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The Del-Lords

American rock and roll band

Summary

American rock and roll band

Field	Value
name	The Del-Lords
image	The Del-Lords.jpg
caption	The four original members of The Del-Lords
background	group_or_band
origin	Bronx, New York, United States
genre	Roots rock, Rock and roll, cowpunk
years_active	1982–1990, 2008–present
label	Enigma, EMI America, Restless, Megaforce
associated_acts	The Dictators
website
current_members	Eric "Roscoe" Ambel
Frank Funaro
Steve Almaas
past_members	Manny Caiati
Scott Kempner

Frank Funaro Steve Almaas Scott Kempner

The Del-Lords were an American rock and roll band that formed in New York City in 1982, founded by The Dictators' guitarist Scott Kempner. The band combined elements of 1960s garage rock with country, blues and folk influences to become one of the early originators of urban, roots-rock. The band members were Scott Kempner, Manny Caiati, Eric Ambel and Frank Funaro.

History

Modeled on British bands of the 1960s that used several singers – The Kinks, Beatles, The Who - Kempner's vision was to create an act featuring four singers, that some said was like an "East Coast Beach Boys".

The band took its name from Del Lord, director of many early Three Stooges shorts. The four Del-Lords studio albums, released between 1984 and 1990 – Frontier Days, Johnny Comes Marching Home, Based on a True Story and Lovers Who Wander – were released on CD in 2008 by the American Beat label.

Twenty-six years after they began, The Del-Lords began work on new recordings. They released their work in progress, Under Construction EP of rough mixes on their website on March 9, 2010. Their first four albums were re-released by Collector’s Choice-American Beat with bonus tracks and expanded liner notes.

In February 2010, The Del-Lords played their first live gigs in 20 years, starting with two unannounced gigs in the northeast US. They played a house concert in Rhode Island, and a sneak show at the Lakeside Lounge in New York before embarking on a seven city tour of Spain.

On May 14, 2013, Elvis Club, a new album, was released on the GB Music label.

Discography

Studio albums

Frontier Days (1984, EMI America)
Johnny Comes Marching Home (1986, EMI America)
Based on a True Story (1988, Enigma)
Lovers Who Wander (1990, Enigma)
Elvis Club (2013, GB Music)

EPs

Under Construction (2010)

Compilation albums

Get Tough: The Best of the Del-Lords (1999, Restless)

Live albums

Howlin' at the Halloween Moon (1989, Restless)

Singles

"Get Tough" / "Pledge of Love" (1985, EMI America)
"How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" (1985, EMI America)
"Get Tough" (1986, EMI America)
"True Love" (1986, EMI America)
"Soldier's Home" (1986, EMI America)
"Heaven" (1986, EMI America)
"Cheyenne" (1989, Enigma)
"Poem of the River" (1989, Enigma)

References

Cocks, Jay; L., Elizabeth. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121106093739/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,961926-1,00.html Music: Where the Lifeline Is]. ''[[Time (magazine). Time]]''. August 4, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2010
(September 15, 2008). "The Set List - Blog on Variety.com".
Eric Ambel, interviewed on [http://AmericanaMusicShow.com/episode141 The Americana Music Show, episode 141] {{Webarchive. link. (June 28, 2013 , released May 27, 2013)
(2003). "[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music". [[Virgin Books]].
(2010-02-26). "CRACKER - Tour Dates".

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