Joe Delia

Born:: We're not sure when. We do know he's American.
Names:: Alternative names: Killer Joe. Also releases as: Killer Joe.
One Liner:: Keyboardist and composer
Snapshot:: An Artist with 3 releases under 2 pseudonyms, a member of 1 group, and credited once on others' music. 1 collaboration.

On top of worldwide success as a Film Composer, Piano Player and Producer, Joe Delia adds a new venture—Thieves.

Thieves rocks a bag of originals, as well as some classics seldom heard. The high-amp blues and rock and roll songs include very popular songs from Joe Delia’s critically-acclaimed Killer Joe “Scene of the Crime” including “There’s Nobody Home”, and “Chicken Shack Boogie”.

Newer songs have also been enthusiastically received at live shows and will soon be available on iTunes and CD. These include:

“(FIMB) Rock and Roll ‘til the Day I Die” and “Montauk Moon”.

Joe Delia is well known for his film scores for director Abel Ferrara, including “King of New York”, “Bad Lieutenant” and “China Girl”. He has composed scores for over 30 feature films, including “Carlito’s Way (Rise to Power)”, “The Tao of Steve” and “Substitute II”. Delia has also scored hundreds of television episodes. Including series for Nova and National Geographic.

Joe Delia is also internationally known on stage as a consummate showman and blazing keyboardist. He has toured extensively with many headliners, including Pat Benatar, Dave Edmunds, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder and David Johansen. Delia was Musical Director, Pianist and Arranger for The Buster Poindexter Show with Johansen, which gave Joe Delia’s arrangement of “Hot, Hot, Hot” to the world.

The list of Joe Delia’s rock and roll credits rolls on and on. It also includes piano on recordings with many popular artists, including Dusty Springfield, Grace Slick and Janis Ian.

Currently, among other things, Joe Delia is a regular composer for the PBS/NOVA series and is touring with Thieves. He often puts on comedy/music shows with Richard Belzer.