Delta Wires-California Blues Hall Of Fame Inductees
🎷The DELTA WIRES are a big, bold, rockin’ harmonica-and-horns blues band straight out of the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area! Known for their high-energy shows and powerhouse sound, they’ve earned a place in the California Blues Hall of Fame and were named “Best Live Band” by Oakland Magazine and East Bay Express.
🎶 Accolades & Highlights
Finalists at the International Blues Challenge (Memphis, TN)
8 albums released their latest: “If Somebody Told Me…” (2024) is getting rave reviews and global airplay
Featured at major festivals:
Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy) 🇮🇹
SF Blues Festival
Monterey Bay Blues Festival (8x!)
Russian River, Crescent City, Redding Blues, Sacramento Jazz, and more
Shared the stage with legends:
🎤 Van Morrison, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker
🎸 Dr. John, The Doobie Brothers, Boz Scaggs
🎷 The Neville Bros, Freddie King, Charlie Musselwhite
đź“śRoots & Legacy
The DELTA WIRES began as a college blues project by frontman Ernie Pinata, tracing the genre’s journey from Mississippi Delta field hollers to electric Chicago blues. What started in East Bay clubs like Esther’s Orbit Room and Mandrake’s quickly evolved with sit-ins from blues icons and stage time with legend into one of the tightest, most exciting blues bands on the scene.