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DIRTY
BLUES BAND
1967- Rod's record debut on ABC Records. 11 titles including Albert
King's "Born Under a Bad Sign" |
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STONE
DIRT - Dirty Blues Band (ABC/Bluesway)
1968- Rod's second album with a new lineup of musicians, including
the great Jimmy 'Night Train' Forrest on tenor. 10 titles including
Otis Rush's " I Can't Quit You Baby"
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TUFF DUDE - Bacon Fat
1970- The much sought after second Bacon Fat CD that was never released
in the States.
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ROD PIAZZA BLUES MAN (LMI) |
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CHICAGO
FLYING SAUCER BAND (Gangster Records)
According to an old saying, when you're on top, there's nowhere to
go but down. However, Rod Piazza, one of the nation's top blues performers
and multi-winning Handy Award winner as best blues harp, remain at
the top of his game and continue to look for ways to climb. This recording
takes you back to the orgins, and emerses you into the blues, and
won't let you come up for air. A must have for Mighty Flyer fans,
and Blues loves alike! |
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RADIOACTIVE
MATERIAL & FILE UNDER ROCK
Both on 1 CD
19 titles in all, recorded from 1980 thru 1983. From Little Walter's
"Mellow Down Easy" to Honey's "Texas Twister".
UNREAL!!!!! |
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FROM THE START TO THE FINNISH (Right Hemisphere) |
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HARP
BURN - Rod Piazza Solo (Murray Brothers)
For anyone with ears to hear, it should be readily apparent that Rod
Piazza is one of the very finest blues performers currently active.
Make no mistake: the blues are alive and well - very much so - in
Southern California where Rod makes his home. And while it's a long
ways from the Mississippi Delta, to be sure, it's no less true. |
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SO GLAD TO HAVE THE BLUES (Murray Brothers)
"The Blues are to me many things, but most of all, it is a spirit.
the records may have a sub-par recording, or the performer may be
lacking state-of-the art equipment, but if that one ingrediant is
there, then the spirit has been captured. If in listening to this
record, you too feel that spirit, then the excitement and expression
of the blues is our common bond to share." - Rod Piazza
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UNDERCOVER (Black Top Records)
The Alex Schultz / Jimi Bott version of the Flyers from 1988. It's
also the Black Top Records period with some live cuts included.
A MUST!!!!!
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BLUES IN THE DARK (Black Top Records)
"Over the past 15 years, I've lost count of how many fantastic
performances I've seen by Rod Piazza, and his stellar group, the Mighty
Flyers. What Rod did was pick most of the tunes they do live that
haven't been recorded already- They wanted to make a straight-ahead
blues record for the people who all come and see them." -Dan
Forte |
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ALPHABET BLUES (Black Top Records)
Rod Piazza and his big-toned harmonica have been a major force in
West Coast blues circles since the early 60's. Rod Piazza and The
Mighty Flyers' parts are as great as the sum total. They know the
ABC's of the blues and this recording preserves evidence that their
blues alphabet can speak to the willing and to the able. |
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LIVE AT B.B. KINGS, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (Big Mo Records)
In the studio they have always been amoung the very best but n stage
the invariably turn the burners up even higher. A live recording at
BB King's on Beale Street? This is the CD you have been waiting for! |
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TOUGH AND TENDER (Tone Cool Records)
“The Blues is a feeling - an all encompassing feeling projecting
from the depths of the heart and soul. This one special quality separates
the authentic (real deal) bluesmen from all the rest. Rod Piazza exudes
his aura of legitimate feeling - the deepest of all feelings - the
feelings of a blues man. His entire life epitomizes and is his testment
to living with the blues.” - Andrew M. Robble |
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VINTAGE
LIVE IN '75 (Tone Cool Records)
The year was 1975, and the blues was still young and on the rise.
In Los Angeles, California, Rod Piazza and a smoking young band featuring
the late great Hollywood Fats and George Phelps on guitars, Larry
Taylor on bass, and Richard Innes on drums were "doing it to
death" - playing fresh, explosive versions of songs they had
learned from the masters... |
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HERE AND NOW (Tone Cool Records)
“Here and Now is the 17th album from the 34 years I have been
performing professionally in this great music we call the Blues. At
this point the hardest hill to climb is to create material that is
truly new, not just an interpretation of something done before, either
by myself or others. |
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BEYOND
THE SOURCE (Tone Cool Records)
W.C. Handy Award Winners – Blues Band of the Year 1999, 2000
and 2002. For
more than two decades Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers have set
the standard for the modern blues band. They continue to raise the
bar(and walk on it) |
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MODERN
MASTER- THE BEST OF ROD PIAZZA
(Tone Cool Records)
2 CD set with enhanced content including archived photos from Rod's
personal collection and live footage of Rod in action. |
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