Jackson Delta
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| origin = Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| genre = blues
| years_active = 1980s–present
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| current_members = Gary Peeples
Rick Fines
Al Black
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Jackson Delta are a Canadian blues musical group from Peterborough, Ontario.[https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/whatson-story/8169854-the-blues-are-back-in-town-as-jackson-delta-reunites-for-a-peterborough-show-at-market-hall/ "The blues are back in town as Jackson Delta reunites for a Peterborough show at Market Hall"]. Peterborough Examiner, April 5, 2017. They are two-time Juno Award nominees for Best Roots and Traditional Album, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 1991 for Acoustic Blues"Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991. and at the Juno Awards of 1993 for I Was Just Thinking That."Juno nominees at a glance". Waterloo Region Record, February 10, 1993.
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."Jackson Delta brings blues to town". Ottawa Citizen, February 22, 1992.[http://www.electriccitymagazine.ca/2015/02/rick-fines-driving-home/ {Rick Fines Is Driving Home… In More Ways Than One"]. Electric City Live, February 25, 2015
History
Jackson Delta was co-founded in the 1980s by Fines, Peeples and Black in Peterborough.[https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/4081021-pathway-of-fame-grows-again/ "Pathway of Fame grows again"]. Sep 14, 2013 by Lance Anderson, Peterborough This Week[https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/3690302-primetime-rick-fines/ "PRIMETIME|Rick Fines"]. Apr 04, 2012 Peterborough This Week, by Lance Anderson The band was mainly fronted by Fines.[https://www.frontenacnews.ca/central-frontenac-news/item/3123-fines-rick "Rick Fines: The Blues had a Baby"]. Frontenac News, Jeff Green | Dec 15, 2011
The band recorded their debut album Delta Sunrise in 1988 at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee[https://kawarthanow.com/2019/02/01/jackson-delta-bringing-it-all-back-home/ "Juno-nominated Jackson Delta is bringing the blues back home to Peterborough’s Market Hall"]. kawarthaNOW, Feb 01, 2019 and released it in 1989."Trio brings home a bit of the South". Toronto Star, March 30, 1989. They released Acoustic Blues in 1990 and Looking Back in 1991."Eclectic Juno band plays cajun, blues". Ottawa Citizen, August 15, 1991.
In 1991 they performed at the Folk on the Rocks Festival in Brandon, Manitoba.[https://newspaperarchive.com/brandon-sun-jul-22-1991-p-45/ "Festival Features Unique Character"]. Brandon Sun, via Newspaper Archives, July 22, 1991 - Page 45 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,[https://newspaperarchive.com/lethbridge-herald-jun-25-1992-p-40/ "Jr. Gone Wild surprises folk fans"]. Lethbridge Herald via Newspaper Archives, June 25, 1992 - Page 40
The band recorded I Was Just Thinking That... live with boogie woogie pianist Gene Taylor in 1992;"Jackson Delta & Pinetop Perkins". Ottawa Citizen, July 25, 1992. it was nominated as a Juno Best Roots & Traditional Album again in 1993. That year they independently released an album, Lookin' Back,[https://www.allmusic.com/album/lookin-back-mw0000904317 " Jackson Delta Lookin' Back"]. AllMusic Review by Richard Meyer and performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.[https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-jul-10-1993-p-21/ "Folk fans flocking to festival"]. Winnipeg Free Press, via Newspaper Archives. July 10, 1993 - Page 21 By Stephen Ostick
After 1995 the members of Jackson Delta concentrated on other projects, but continued to perform together several times a year. 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.[https://www.mykawartha.com/whatson-story/6929163-bobby-watson-wowed-by-first-album-release-in-50-year-career/ "Bobby Watson wowed by first album release in 50-year career"]. Oct 25, 2016 by Lois Tuffin Peterborough This Week
The band broke up in 2000, but its members came together to participate in Al Black's 2010 album Happy as a Monkey.[http://torontobluessociety.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/MapleBlues_Dec_2010_SM5.pdf "John's Blues Picks"]. MapleBlues December 2010 They have performed occasional reunion shows in the Peterborough area, most recently in 2017.