ROD PIAZZA AND THE MIGHTY FLYERS
''EMERGENCY SITUATION''
JUNE 24 2014
46:57
1 /Neighbor, Neighbor
James Wayne 4:03
2 /Emergency Situation
Rod Piazza 6:07
3 /Milk and Water
Amos Milburn 4:09
4 /Frankenbop
Rod Piazza 3:50
5 /Bad Weather Blues
James Wayne 5:18
6 /Gambling Woman
Big Walter Price 3:34
7 /Sleeping in the Ground
Sam Myers 3:04
8 /Tricky Woman
James Lane 3:16
9 /The Clock
Johnny Ace / David Mattis 2:39
10 /Ya-Ya
Lee Dorsey / Morris Levy / Clarence Lewis 3:59
11 /Colored Salt
Rod Piazza 6:58
Henry Carvajal /Guitar, Vocals
Ron Dziubla /Saxophone
Norm Gonzales /Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric)
Jim Jedeikin /Saxophone
David Kida /Drums
Lawrence Montoya /Handclapping
Rod Piazza /Harp, Vocals
Gerry Roberts /Handclapping
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, have long been regarded as one of the best and most entertaining blues bands around. The release of "Emergency Situation" marks a reunion between Blind Pig Records and Rod - in 2004 Blind Pig released the CD "Keepin' It Real" and the following year the label put out a high-definition full length concert video entitled "Big Blues Party."
Combining some smoking original tracks with obscure gems from R&B masters like Lee Dorsey, Jimmie Rogers, James Wee Willie Wayne and Amos Milburn, Rod and the Flyers amply demonstrate on "Emergency Situation" why they have risen to their position in the top ranks of blues acts. They've won numerous honors (including four Blues Music Awards for "Band of the Year" and thirty-three BMA nominations), played literally thousands of gigs around the world, recorded over a dozen highly acclaimed releases, and along the way virtually created a new style of blues - a 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.
In addition to the band awards, Rod has won the Blues Music Award for "Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica" while his wife Honey, a highly acclaimed musician in her own right, was named winner of the prestigious "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year" BMA.
Rod and Honey have consistently surrounded themselves with players who epitomize the very best in blues: fresh, swinging, tasteful, exciting and creative. Quite simply, Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers are one of the finest, most experienced, and most popular bands in blues today.
BIOGRAPHY
by Cub Koda
A California-based blues bandleader, harmonica player, and singer, Rod Piazza's 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 1968's 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 Smith's 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 & the Mighty Flyers signed a contract with Black Top Records in 1991; the label later re-released the group's albums on CD. Throughout the '90s, Piazza continued to record and perform with the Mighty Flyers, releasing the occasional solo album, like 1999's Here and Now. Beyond the Source appeared in 2001. Three years later the Mighty Flyers returned with Keepin' It Real on the Blind Pig label, featuring two new members, Paul Fasulo on drums and guitarist Henry Carvajal. The next four albums were released by Delta Groove Records: For the Chosen Who in 2005, Thrillville in 2007, Soul Monster in 2009, and Almighty Dollar in 2011. In 2014, Piazza & the Mighty Flyers returned to Blind Pig with the album Emergency Situation.
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''EMERGENCY SITUATION''
JUNE 24 2014
46:57
1 /Neighbor, Neighbor
James Wayne 4:03
2 /Emergency Situation
Rod Piazza 6:07
3 /Milk and Water
Amos Milburn 4:09
4 /Frankenbop
Rod Piazza 3:50
5 /Bad Weather Blues
James Wayne 5:18
6 /Gambling Woman
Big Walter Price 3:34
7 /Sleeping in the Ground
Sam Myers 3:04
8 /Tricky Woman
James Lane 3:16
9 /The Clock
Johnny Ace / David Mattis 2:39
10 /Ya-Ya
Lee Dorsey / Morris Levy / Clarence Lewis 3:59
11 /Colored Salt
Rod Piazza 6:58
Henry Carvajal /Guitar, Vocals
Ron Dziubla /Saxophone
Norm Gonzales /Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric)
Jim Jedeikin /Saxophone
David Kida /Drums
Lawrence Montoya /Handclapping
Rod Piazza /Harp, Vocals
Gerry Roberts /Handclapping
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, have long been regarded as one of the best and most entertaining blues bands around. The release of "Emergency Situation" marks a reunion between Blind Pig Records and Rod - in 2004 Blind Pig released the CD "Keepin' It Real" and the following year the label put out a high-definition full length concert video entitled "Big Blues Party."
Combining some smoking original tracks with obscure gems from R&B masters like Lee Dorsey, Jimmie Rogers, James Wee Willie Wayne and Amos Milburn, Rod and the Flyers amply demonstrate on "Emergency Situation" why they have risen to their position in the top ranks of blues acts. They've won numerous honors (including four Blues Music Awards for "Band of the Year" and thirty-three BMA nominations), played literally thousands of gigs around the world, recorded over a dozen highly acclaimed releases, and along the way virtually created a new style of blues - a 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.
In addition to the band awards, Rod has won the Blues Music Award for "Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica" while his wife Honey, a highly acclaimed musician in her own right, was named winner of the prestigious "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year" BMA.
Rod and Honey have consistently surrounded themselves with players who epitomize the very best in blues: fresh, swinging, tasteful, exciting and creative. Quite simply, Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers are one of the finest, most experienced, and most popular bands in blues today.
BIOGRAPHY
by Cub Koda
A California-based blues bandleader, harmonica player, and singer, Rod Piazza's 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 1968's 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 Smith's 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 & the Mighty Flyers signed a contract with Black Top Records in 1991; the label later re-released the group's albums on CD. Throughout the '90s, Piazza continued to record and perform with the Mighty Flyers, releasing the occasional solo album, like 1999's Here and Now. Beyond the Source appeared in 2001. Three years later the Mighty Flyers returned with Keepin' It Real on the Blind Pig label, featuring two new members, Paul Fasulo on drums and guitarist Henry Carvajal. The next four albums were released by Delta Groove Records: For the Chosen Who in 2005, Thrillville in 2007, Soul Monster in 2009, and Almighty Dollar in 2011. In 2014, Piazza & the Mighty Flyers returned to Blind Pig with the album Emergency Situation.
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