Blind Pig Records artist:Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers - Emergency Situation - New Release review

I just received the newest release, Emergency Situation, from Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers and I think it may be their best yet! Opening with James Wee Willie Wayne's Neighbor, Neighbor, Piazza instantly has the joint rockin'! A great harp tune, Piazza steps up and blows the blues. Joined by Miss Honey on piano, Henry Carvajal on guitar, David Kida on drums, Norm Gonzoles on bass, Ron Dziubla on sax, and Jim Jedeikin on sax this track is genuinely exciting! Excellent! Title track, Emergency Situation, is a laid back swing track with cool solos on sax, guitar and harp. Amos Milburn's Milk And Water is an easy going R&B style track with smooth vocals setting the pat for things to come. Frankenbop is an off the hook harp and piano jam. Piazza and Miss Honey really cut loose on this track making it one of the most memorable jams on track this year! James Wee Willie Wayne's Bad Weather Blues is a down and dirty blues with a lot of horn polish. Carvajal really steps up on this track with jarring guitar riffs. A really throaty sax solo on this track is also hot! Big Walter Price's Gambling Woman is a cool shuffle track with Miss Honey coming more forward with nice piano work. Piazza and Dziubla trade riffs taking this one home. Sam Myers' Sleeping In The Ground is a definite trademark track with a strong lope and Piazza grinds out a a serious thick harp solo throughout. Very nice! James Lane's Tricky Woman has a cool Chicago swing sound and Piazza's harp tone is the best on the release. Miss Honey really gets the 88's rumbling on this one with a featured solo and Piazza brings it home with a sweet solo of his own. The Clock, a classic R&B track shows restraint with light instrumental highlights. Lee Dorsey's Ya Ya is led by Carvajal on vocal. With a 60's rock styling, this track has some interesting guitar and horn work. Colored Salt is a perfect track to wrap the release coming out of the gates with Piazza flaming on his harp. A cool boogie with a lot of harp, smoking sax solos and Honey cooking the keys all pushed by the bass and drums... what a way to end! Excellent! If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! -  ”LIKE”

New Rod Piazza, Deanna Bogart CDs out June 24th!

NEW RELEASES FROM ROD PIAZZA AND THE MIGHTY FLYERS AND DEANNA BOGART OUT JUNE 24th Roots music label Blind Pig Records has announced a June 24th release date for new recordings from these renowned artists: ROD PIAZZA and the MIGHTY FLYERS    “EMERGENCY SITUATION” Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, four-time winners of the Blues Music Award for “Band of the Year,” and one of the best and most entertaining blues bands around, have added a new recording to their impressive list of highly acclaimed releases.   Emergency Situation showcases the Flyers’ combination of low-down Chicago grit, suave West Coast swing and jazz, and the rhythmic drive of the best early R&B and rock & roll that has placed them in the top ranks of blues bands. Piazza, whose harmonica virtuosity has established him as one of the most influential living blues harp players, has consistently surrounded himself with players who epitomize the very best in blues: fresh, swinging, tasteful, exciting and creative.  DEANNA BOGART   “JUST A WISH AWAY…” Deanna Bogart, the multi-award-winning, multi-instrumentalist known for her vast musical range, broadens her horizons even more on Just A Wish Away.... Her newest Blind Pig release adds the colors of trombones, pedal steels and the rhythms of New Orleans to her genre-free musical palette, and also features some of Deanna's strongest songwriting to date. Bogart, an immeasurably talented pianist, saxophonist, singer, composer, and bandleader, and producer JoeBaby Michaels recruited a new cast of world-class musicians to produce a swinging, funky groove and to expand the genre-defying breadth of Deanna's songs.

Alphabet Blues - Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers

Rod Piazza (born December 18, 1947, Riverside, California) is an American blues harmonica player and singer. He has been playing with his band The Mighty Flyers since 1980 which he formed with his pianist wife Honey Piazza. Their boogie sound combines the styles of jump blues, West Coast blues and Chicago blues. Piazza grew up in Southern California, where he studied blues records and perfected his harmonica work. He originally started on guitar, an instrument he began playing at the age of six or seven. In the mid 1960s, Piazza formed his first band The House of DBS, which later changed its name to the Dirty Blues Band. The band signed with ABC-Bluesway and released two albums in 1967 and 1968. The band broke up in 1968, and Piazza formed Bacon Fat that year. Piazza's idol and mentor, George "Harmonica" Smith joined the band and they had a "dual harp" sound. Bacon Fat released two albums the following two years. Piazza left and worked in other bands before going solo in 1974. He formed the Chicago Flying Saucer Band the following year, which later evolved into the Mighty Flyers. The band recorded their first album in 1980. Piazza started touring and recording as Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet, after the departure of long-time bassist Bill Stuve in the early 2000s. Piazza has recorded twenty-four studio albums between 1967 and 2009, including the live concert DVD Big Blues Party in 2005 (recorded at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California). In addition, he has appeared as a guest performer on over twenty-one releases since 1968. Between 1995 and 2001, Rick Holmstrom played in the Mighty Flyers. Piazza has toured blues clubs, concert venues and festivals in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Spain, among other countries. He and his wife currently live in Riverside, California. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!