From: CA, United States
Born in New Orleans, living in California,and recently named Musician of the Year in Fresno Magazine's online poll, Glen Delpit has been mining the roots of American Music with his bluesy and folk oriented slide guitar style for more than 35 years.His vocals have been characterized from Deep Delta to Van Morrison and his original songs have been described as literate and poetic and can take their place with the finest American songwriters. His music also covers a wide spectrum of pre-war blues from Willie McTell to Robert Johnson. He has opened for many American Music legends such as John Lee Hooker,Bo Diddley, Leon Russell, Brownie McGhee, Pinetop Perkins, Katie Webster and many, many others.He has also shared the stage with many prominent American Roots artists like Dave Alvin, Jackie Greene and Peter Case.
GLEN DELPIT AND THE SUBTERRANEANS
Glen Delpit and the Subterraneans specialize in Bluesy American Roots Music. They employ bits of Blues, Folk, Rock and Country in a driving sound that is all original in content. They have been performing for nearly a quarter of a century, opening for and backing up such notables as Bo Diddley, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Leon Russell, Dave Alvin, Booker T., Marshall Tucker, Alice Stuart and countless others. The Subterraneans are; Dean MacDonald, Joe Luppino, Chris Eacock, John Suhr and Glen Delpit.