Jackson Delta are a Canadian blues musical group from Peterborough, Ontario.[1] They are two-time Juno Award nominees for Best Roots and Traditional Album, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 1991 for Acoustic Blues[2] and at the Juno Awards of 1993 for I Was Just Thinking That.[3]
Jackson Delta | |
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| Origin | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | blues |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Members | Gary Peeples Rick Fines Al Black |
The band's members are Gary Peeples on vocals, slide guitar and dobro; Rick Fines on guitar; and Al Black on drums, harmonica and washboard.[4][5]
Jackson Delta was co-founded in the 1980s by Fines, Peeples and Black in Peterborough.[6][7] The band was mainly fronted by Fines.[8]
The band recorded their debut album Delta Sunrise in Memphis, Tennessee,[1] and released it in 1989.[9] They released Acoustic Blues in 1990 and Looking Back in 1991.[10]
In 1991 they performed at the Folk on the Rocks Festival in Brandon, Manitoba.[11] That year Acoustic Blues was nominated for a Juno Award as Best Roots & Traditional Album. They played at the Edmonton Folk Festival and the Mariposa Folk Festival in 1992,[12]
The band recorded I Was Just Thinking That... live with boogie woogie pianist Gene Taylor in 1992;[13] it was nominated as a Juno Best Roots & Traditional Album again in 1993. That year they independently released an album, Lookin' Back,[14] and performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.[15]
After 1995 the members of Jackson Delta concentrated on other projects, but continued to perform together several times a year.[7] They recorded a live album, Go for the Heart: Rob Watson and Jackson Delta Electric Live in 1996 at Peterborough's Market Hall with blues guitarist Rob (Bobby) Watson.[16]
The band broke up in 2000, but its members came together to participate in Al Black's 2010 album Happy as a Monkey.[17] They have performed occasional reunion shows in the Peterborough area, most recently in 2017.[1]