Delta Struts

Dan Bubien & the Delta Struts put a blues-infused spin on soulful roots music. Driven by the dynamic guitar playing and soulful gritty vocals of Dan Bubien. Their signature sound is highlighted by “Sudden” Steve Binsberger on keyboards, and glued together by drummer Shawn McGregor and Jim Spears on bass.

Dan Bubien is a singer/songwriter/guitarist born and raised in the small steel town of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. This rust belt town Northwest of Pittsburgh, has been the launching pad for a career that spans over two decades now culminating with his current band The Delta Struts.

Dan’s professional career began in his mid-teens working along side veteran musicians on the local and regional club circuit of Southwest PA. Along the way, Dan founded and recorded with The Sun Kings releasing Rub It In (2006) while continuing to hone his skills as a front man and songwriter. As a solo artist, Dan released “Empty Roads” in 2013 with the help of four-time Grammy Award Winning Producer/Engineer Jay Dudt of Audible Images Studios. Capitalizing on his previous success with “Empty Roads”, Dan released his second solo album in August of 2016 entitled “Grinding These Gears”. Self-produced and recorded by legendary Pittsburgh musician Joe Munroe “Grinding These Gears” achieved critical acclaim and charted on the Blues/Rock and World Wide blues album charts respectively. Fast forward to 2017 and the newest incarnation of Dan’s vision has culminated in the creation of Dan Bubien and The Delta Struts. With their critically acclaim 2019 release "Thieves & Yesterday's", hailed as Gritty and honest, yet always soulful one might think this band hails from a place much further south than the suburbs of northwest Pittsburgh. Rooted in soul, and versed in a style that harkens back to the days of a classic STAX recording, Dan Bubien and The Delta Struts consistently break new ground with an eclectic spin on the collective music they make. The Delta Struts chart a course that begins and ends with the music always being the first priority.

Dan and the band have performed at numerous festivals over the country and has shared the stage with Indigenous, Los Lonely Boys, Anthony Gomes, John Browns Body, 311, Valerie June,The Bros Landereth, Patrick Sweany, Anna Popovich, Magic Slim, Bernard Allison, Tinsley Ellis, Shemekia Copeland, Debbie Davies, Guitar Shorty, Hamish Anderson, Joe Louis Walker, Scott Sharrard, Seth Walker, Quinn Sullivan,Eric Tessmer, Bonnie Bishop and Michael Burks.
Festival appearances include the Three Rivers Regatta in Pittsburgh, PA, Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival in Gahanna, OH, the Canal Winchester Blues Festival in Columbus, OH, the People’s Choice Festival in State College, PA and the Dream On Festival in Pittsburgh, PA and Blast Furnace Blues Fest in Bethlehem, PA. Heritage Blues and Music Fest in Wheeling, WV, Hopewell Blues & BBQ Fest in Hopewell PA, and the Johnstown Blues & Brews Festival in Johnstown, PA.