Rocco Deluca & The Burden [Listen Now]

Saturday 8th July - Main Stage : Rocco Deluca & The Burden will be bringing some fast and furious blues to Cornbury. Debut album ‘ I Trust You To Kill Me’ has already earned the band some celebrity fans including Keifer Sutherland and after Cornbury we expect there to be many more.

"Rock died when they took the F***! out of it," explains a seemingly shy and unassuming Rocco. "The music I was raised on had heat. Energy. That feeling of aggression. The music of today seems so washed out and generic. To get 'em back we need to stick the real sould, that punk element back into it. Its the only way I know how to play it." It's with that ferocity and determination that Deluca's debut album I Trust you to Kill Me, challenges the listener to dive head first into the heart and soul of a musical revolution.

Musi has been part of Deluca's makeup from the start. "My dad was a touring guitar player with Bo Diddley and I remember he and my uncles would have those late night jam sessions and I would hang out with them and then end up crawling into uncle Joe's bass drum and falling asleep to the drone" smile Deluca. As he got older he discovered the Dobra steel guitar and its wasn't long before primitive folk music from both the south and the Appalachian Mountains made their way into his world. "Most of my friends were into punk and my family's roots were in blues, so the two extremes were really all I listened to," he explains.

After playing out at parties and penning songs, Deluca spent the next decade honing his musical craft. He became the opener for Taj Mahal, John Mayall and John Lee Hooker, played with Johnny Cash and after a series of eye-opening experiences in Europe, he returned to the States and landed a 2 year residency at the Gypsey Lounge just outside of Los Angeles.

As with many artists, the road from the past to the reality of today is rarely an even journey. Deluca's was no exception. With a travelling musician for a father and having not met his mother until just 3 years ago, he'll be the first to tell you that he's spent a few cold nights on a park bench. It was through those years that Deluca found the strength to keep his creative drive unyielding. "You've gotta die a few times and be fierce enough to fall. I've fallen on my face many times. Whether it was on stage or with my family, but its those times and battle scars that make my music what it is today," confesses Deluca.