The DELTA WIRES is a big, high-energy harmonica and horns blues band from the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. They were Finalists out of 100 band representatives from blues societies all over the world, in the Blues Foundation's 2008 International Blues Challenge held in Memphis TN, and were voted "BEST BAND" Oakland/East Bay in Oakland Magazine's annual readers' poll, and also by the East Bay Express. The DELTA WIRES were inducted into the California Blues Hall of Fame in December 2012.

Ernie Pinata - Harmonica & Vocals,
Tom Gerrits - Bass Guitar & Backup Vocals,
Richard Healy - Guitar,
Tony Huszar - Drums,
Gerald Jonutz - Sax
David Bowman - Trombone
John Christensen - Trumpet