DATE:  30/09/07

NAME: Sons Of The Delta

WEBSITE: www.sonsofthedelta.co.uk

1. Biggest Influence(s)?
Mark: Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Little Walter, Hound Dog Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Steve Earle, John Hiatt, RL Burnside, Buddy Miller, Tom Waits

Rick: Billy Gibbons, Dickey Betts, Mississippi John Hurt, Danny Gatton.

2. Favourite records/tracks old or new?
Mark: Albums: Hard Again - Muddy Waters, Wicked Grin - John Hammond, Knockdown South - Jimbo Mathus / Songs - Keep Me (Black Keys), Telephone Blues (Mojo Webb), Hardcore Troubadour (Steve Earle), 2:19 (Tom Waits).

Rick: Albums: Allman Bros at Fillmore, Into the Purple valley, Texas flood, John Hurt (Vanguard recordings), Kentucky Colonels with Clarence White.

3. What would you be if not a musician?
Mark: An artist and designer

Rick: Guitar builder/restorer or Blues Club proprietor

4. Career high point so far?
Recording the 'Made in Mississippi' album with Pinetop Perkins in Clarksdale Mississippi and gigging over there too.  

5. Perfect night off?   
Mark: A night in bed with a chilled bottle of Chardonnay and a beautiful woman

Rick: What is a night off??? - a surprise date with Elizabeth Shue

6. Most recent CD in your CD player?  
Mark: Tom Waits - Orphans disc 1 (Brawlers)

Rick: Little Walter - Juke

7. Favourite book/film?
Mark: The World Don't Owe Me Nothin' by Honeyboy Edwards/
Oh, Brother Where Art Thou

Rick: Turners Landscapes / The Alamo

8. Whiskey - Jack or Jim?
Mark: Jim

Rick: Jack Daniels/Wild Turkey(Gold label)