Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers - Live in Santa Fe

Live at the Chez What? in Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 18, 1992
Rod Piazza - Harmonica, Vocals
Honey Piazza - Piano
Alex Schultz - Guitar
Bill Stuve - Upright Bass
Jimi Bott - Drums
Video - John Cline
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[@createlovehappy]

Love this group of musicians in this band.

[@organjoe]

Alex Schultz - Always a tasteful BEAST on guitar!

[@BarneyDavey]

OMG. What a fantastic treasure for any Flyers fan! It's perfect. My favorite juke joint live act ever.

[@hansvanmeggelen881]

Fantastisch veel dank uit Spijkenisse the Netherlands Rod is almost 50 years my favorite bluesharmonicaplayer thans You very much.

[@charlescampbell4393]

Wow! I met Rod, Honey and band via Pee Wee Crayton. I used to go with Pee Wee to a lot of his gigs in the 80's. What a pair back and forth Rod and Honey and so happy to see their still rocking the blues. Pee Wee is smiling at the right now. We had some crazy and fun times back then at the small clubs. Charles Campbell

[@sherber]

g, u and Honey were a couple of my 1sts..sent me on a journey! TY for a sweet revisit..for this super fine live show..u all r better than ever!! Keep on keepin on!!!

[@lindarogers9575]

Jimi bott,Alex schultz,both with William Clarke,for years.Then rod piazza and honey.so much talent for one band. Unbelievable .great audio and video.thank you.from Spike,Portland Or.

[@kenbaker9738]

Thanks for making this fantastic video of THIS AMZING BAND.---Honey might be one of the absolute best Boogie-Woogie pianist in the entire kingdom. ...and A. Schultz, J. Bott and B. Stuve, w/ Rod P. It just don't get any better.

[@PLT123]

These guys are awesome live. Such a fun show!

[@paweljasnowski]

my favorite one. cant get any better

[@gabrieln3613]

Thank you for posting this gem of a recording! I have played harmonica 46 years and was playing full time at age 20 in San Diego as base. This combination and era of The Mighty Flyers would be my preferred one. I am a friend of Henry C. his current guitar who is great as well but love to hear the tasty lines that Alex S.. always brings to the mix!

[@richardhollender5849]

I have this line ups autographs .. this is as good as this band ever was .... such a great lineup

[@kennethhibbard4884]

That's AWESOME! I'm jealous I watched them as the house band at Carlos O'Brien's restaurant in Riverdale, CA Rod did a harmonica solo walking on the bar one night. Oh the memories!

[@sherber]

wow, just realized thaat i should also thank u, John.....

[@lynnycastor2646]

Now that is the blues ! Go Rod, Honey and crew !

[@louissilvani1389]

Excellent 👍👏👍

[@remingtonride]

ahh my favorite line-up for this band - thanks

[@arborcam]

I reckon if Little Walter was alive he would say " I dig Rod Piazza most'.

[@madogblue]

Rod and his band are great. Honey is a great blues piano player also

[@Escape1988]

This is spectacular! I dig the black and white and the audio is pristine. What a gem!

[@PrzemyslawKubera]

I just love this so much I can't stop watching it on repeat!!

[@henryfrost8542]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@roberttemple2521]

Cool! I saw this band once in Portland, Maine, hot stuff.

[@larrycave7538]

This is one badass band

[@urbantone]

Holy smoke!! Big thanks for sharing this

[@RJRonquillo]

Wow awesome footage!

[@ericgilbert994]

Thank you John for this pure pleasure from Ron.

[@ironjaw6752]

Honey "Pinetop" Piazza, hehehe. Simply the best!

[@healthyspineyoga5079]

Thanks for this. It brings back great memories

[@JohnCline]

My pleasure!

[@keithrandall1492]

Superb! Thank you so much for posting. I saw this line-up many times, always a great night.

[@JohnCline]

My pleasure!

[@bsquared61]

This is awesome footage John. Thanks for sharing!

[@sherber]

!

[@stevegoody3744]

Thanks for posting this. Absolutely brilliant.

[@JohnCline]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@hollykurtz6900]

Class Act Great live recording.

[@Mafezzolli80]

The Best... Wonderfull.. Uhhh

[@paweljasnowski]

Best ever

[@marcianpetrescu]

Seems to me that Rod is here in the period before the developement of his line of HARP KING amplifiers... 😉🙂 this incarnation of the band was imho the best... Alex Schultz is a monster guitar player... 😉🙂

[@gabrieln3613]

1960 Fender Concert Amp all the way! A bit smoother and "browner" tone than the 1959 Bassman amps ( I have owned and gigged with about 5 Concerts and about 8-9 original Bassman Amps) but a great full sound. Blends great here with the Stand-Up Bass and keys too!

[@joefairweatherblues8511]

29 years ago... great band. Same year they played Byron Bay, 1992. How good is Alex on guitar 🎸...

[@richardhollender5849]

Alex Bill and Jimmy..... as good as it can be...

[@richardhollender5849]

this could be any of a dozen times I saw them and yet it's none of them.....

[@sharkair2839]

so... is rod playing thru a early sixty's fender concert?

[@gabrieln3613]

Yes, most likely a 1960 since they had some shared internal transformers and Jensen P10Q speakers as the 1960 last year Fender Tweed Bassmans. I have played harmonica 46 years and was full-time pro by age 20, have owned about 4 of these Concerts and about 8-9 original Bassman amps too. Rod played Bassman amps back then too.

[@moonstar2335]

❤❤❤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@andrewgillis8572]

OK GET to the 21:00 mark Harmonica People - then, listen close - because IMO, funkier has not happened.

[@kosta958]

Does anyone have a track list from this concert? Thanks

[@lasserrejeanclaude]

super super mais une mention spéciale à Honey PIAZZA elle est trop forte une vrai virtuose du piano!!!!!

[@ShawnWilliams1987]

20:32 & 21:01

[@jolyonstone4942]

Please could someone enlighten me: is the most talented Miss Honey his wife, his sister or his daughter? I would assume that this was a husband and wife team like Junior and Tanya Brown but would like to be sure. She certainly is avery talented pianist with a pretty individual style!

[@JohnCline]

Honey is his wife.

[@stratron]

Was this at Club West? Great vid!

[@JohnCline]

Yes, Club West.

[@howardnelthrope2694]

Boy, can Rob Piazza sing.

[@lindarogers9575]

Nice work on the dog house,anyone know his name?

[@JohnCline]

Rod Piazza - Harmonica, Vocals Honey Piazza - Piano Alex Schultz - Guitar Bill Stuve - Upright Bass Jimi Bott - Drums

[@nestorcardone1747]

Como se llama el guitarrista

[@tripjet999]

Great sounds! Too bad the color was lost.

[@JohnCline]

There wasn't a lot of light in the club and it was coming through unflattering yellow and red colored gels, I made the choice in post production to convert it to black and white, I thought it gave the video an appropriate vintage feel. The audio was done by my partner Phil Appelbaum.

[@duelenigma7732]

lighting on the guitarist extra

[@schultzvil]

Wow- where on earth did this come from??

[@JohnCline]

It's been sitting in my tape archives ever since I recorded it live over 28 years ago.

[@richardhollender5849]

this is my best memories from that era ... it's so awesome that you are just now discovering it... thank you and the gang for being the best traveling band in history

[@richardhollender5849]

@@JohnCline thank you for having the insight to both record this and save it for all time this is the single finest recording of the best Mighty Flyers lineup of all time .

[@richardhollender5849]

you kicked ass here BTW

[@ervinjaviermendezgarcia1418]

buen blues toco armonica

[@andrewgillis8572]

The fattest tone, the most drama, & the funkiest phraser over all the years - Piazza in a way unlike Kim Wilson sends other sessions over the top - Smokey Wilson and Shakey Jake the 2 that I think of - I am sure it's Rod on that Michele Shocked track that had the harp - then Dred Zeppelin had a harp performance that I thought must be Rod.