THE DELTAS
Gallatin, Tennessee
he 'RCA" shot is mid sixties with original and founding members Don and Larry, now having added Gene Large, drums, and kneeling Dan Wilson, keys and trumpet.
The five member lake shot shows the late sixties lineup and most successful era of the band, along with Larry, Don, Gene, the band now featured Milton Blackford on rhythm guitar, and Jim Vantrease, fresh from Vietnam, as keyboardist. This version of the band recorded for Warner bros, United Artists, as well as backing up top performers on the day, Gene Hughes, Dobie Gray, and Larry Gatlin. They were a top rated country club act, with superior musicianship as well as top notch vocals. Larry's four 1/2 octave vocal's (without falsetto) were the signature soud
The Deltas, a combo formed out of Gallatin, Tennessee in the early sixties. Dick Kent from WLAC in the 70's was a great fan of the Deltas and they played a lot of schools out parties for him. Members included: Wayne Wright, guitar, Don Lee, guitar, Larry Leath, bass and Bobby Dorris drums.