Honey Piazza
{{short description|American piano player (born 1951)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Honey Piazza
| image = 250px
| caption = Honey with Rod Piazza at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, 2007
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|4|24}}
| birth_place = Fairfield, California, United States
| years_active = 1972-present
| instrument = Piano
| genre = Blues
Boogie woogie
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| website = [http://www.themightyflyers.com/ The Mighty Flyers' website]
}}
Debra "Honey" Piazza (born April 24, 1951) is an American piano player. She is a founding member of the band Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers.
Background
Piazza was born in Fairfield, California on April 24, 1951.{{cite web|url=http://www.themightyflyers.com/honey2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917111324/http://www.themightyflyers.com/honey2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-09-17 |title=Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - official website |publisher=Themightyflyers.com |date=1951-04-24 |accessdate=2014-07-12 }} Her father was in the Air Force and her family moved to England for three years, when she was a child. There she started taking classical piano lessons at the age of four and pursued the lessons until the age of 16 after they had moved back to California. She enjoyed playing jam sessions with her friends, but she really discovered piano blues when she heard a record of Otis Spann. For the next two years she would practice extensively.
In 1972 she went to Chicago, and played with a number of blues musicians. After her return to California she saw a concert of Rod Piazza, who at the time was playing with a band called Bacon Fat. Being impressed with his music she arranged to meet him for an audition. As a result, she joined the band and has played with Rod Piazza ever since.{{cite web | title=Excerpt of a 2002 version of the band's website | work=Honey Piazza | url=http://www.themightyflyers.com/band/honey/honeybio.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-18 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20020823235918/http://www.themightyflyers.com/band/honey/honeybio.htm | archivedate= 2002-08-23}}{{cite web | title=Video Interview on AOL | publisher=Video.aol.com | url=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/rod-and-honey-piazza-interview/3448798961 | accessdate = 2008-03-18}}
They got married several years later and reside in Riverside, California.
Discography
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(with Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers)
- 1981: Radioactive Material (Right Hemisphere)
- 1984: File Under Rock (Takoma)
- 1985: From The Start To The Finnish (Red Lightnin'; US release in 1986 on Pausa)
- 1988: Undercover (Special Delivery)
- 1991: Blues In The Dark (Black Top)
- 1992: Alphabet Blues (Black Top)
- 1994: Live At B.B. King's Blues Club (Big Mo)
- 1997: Tough And Tender (Tone-Cool)
- 1999: Here And Now (Tone-Cool)
- 2001: Beyond The Source (Tone-Cool)
- 2004: Keepin' It Real (Blind Pig)
- 2005: For The Chosen Who (Delta Groove) [CD+DVD]
- 2007: Thrillville (Delta Groove)
- 2009: Soul Monster (Delta Groove)
- 2011: Almighty Dollar (Delta Groove)
- 2014: Emergency Situation (Blind Pig)
- 2017: Live At Fleetwood's (Big Mo) [2CD] - recorded 1993
References
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External links
- [http://www.themightyflyers.com/ The Mighty Flyers' website]
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Category:American blues pianists
Category:Boogie-woogie pianists
Category:Blind Pig Records artists
Category:Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:People from Fairfield, California
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:20th-century American women pianists