This sophisticated and brilliant debut album dissects and absorbs an intriguing variety of musical influences and coupled with a spirit of place - Tropical Australia - translates into a fresh new sound that is charming music lovers all over the world.

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Barron Delta Blue was one of 1999's best Australian releases.
Mike Daly, The Age, Melbourne

Barron Delta Blue is a gorgeous collection of 11 great songs. For sure there’s blues but also hefty doses of jazz, country and folk. His lyrics are strongly evocative and the resultant gumbo is richly textured and enormously satisfying.
Helen Farley, Rave Magazine, Brisbane

It’s a real tour de force of the songwriting and musical talent of Andy Collins. I could go on describing the songs and enthusing about the musicianship, but really, you should listen to the album yourself.
Ridwan Sedgewick, BarFly, Cairns

Barron Delta Blue is one of those refreshing albums you discover by accident,play incessantly and thank continually for restoring your faith in the existence of musical diversity.
Arkin, Tsunami Magazine, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Collins has a voice as smooth as an ocean breeze.
Fred Kraus, minor 7th.com USA

Andy is a good story teller.
Justin Raymond, Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs

Collins album is one of the finest produced here in Cairns.
Tony Hillier, BarFly, Cairns

You are the first recording artist I know of to really capture the spirit of Queensland in your music.
Gavin Miller, Brisbane

 

 

Listen to these mp3 samples:

1.ROADTRAIN (1.3Mb)
On a trip around Australia some years ago l kept noticing these road signs saying BEWARE VEHICLES UP TO 50 METRES LONG.(Roadtrains are huge trucks pulling 3 trailers) One day l just started singing " I’m going to ride a train from Bamaga to Broome …"

2.PASCOE RIVER
Aust. Songwriters Assoc. Folk Song of the Year 1999
l have had a shack up on the Pascoe for many years and l have lived every line of this song from ‘sitting in a tinnie’ at the mouth of the river to ‘sitting with the songmen’ Wolfie and Joe Blow Pascoe of the Ku ku Ya’u tribe ( pronounced cookie ow ) who are the traditional owners of the land where l’ve got my shack. The Pascoe River is about 800 klms north of Cairns on the east coast not far from the very tip of Cape York Peninsula.

3.GULF ROAD
The flood plains of the Gulf of Carpentaria were always going to be a tough call when it came to white settlement and this is a reminder of the hardy pioneers who went out there and gave it a go. Mostly they lost their battle with the land and the crows picked their bones.

4.BARRON DELTA BLUE
Back in the old days when the cane was burnt before it was cut there was nothing quite as spectacular as a drive down the Freshwater Valley on a cool winters night when the cane season was in full swing and the sky was ablaze. And the pub in Stratford used to rock!

5.SWINGING IN THE TREES
You’ve probably heard about people up north going troppo during the wet season. It really does happen. This song is about the dark side of paradise and refers to local crazies, a crocodile attack in the Daintree River, suicide at Cape Tribulation and the dangers in the streets of Cairns late at night.

6.FRANCIS GABRIEL LAM
About a swagman ( hobo ) l used to see around Cairns back in the 80’s. Stuart Creek is the prison down in Townsville about 350 klms south.

7.I FOUND LOVE
I fell in love with Cairns and l fell in love with a beautiful woman.

8.SIXTEEN TONS
My arrangement of this song has always been a crowd pleaser. It’s the only non original on the album.

9.LONG LONESOME ROAD
My first love played me for a fool and l had just broken up with her when l got a letter from a friend telling me why not come up to Cairns. So l did and never looked back.

10.ROUND THE BEND
A mate insisted that the ‘broken nose’ song be included on this album.

11.INTERNATIONAL BLUES
I wrote this one in India. A homeless young Indian lad of about 10 sort of adopted me one day on a long train trip and insisted on carrying my guitar. It was tough saying goodbye when l reached my stop at the end of the day and as the bus pulled out of Trivandrum bound for Kovalum Beach the words started tumbling round my brain.

The Barron Delta

In Australia you can also order this album at all good record stores through
Only Blues Music Distribution.