"Actor: Rod Piazza"

• Chicago Blues Jam Vol.1 Rod Piazza / The Blues Instigators | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £3.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (125.31%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Volume 1 of a stunning collection of live blues recordings from Buddy Guys' `Legends' club in Chicago recorded in 1994. Buddy Guy's Legends has become as celebrated as its namesake for providing Chicago with the highest quality blues talent to be seen anywhere. From the Monday jam sessions to the constant flow of world-class talent weekends Legends is a required stop for soul-stirring Blues and barbeque. Chicago Blues Jam brings you a slice of this legendary stage with interviews and commentary by Buzz Kilman. Rod Piazza: A California native who helped form Bacon Fat with former Muddy Waters' harpman George 'Harmonica' Smith Piazza only started garnering wide notoriety in the 1990's. After twenty-five years of hard work it was the nineties that the band truly took off. Two studio records were released. ""Blues in the Dark"" in 1991 and ""Alphabet Blues"" in 1992. The turning point was 1993 when the band's ""Live at B.B. King's Blues Club"" won the NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors) Award Winning Album of the Year. In 1998 the band received six nominations at the W.C. Handy Awards which are considered the blues equivalent of the Grammy's. And Rod walked away with the Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica award. The band was nominated for four awards in 1999 and four in 2000. The Mighty Flyers also won Blues Band of the Year in both those years. The Blues Instigators: A four member band that has extensively toured the Midwest performing songs 'on the funky side of the blues.' They are a party-rocking band with a great repertoire of old and new blues songs to keep your toes tapping all night.

• Chicago Blues Jam Vol. 4 Hubers Sumlin / Rod Piazza | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £8.07   |  Saving you £0.92 (11.40%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Volume 4 of a stunning collection of live blues recordings from Buddy Guys' `Legends' club in Chicago recorded in 1994. Buddy Guy's Legends has become as celebrated as its namesake for providing Chicago with the highest quality blues talent to be seen anywhere. From the Monday jam sessions to the constant flow of world-class talent weekends Legends is a required stop for soul-stirring Blues and barbeque. Chicago Blues Jam brings you a slice of this legendary stage with interviews and commentary by Buzz Kilman. Hubert Sumlin: One of the most influential guitarists of the 20th century. Sumlin is credited as being a major influence to guitar greats from Eric Clapton to Frank Zappa. Sumlin spent years playing with Howlin' Wolf forming the most legendary partnership the blues world has ever known and changing American music forever. Rod Piazza A California native who helped form Bacon Fat with former Muddy Waters' harpman George 'Harmonica' Smith Piazza only started garnering wide notoriety in the 1990's. After twenty-five years of hard work it was the nineties that the band truly took off. Two studio records were released. ""Blues in the Dark"" in 1991 and ""Alphabet Blues"" in 1992. The turning point was 1993 when the band's ""Live at B.B. King's Blues Club"" won the NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors) Award Winning Album of the Year. In 1998 the band received six nominations at the W.C. Handy Awards which are considered the blues equivalent of the Grammy's. And Rod walked away with the Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica award. The band was nominated for four awards in 1999 and four in 2000. The Mighty Flyers also won Blues Band of the Year in both those years.

• Rod Piazza And The Mighty Flyers - Big Blue Party | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £10.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (31.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This live video amply demonstrates why this group is a three-time winner of the W.C. Handy Best Blues Band Award. Their power-packed performances showcase Rod's searing harmonica impassioned vocals and impeccable showmanship punctuated by the two-fisted piano of Honey Piazza and one of the most entertaining tightly-knit blues bands on the scene. Tracklist: 1. Sinister Woman 2. Hear Me Knockin' 3. Goodbye My Lover 4. The Stinger 5. Murder in the 1st Degree 6. Tough and Tender 7. Moving in a West Coast Way 8. Southern Lady