Re: [Harp-L] Rod Piazza

[Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul said About Rod Piazza:

> He is for my money one of the best (if not the best) blues harp  players 
> alive today.

I totally agree, way up there in my book,

Kind of funny though, I bought one of his CDs in a used CD shop and did not 
like it. I think I mostly had a problem with the harsh distorted sound. 
That's funny in itself as I am a metal fan (Well the good stuff, not the 
screaming). Some distorted sounds grate on me.

Anyways, every year or two I would give the CD a try and after a listen I 
would send it back to the pile. Then finally last summer I listened to it 
yet again an suddenly I saw the light. Man that is the coolest blues I have 
ever heard on a CD. Of course A-hole that I am passed up one of his shows a 
few years ago, hopefully he'll be back.

Funny how you can be totally prejudiced by some aspect of a performance,

So if you have been doing like me for years with Rod's CDs, don't give up on 
him,

Pierre.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Routledge" <kingley@xxxxxxx>
To: "Harp L L" <Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Rod Piazza


> It was listening to Rod Piazza play "Rockin' Robin" that made me want  to 
> play amplified in the first place, and It was Rods playing that  turned me 
> onto the whole West Coast sound.
>
> He is for my money one of the best (if not the best) blues harp  players 
> alive today.
> I reckon that him, William Clarke and Mark Hummel are probably the  most 
> cited (modern) influences by West Coast style harp players today.
>
> A friend of mine saw Rod at a festival in the nineties (unfortunately  I 
> couldn't make it!) he said that during the day all the bands were  great 
> and as the evening progresed that the standard got higher and  higher.
>
> But when Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers took to the stage. It  became 
> apparent within a couple of bars that they were in a different  league to 
> everybody else.
>
> The same friend has seen Kim Wilson, Rick Estrin, James Harman &  William 
> Clarke and lots of others, yet still to this day reckons that  no one can 
> come close to the undeniable talent that is Rod Piazza &  the Mighty 
> Flyers!!!!!!!!!
>
> Kingley
> www.kingleyharp.co.uk
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