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| Benjamin Ringel |
The blues-rocking Delta
Saints formed when a collective of college students started jamming in 2007
in Nashville, Tennessee. Louisiana-born singer/lyricist Benjamin Ringel co-founded the band with Kansas native bassist David Supica. Soon after, they were
joined by Tennessee-bred guitarist Dylan
Fitch and Kentucky keyboardist Nate
Kremer. The band's second studio album,
Bones, was released on August 7, 2015.
At the Mercury Lounge
tonight, the Delta Saints brought a whole lot of Bayou to their blues rock. The
weaving of Ringel's soulful singing and finger-picking on a resonator guitar,
Fitch's slide guitar, Kremer's rolling organ and Supica's funk-infused bass
lines gave the set its swampy sound. It brushed with genuine southern twang,
but there was more Delta blues than backwoods honky tonk etched in its brow.
While the roots of the music were a throwback to traditional American sounds,
the band members gave the set a contemporary pulse with singer-songwriter
sensitivities at one end and barroom bombast at the other. It will be
fascinating to see where the modern road will lead the hybrid Delta Saints.
Visit the Delta Saints at www.thedeltasaints.com.
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