Big Delta is comprised of some of the finest talent in Texas.
Several of these artists tour with various acts, and rotate in and out of the line-up.
Lane Coker- Vocals/Guitar
2000 to Present
Guitarist, lead vocalist, composer and founder of the band “Lane Coker and Big Delta”.
Producer, co-engineere, composer and arranger of the debut CD “Try To Fool The Blues”. Currently in rotation on several radio stations around northern California.
Performing for the last 10 years in many venues and festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Sacramento, and Lake Tahoe, California, as well as Nevada, and many vineyards/wineries from Northern California to the Empire Inland Region.
Notables are: Biscuits and Blues, Lou’s Pier 47 San Francisco CA., JJ’s Blues Club San Jose CA., Heavenly Ski Resort’s “The California Bar” and Williams Back Door Blues Club South Lake Tahoe, The Green Room Reno NV., JB’s Lounge Sacramento.
Festivals include: Guitar Magazine’s “2009 Guitar Live Festival”, Honey and Wine, Wine Harvest, Almond, Red White and Blues, and many other music festivals.
Lane has performed onstage and double-billed and performed with many well known bands in California including: Murali Coryell, Daniel Castro, Cole Fonseca, Shane Dwight, Chris Cain.
1989 - 2000
Performed in several Austin TX. based bands including “Nine Worlds“, which recorded the college radio accepted CD, “Chaos, Madness and Dreams” and showcased with bands: Chris Duarte, Ian Moore, Alan Haynes, and Big Car.
Also opening act for shows with Eric Johnson and Dangerous Toys.
Dave Angell- Drums/Vocals
Since age 9, when Dave Angell grabbed that first pair of his mom's wooden mixing spoons, tapping on the edge of the porcelain bathtub, he has been laying down the tempo for all types of music. Dave has been fortunate to have played with many groups over the years, while also being able to give back that knowledge by giving lessons at a local music store, opened by his former instructor, Terry Miller. Before moving to Houston, Angell acquired the skill of rub-board and was lucky enough to sit in with and become friends with several touring Zydeco bands that came through the Chicago area. After arriving in Houston in 2003, he had had the privilege to perform with many bands and a wide range of styles, including Rick Lee & The Night Owls, Flash & Traffic Jam, Donny Taylor & The Gulfcoasters, Budaka, Shotgun & The Bayou Dawgs, Groove Grease, Dukes of Houston, Larry & the Jukes, Jeremiah Johnson, Steve Krase and Brook Ballard. Dave was fortunate to become the drummer for The Matt Leddy Band from'06-'09. Dave says, "While working with Matt, I had the pleasure of performing with Texas greats Mike Morgan, Sherman Robertson and Mark May". He also worked with Wayne Turner of Hank Williams Jr. and Arthur Neilson of Shemekia Copeland Band. A recent opportunity found Dave backing Josh Goldberg, harmonica player of French Cooking Band from NY, for the 2009 Harmonica Rumble at Warehouse Live, and again, in 2010 for Big Walter Thunderbirds’ birthday bash at The Big Easy.
Doug Pritchard- Bass
Being an Army brat, Doug grew up in Europe from 1953-1967. He learned to play guitar and drums at age 13 during the British music invasion. Performing on stage in his first band in 1965, Doug was influenced by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Wilson Pickett and Gerry &The Pacemakers, Cream, Hendrix, Jethro Tull and then Grand Funk, Heart and the list goes on. In 1971 Mr. Pritchard’s band 'Katz & Jammers’ opened for Sugarloaf at the Antonian Ballroom in San Antonio. After years away from performing he found his nitch playing the bass guitar; combining guitar & percussion. Doug does however enjoy very much listening to artists like Diana Krall, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Vale, Louie Prima.
Other great players past and present include :
Barry Shulman, Jim Peterson- Saxophone
Stewart Burr, Peter Libby, Mick Berry- Drums
Tim Schane, Kennan Shaw, Pete Roberts, Jerry Williams-Bass
Christian Boyd, Laurence Curtis, David Stier, Billy Hancock-Keyboards
Scott Nalick- Guitar/Mojo
