The purpose of non-profit The Golden Gate Blues Society is to enhance the appreciation and understanding of the Blues in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area through:
 The Golden Gate Blues Society is the only Bay Area affiliate of the Blues Foundation. With 165 affiliated Blues societies and a membership that spans the globe, the Blues Foundation’s signature honors and events—the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, International Blues Challenge and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards—make it the international center of Blues music.Our goal is to be a comprehensive resource for all Bay Area blues lovers - fans, musicians, club owners, media, promoters, retailers, technical professional, educators - in other words ... you. |
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Each month we spotlight a TGGBS member artist. You'll hear their music while visiting the site and you can click on their photo to visit their website.
This month we spotlight The Delta Wires. The DELTA WIRES is a big, high-energy harmonica and horns blues band from the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. They were Finalists out 100 blues bands from all over the world, in the Blues Foundation's 2008 International Blues Challenge held in Memphis TN, and were voted "BEST BAND" 2008 Oakland/East Bay in Oakland Magazine's annual readers' poll. The DELTA WIRES have recorded 5 CDs, were voted Best Live Band by readers of the East Bay Express in 2002, played the San Francisco Blues Festival in 2008, have appeared at the Monterey Bay Blues Festival 8 times including 2007, headlined the Shasta Blues Society’s Redding Blues by the River Festival in 2005, have played Crescent City Blues Festival, Central Valley Blues Festival, Oakland Blues and Heritage Festival, Napa Valley Mustard Festival, and many others. Enjoy! 
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