ROD PIAZZA & MFBQ "THRILLVILLE" Source: Goldmine Magazine Date: 01/2008 Writer: Bruce Sylvester

As for pure blues, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet’sThrillVille (Delta Groove) both begins and ends with Little Walter material: “Hate To See You Go/Shake Your Hips” and “Sad Hours.”  “Shake” becomes a blues history lesson as harpman Piazza redoes both Walter’s and Slim Harpo’s  takes on the number. 

After four decades of performing, Piazza essentially does Windy City blues by way of his West Coast home. Boogie-woogie pianist Honey Piazza assumes a bassist’s function with her left hand.

Honking-sax-based “Sugar” ends on a high-flying doo-wop vocal note.  Maybe “Get Wise”’s murky sound intentionally calls to mind the lo-fi production of so many '60s blues classics released on store-front labels.