Delta Roux

Delta Roux

Genres: blues, blues rock

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About Delta Roux

"Travellin' The Southland" is the new EP from Austin, TX based singer/songwriter/guitarist Harry Bodine. The EP features John Magnie and Steve Amedee of "The Subdudes", adding their distinct harmonies as well as piano, drums and percussion. The tracks where recorded at John Magnie’s Knucklehead Studios in Ft Collins, CO. Harry’'s songwriting and swampy slide guitar have earned him praise from the likes of Bobby Whitlock, Delaney Bramlett, Steve James, Papa Mali, to name a few . Since the release of his CD, “"Which Way Home” ", Harry has been steadily gaining a wide fan base in the United States and Europe. Blues Revue, Blues Matters, Folk Wax, Blues Wax, Rootstime, Mazz Musicas, Omaha City Weekly, Real Roots Café, San Antonio Express, have all given rave reviews for the CD. He has opened shows for The Subdudes, The Radiators, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Delbert McClinton, Aaron Neville, and recently was a featured artist at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival. Harry’s song "“Drivin Up Thru Memphis"” was included on the CD sampler “A Taste Of Triple A”. Also featured on this sampler were songs by Ray Lamontagne, Marc Broussard, Meiko and Dave Stewart. Harry spent five years as primary songwriter and guitarist for the Austin based band Delta Roux. The band released two CD’s on the German label “Taxim Records”. Two of Harry'’s compositions Peace Tree Blues and Dirty Shoes can be heard in the 2011 movie “"Joyride”" , which is currently being featured in Film Festivals across the USA. Harry's interest in playing music started after he left high school from his hometown in Central New York State. He started playing bass guitar the same time his older brother Howard was learning to play the guitar. Howard taught Harry the Blind Lemon Jefferson song “Easy Rider Blues”, he then was hooked on the blues sound and switched from bass to guitar. His passion for slide guitar was inspired by Duane Allman's work on the Allman Brothers' “Fillmore East” and the" Derek and the Dominos' Layla" album. Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Ry Cooder, John Mooney, Jimmy Page, Johnny Winter, John Hammond and Mick Taylor also have had a big influence on his guitar work. Harry’'s favorite songwriters are: Jagger/Richards, Lennon /McCartney, John Hiatt, Gregg Allman, Willie Dixon, George Harrison, Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan and many more!!!! CD Baby: Delta Roux Delta Roux - Bad Wind Blowin' Delta Roux are from Austin, Texas and consist of Harry Bodine (guitars, slide guitars, National steel) and Mike Milligan (vocals, percussion). Backed by a couple of the city's top bass players and drummers, they now deliver BAD WIND BLOWIN' – a strong debut on which some of the most crackling US blues/roots styles are merged in a fascinating way: Delta blues, New Orleans funk, Louisiana swamp blues and Memphis Deep Soul are all part of the Delta Roux gumbo. And it's all fresh, because Delta Roux has come into this world only a year ago! Their songs are fresh, too. Instead of cooking up another batch of trusty standards, the band relies on the songwriting skills of slideguitar master Harry Bodine, who presents – sometimes co-operating with his partner Mike Milligan – a varied and rich bunch of original tunes based on the blues. Without sticking to the established blues formats too much. And, no keys are pressed on this disc! Just strings, vocal chords and drums are used - that's all. Many of the stories told about the origins of American music take place along the Mississippi River. Blues, jazz, soul – music cities like New Orleans or Memphis are now places heavy on mythologies of a musical history that has had the power to inspire past generations of players and singers and will continue to do so in the future. A living example of this kind of inspiration is New York guitar-player Harry Bodine, whose passionate love for the sound of Duane Allman (especially the "Live at the Fillmore" and "Layla" albums), later also Anders Osborne, John Mooney, Sonny Landreth as well as New Orleans piano legend Professor Longhair made him quit high school to move down South. In Austin,TX Bodine made a name for himself as an expert on slide guitar. This was also where he met singer and percussion player Mike Milligan – a native Texan and Austin resident with a couple of years on club stages from San Antonio to Seattle as part of his resume. Mike Milligan is a very versatile interpreter with a lot of blues feeling, switching between the rougher style of his idol Otis Redding and the more elegant ways of soul/blues singers like Z.Z. Hill or Junior Medlow. With their soul band Memphis Train the duo Bodine/Milligan tested this newfound collaboration on many Texas stages. And things went very well. With a self-assurance based on their live success they went on to establish Delta Roux. Almost like a contemporary analogy to the idea of fusing styles from California and the Deep South that was at the heart of the original Little Feat, Delta Roux created a new axis consisting of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, supplanting the mentality of the late Lowell George with a Texas-style down-to-earth attitude. And that's the way BAD WIND BLOWIN' sounds like. A passionate soul/blues voice is connecting with a guitar that is very close to the work of the players already mentioned and further influenced by the likes of Alan Haynes, Chris Duarte or the Nace Brothers. Especially when a classic second line New Orleans groove kicks in on tracks like "Which Way To My Home" or "Bad Wind Blowin'" there should be no holding back for fans of these rootsy styles. But there is acoustic stuff as well in the form of instrumentals that roll from of Harry Bodine's National guitar like sunshine from a Texas sky. Great versatility must be one of Delta Roux's biggest strenghts. And what they present on BAD WIND BLOWIN' is pretty much what their name promises – blues with a difference. This is a sound thick as the Mississippi mud and yet shimmersing like the mighty river itself. The music of Delta Roux is pretty much irresistable. Great fun, too. Delta Roux - Only A Fool Delta Roux does not shamelessly ape Stevie Ray Vaughan, does not copy every note of the Muddy Waters songbook, does not play "Mustang Sally," "Stormy Monday" or "The Blues Is Alright." What Delta Roux does is breathe fresh air into the blues by forging a sound that draws from the Delta, Chicago, Texas and New Orleans. Led by vocalist Milligan, a native Texan from Angleton, and Bodine, a guitar ace from New York, Delta Roux explores the dark and the light side of the blues. Bodine is a slide guitar master, Milligan a singer who can move a song from menacing to promising at the drop of a 7th chord. "Only a Fool" builds on the promise of the DR debut, "Dirty Shoes." The majority of the 11 tracks was penned by Bodine or Milligan or Bodine and Milligan. The exception is a cover of Tom Waits' "No One Can Forgive Me But My Baby." Tunes run the gamut from the up-tempo "Where Did You Get Your Love" to "Walk With the Devil," a song that pioneers such as Son House would have appreciated deeply. Delta Roux proves there can be a bright future, an immediate bright future, for the blues.

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