Delta Blues Band

Delta Blues Band is a Danish rock/blues band that have existed on and off since the 1960s. When they in the late 70s were joined by US guitarist Billy Cross, they became known as Delta-Cross Band, and released five albums 1979-90. The original line-up at the time of the 1969 debut consisted of Troels Jensen, Michael Puggaard-Müller, Thomas Puggaard-Müller and Søren Engel. Shortly after their debut, the Puggaard-Müller brothers left to form PAN. They were replaced by Preben Feddersen and Peter Høiler.

This line-up released a single in 1971, the traditional Will The Circle Be Unbroken, b/w Søren Engels Slum Area 2400. In 1972, Feddersen left to form Buffalo, and Søren Engel left to play with Paddy Doyles. For the next year of the original line-up, only Troels Jensen continued in Delta Blues Band, now joined by Bent Malinovsky, Peter Kragh Jacobsen and Thor Backhausen. This line-up backed Sunnyland Slim on a 1973 recording session. Later in 1973 the group reformed - now as just Delta - with Jensen, Malinowsky, Kragh Jacobsen, Knut Henriksen and Max Nutzhorn of Beefeaters, vocals. This group began recording an album, but after internal conflicts Nutzhorn and Henriksen took over the group and finished the recordings, now as Fly United.

In 1974 Troels Jensen re-organized Delta with Kragh Jacobsen, Søren Engel and Billy Cross. Over the next period several guitarist were involved with the group, but the core of the band was Troels Jensen, Søren Engel and Feddersen. In 1977 - as Delta - the group released a self-titled album. This line up - with Billy Cross and Jørgen Lang - released an album, No Overdubs, recorded in just 6 hours ("18 January 1979 between seven and three in Werner's Studio, Copenhagen"...). The album kickstarted a revival for the band and they reformed as Delta-Cross Band, and for the next decade had a very successful and popular career. After Cross left again for a solo career, they kept performing by the original name.