| Delk Batten Guitar Baritone,Lead Vocals |
| Delk was born in Smithfield, VA, the Ham Capital of the World. He still today resides on the same farm on which he was born. Delk made a career at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a pipe fitter and after 10 years decided his love was agriculture and returned home to full time farming. Delk began playing the guitar at the age of 12 and sang in his church choir. His first experience singing solo came at the age of 17, at which time he sang at a wedding. Delk was dating Janet Scarborough of the Scarborough Family Gospel Band and at 19 started singing with his bride to be in their group. Later the group became known as the CBS Review. They played many venues in the tidewater area of Virginia over a period of 8 years. Delk met Janet Scarborough while in high school and married the love of his life. He has one daughter Shelly and her new husband Billy. Billy helps Delk and David drive the bus and handles equipment on extended tours. Billy and Shelly have blessed Delk and Janet with a beautiful granddaughter. Delk's granddaughter is the official youngest Thunder Creek fan to date as granddad had a monogrammed jump suit made especially for her. Through Delk's years of music, he managed to take fiddle lessons.....that was not his forte! In November 2003, Delk, Troy,his brother in law, David Joyner and George Atkins all were attending church together at Mill Swamp Baptist Church in Smithfield, VA. The choir director had notified the church membership, there would be an open pulpit sing in the church at the Sunday night Thanksgiving dinner. David, Delk and Troy thought they would play a joke on the choir director and shake up the church with some bluegrass. As Delk, David , Troy, George, Bobby and Jeff were playing during the sing, David looked at the guys while they were in the pulpit and suggested they all get together at his house Wednesday night. That Sunday night was the beginning of Thunder Creek. Delk feels playing with Thunder Creek is a true blessing as much as it has been a real blast. Praise be toGod |
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