Bman's Blues Report

I just received the newest release (February 17, 2015), Way Down South , from Igor Prado Band and Delta Groove All Stars and it's smokin! Opening with Ike Turner's, Matchbox , Sugaray Rayford leads the way on vocal and Prado really romps the guitar. A heavy slung blues, Prado throws stiff riffs and wild trem work making this a terrific opener! John Hunter's, Ride With Me Baby has an easy rock beat with deep blues roots. Kim Wilson has the lead on vocal and Prado shows his fleet fingered guitar work. Yuri Prado on drums and Rodrigo Mantovani on bass keep it tight. Muddy Water's She's Got It , featuring Mud Morganfield on lead vocal sounds like it's right out of 60's Chicago with Ivan Marcio on harp and Donny Nichilo doing a great Otis Spann. Morganfield, Marcio, Nichilo and Prado really do capture Muddy's band sound with a lot of authenticity. Very cool! Lowell Fulsom's Baby Won't You Jump With Me features Ari Borger on piano and Lynwood Sli...

Honey Piazza was born on April 24, 1951 in Fairfield, CA. Actually, she was born at Travis Air Force Base, very close by, as her father, a master sergeant, was stationed there. She was named Debra Denise Solum and they called her Debbie. She would be an only child for 16 years, until 1967, when her brother, Mark, would be born. As always happens in the service, her father was stationed in various states and countries during his more than 20 years in the Air Force. After a short time in Kansas, the family moved to England, near London, in 1954. They would live there for 3 years and England would be where Honey started her piano lessons at age 4. These classical lessons continued throughout her teens until she left home at age 17. Her family had eventually moved back to Fairfield after returning from England in 1957 and never left. After leaving home with her beautiful newborn daughter, Maya, in 1968, Honey headed to Southern California. It was there that she met and married a boy who wo...