DELTA DEEP (Phil Collen of Def Leppard) – East Coast Live (2018)
Alongside the release of DELTA DEEP self-titled debut studio album, Frontiers Music has put out as well “East Coast Live“, a recording capturing a magical night where all the stars fell into place at Daryl’s House, the Pawling, New York club owned by Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates.
Recorded and filmed in April 2016, this 15 track wonder shows just what top musicians can produce when setting their minds to breaking conventional boundaries.
Not strictly blues, not strictly soul and not only rock, “East Coast Live” is in fact, blues style classic rock and you’ll know just what I mean when you hear the hard stomping covers of Zepp’s ‘Black Dog’ (and you’ll know what inspired Robert Plant’s yelps) to a soul injected cover of Purple’s ‘Mistreated’ completed by some shredding guitar work from Collen.
With the raw guitar and warbling fret board work continuing on ‘Bang Your Lid’ complemented wonderfully by Blackwell-Cook’s funky rhyming lyrics, it doesn’t take long before the power kicks in on ‘Shuffle Sweet’ with its hard drumming and co vocals between Collen and Blackwell-Cook trading off one another slickly.
‘Black Coffee’ teases the audience with its simple riff while the vocals sail off into their own, resonating sensuality throughout while the innocence of country blues in ‘Treat Her Like Candy’ is a refreshing soother to the hot house atmosphere the rest of the material invokes.
Needless to say the blues rocker medley of ‘Burnt Sally / Rock Me Baby’ with its great guitar work throughout and Blackwell-Cook’s vocals brings the crowd to climax with plenty of whoops – not like the band bask like rock stars given their down to earth banter and interaction – making for an even more appealing invitation to partake in the new delights on offer here.
DELTA DEEP is a marvellous act, and while the studio album is superbly recorded with a pristine sound, “East Coast Live” showcases the band’s adrenaline and their terrific skill as performers.
This baby rocks, and if you dislike live recordings you better listen to “East Coast Live”, it’s a fantastic slice of Classic Rock from the heart.
Highly Recommended
01 – Black Dog (Live)
02 – Bang the Lid (Live)
03 – Miss Me (Live)
04 – Treat Her Like Candy (Live)
05 – Black Coffee (Live)
06 – Burnt Sally / Rock Me Baby (Live)
07 – Whiskey (Live)
08 – Shuffle Sweet (Live)
09 – Private Number (Live)
10 – Bless These Blues (Live)
11 – Mistreated (Live)
12 – Forrest’s Drum Solo (Live)
13 – Down in the Delta (Live)
14 – Band Intro (Live)
15 – Feelit (Live)
Phil Collen – Guitars, Vocals (Def Leppard)
Debbi Blackwell-Cook – Vocals (Luther Vandross)
Forrest Robinson – Percussion, Drums (Toto, TLC)
Robert DeLeo – Bass (Stone Temple Pilots)
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www.amazon.co.uk/East-Coast-Live-Delta-Deep/dp/B0776KXXYK
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