’s Cove Josephine, Alabama
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
Rhythm on the River Pomeroy, Ohio
Jul 25 2009 6:00P
Bele Chere Festival Asheville, North Carolina
Aug 7 2009 7:00P
Summer Tracks Concert Series Tryon, North Carolina
Aug 15 2009 7:00P
Decatur BBQ Festival Decatur, Georgia
Aug 21 2009 9:30P
Blind Willie’s Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 29 2009 7:00P
Mable House Amphitheatre Mableton, Georgia
Sep 12 2009 3:00P
Bull Durham Festival Durham, North Carolina
Oct 30 2009 8:00P
Bruunske Pakhus Fredericia, Denmark
Oct 31 2009 8:00P
Harmonien Svendborg, Denmark
Nov 3 2009 8:00P
TBA Stavenger, Norway
Nov 4 2009 8:00P
TBA Sandnes, Norway
Nov 5 2009 8:00P
Støberihallen Hillerød, Denmark
Nov 6 2009 8:00P
Odense Bluesdage Odense, Denmark
Nov 7 2009 8:00P
Paletten Viborg, Denmark

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   About Delta Moon

"Tom Gray and Mark Johnson are the rusty, banged up Cadillacs of the slide guitar, side by side coughing up smoke and spitting backwoods dirt, but unswerving in their precision and singular style." - Hittin' the Note

"Gray and Johnson's double-slide style works to perfection." - Chicago Sun-Times

"A perfect example of contemporary Southern roots music at its most affecting." - All Music Guide

"Music as it should be - raw and honest." - NetRhythms (UK)

"Classic work! Keep rockin', Delta Moon!" - Rocktimes (Germany)

Tom Gray and Mark Johnson first met in an Atlanta music store. When Tom tried to sell Mark a Dobro guitar out of the trunk of his car, the girl with Mark kept whispering, “Let’s get out of here.” Mark didn’t buy the guitar, but he and Tom exchanged phone numbers. Soon the two were playing together regularly, Tom on lap steel and Mark on bottleneck slide guitar.

Tom Gray was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Virginia and in Georgia, but home was always the North Carolina mountains, where he and his siblings still own 100 acres of what was once his grandfather’s farm. He started writing songs and playing keyboards with bands in high school and in the 1980s led The Brains, a group that recorded two albums on Mercury and an EP on Landslide. His songs have been recorded by Cyndi Lauper, Manfred Mann, Carlene Carter, Bonnie Bramlett and many others. In the late 1980s Tom picked up a lap steel and could not put it down. Soon it became his main instrument.

While not born in the South, Mark Johnson did grow up in a trailer park in Ravenna, Ohio. His uncle owned a record store, and there was always music in the Johnson home. Mark played guitar in bands all through high school. In the early 1990s he moved to Atlanta, where he formed a band called the Rude Northerners. About that time he abandoned standard tuning and began to specialize in bottleneck slide.

At first, neither Tom nor Mark gave a thought to the idea of forming a double slide guitar band, but just kept swapping licks in the living room. Then Mark saw Ry Cooder and David Lindley perform together at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. He immediately thought, “That’s what Tom and I do.” The two, along with singer Gina Leigh and a rotating cast of drummers and bassists, formed Delta Moon. Their idea was to weave the two slide guitars into one big sound, in the tradition of great two-guitar bands like the Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers, and early Fleetwood Mac.

Playing clubs and festivals around Atlanta and the South, Delta Moon quickly gathered a wall full of local “best” awards. After winning the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2003, the band widened its travel to include the US, Canada, and Europe. Gina Leigh left the band in 2004, and Kristin Markiton sang with the band for the next year and half. After her departure, Delta Moon became a quartet. With Tom Gray writing and singing all the lyrics, the band’s persona came into a sharp, new focus. Relix magazine said in a review of 2007’s Clear Blue Flame, “Delta Moon has found its true voice.”

In late 2007, after years of revolving-door rhythm sections, Delta Moon settled on a permanent line-up with Darren Stanley, from Stone Mountain, Georgia, on drums and Franher Joseph, from Haiti by way of Jonesboro, Georgia, on bass. The two had played together in several groups since they first met in the University of Georgia marching band, when Darren played snare and Franher played Sousaphone.

In 2008 Delta Moon signed with the European label Blues Boulevard, a division of Music Avenue. The first CD, Howlin’ Under the Southern Moon, released in early 2009, was a compilation of Delta Moon songs previously released in the United States. A new Delta Moon CD is due out by summer 2009.

In 2008 the American Roots Music Association named Tom Gray Blues Songwriter of the Year.


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Leo





Jul 11 2009 12:00 AM

HEY GUYS,

THANKS, REALLY DIG YOUR GROOVES, ESPECIALLY "LIFE'S A SONG"

WAS ON THE ROAD  IN ALABAMA & GEORGIA LAST WEEK.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND,

"KEEP THE WHEELS ON THE ROAD, THE LIQUOR COLD, THE SMOKE SWEET, AND THE BLUES LIVE.

CATCH YOU OUT ON THE ROAD.

LEO
LEO HULL & THE TEXAS BLUES MACHINE
In Memory of Dan Fogelberg





Jul 10 2009 6:47 PM

Thank you for being a part of the Dan Fogelberg tribute.
angelslayer





Jul 10 2009 3:01 AM

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caesar





Jul 9 2009 9:05 PM

thx 4 the request
Joy Miller





Jul 8 2009 2:12 AM

Greetings from Indiana. Thanks for the friendship.
I enjoy your music. 
Wishing you a great time at all your performances this summer.

Big Cheers,
Joy Miller
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Jul 7 2009 1:33 PM

hey guys!!!thanks for your friendship!:-)
Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music





Jul 7 2009 10:55 AM

CountryHome Forum, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , is one of the biggest Forum for country music in Europe and part of CountryHome, www.countryhome.de , Germany's Premier Online Country Music Magazine.

CountryHome Forum have more than 5,000 members. Each news you submit to CountryHome Forum will released to my weekly Newsletter with more than 50,000 readers.

Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.

I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.

I understand that most of you don't speak German and are not able to upload videos because of the language barrier. If you would like me to upload your videos to the German video websites, please let me know.

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Maria Powers





Jul 4 2009 3:54 PM

HI DELTA MOON! WISH YOU ALL
HAPPY 4th, YOU ROCK!
PEACE AND HAPPINESS!
Joe





Jul 3 2009 6:22 PM

An FYI for you :
I heard Jessie Mae last night on Music Choice, the audio portion of my Time Warner Cable bundle.The Blues channel.
It was 10:50 PM.
LsBeat - NEW SONG ON





Jun 29 2009 8:47 AM

The Vagrants





Jun 28 2009 1:26 PM

g'day Delta Moon,

Since you guys are my friends I though you might want to check out the hot new Vagrants vids from the recent Hi Fi Bar gig
http://www.youtube.com/thevagrants

Also 10 songs live recorded live at The HI Fi on Myspace at
www.myspace.com/thevagrantslive

Cheers,
see you at a gig!!!
Steve
SpeedKing





Jun 25 2009 7:35 AM

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SpeedKing BLACKMATT first full-length instrumental guitar album has just finished!! 10 NEW TRACKS ONLINE NOW!!!!!!

Listen to my music and leave a comment please :)
Jim





Jun 22 2009 11:57 PM

Thanks for the add…

May peace and happiness fill your cup
May the sun find you smiling when it comes up
May you never face hard times all alone
May the road be smooth you’re traveling on

Jim
Colyn Pearson





Jun 19 2009 9:06 PM

Cool songs Delta moon; i enjoyed !



The dreamers conspiracy verse 112

Time was dripping up a down stream
With lot’s of people flying past
And Bowie and Boroughs sweating out a chess game
I heard John and Yoko laugh
While a cat passed by screeching white light
Hopping down the caterpillar road
All the way back to somewhere
That little French café where they wash with Lennon’s soap
And the wild eyed boy from cloud nine
Sitting cross legged played his guitar
Someone quoted Dylan and someone the dollar
Bowie moved his queen ready to attack
But Bill Boroughs was busy day dreaming
Until John gave him a little shake
The café filled up with silence
As David smiled softly whispering to Yoko
‘ I’ve won again two moves ‘til check mate’.
Cmp©16/06/09


,
Steve Horowitz





Jun 19 2009 4:02 PM

You guys rock!
Kathy Roberts





Jun 17 2009 10:23 PM

Hello Delta Moon,

You're welcome. I welcome you to my page.

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Roosevelt





Jun 15 2009 11:51 PM

 LEEBOYS WILL B @ THE SOCIAL THIS THURSDAY - DOWNTOWN ORLANDO
                              @ SMITHS OLD BAR THIS FRIDAY - ATLANTA
                              @ FREEBIRD THIS SAT. - JACKSONVILLE BEACH
                            TELL YA FRIENDS...C YA THERE

Marya





Jun 15 2009 10:22 PM

NEVER STOP DOING YOUR BEST.


Melvin Leonard on iTunes and CD Baby!





Jun 15 2009 2:19 PM

Hi Delta Moon,Through music I would hope to spread love throughout the world. In New Orleans we have a way we do things, and I would like to extend my hand of friendship. Always, Melvin
Rockridge Brothers





Jun 15 2009 11:58 AM

Thank you for your friendship!

Check out our cd:
RockridgeHollerin
EG Kight





Jun 15 2009 5:03 AM

I really enjoyed working with you and enjoyed your show very much.  Hopefully we can jam one of these days.
Keep a song in your heart,
EG
ROBERT





Jun 15 2009 12:49 AM

Thank You for Your Friendship...PEACE....Robert..
The Traceys





Jun 14 2009 11:57 PM

Thank you so much for honoring us with your precious friendship.... We hope that you are having a wonderful evening and that the adventures of your Life feel like a ride on the mystery train of Pure Joy.....Thanks again......
Double Shot





Jun 14 2009 7:40 PM

THANKS FOR ADDING OUR LITTLE BAND FROM ARKANSAS.
DOUBLE SHOT
Ruby Jane





Jun 14 2009 3:32 PM

Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too!
Ruby Jane
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