Rod Piazza

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by Cub Koda & Stephen Thomas Erlewine

A California-based blues bandleader, harmonica player, and singer, Rod Piazzas stratospheric harmonica wailings owe a heavy debt to both Little Walter and George Harmonica Smith. Piazza began his professional career as a member of the Dirty Blues Band in the mid-60s. The Dirty Blues Band recorded two albums for ABC/Bluesway — an eponymous debut in 1967 and 1968s Stone Dirty. Piazza left the band after the release of Stone Dirty, choosing to hit the road with his idol George Harmonica Smith instead. Over the next decade and a half, Piazza and Smith performed together frequently under the name Bacon Fat; they also recorded the occasional album. In 1969, Bacon Fat released their eponymous debut album on Blue Horizon. While he was performing with Smith, Piazza released his own solo albums, the first of which — Rod Piazza Blues Man — appeared on LMI in 1973. The second, Chicago Flying Saucer Band, was released in 1979 on Gangster Records.

As Smiths health began to decline in the early 80s, Piazza assembled the Mighty Flyers — with his wife Honey Alexander on keyboards — which began playing clubs in 1980. Between 1981 and 1985, the Mighty Flyers released three albums: Radioactive Material (1981), File Under Rock (1984), and From the Start to the Finish (1985). During the early 80s, Piazza became a session musician, working with artists as diverse as Pee Wee Crayton and Michelle Shocked. In the mid-80s, he began a full-fledged solo career, releasing Harpburn on Murray Brothers in 1986 and So Glad to Have the Blues in 1988. Piazza and the Mighty Flyers signed a contract with Black Top Records in 1991; the label later re-released the groups albums on CD. Throughout the 90s, Piazza continued to record and perform with the Mighty Flyers, releasing the occasional solo album, like 1999s Here and Now. Beyond the Source appeared in 2001. Three years later the Mighty Fliers returned with Keepin it Real on the Blind Pig label featuring two new members, Paul Fasulo on drums and guitarist Henry Carvajal. The next two albums were released by Delta Groove Records, For the Chosen Who in 2005 and Thrillville in 2007.

Rod Piazza

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