Editing Rod Piazza (section)

==Biography==
Piazza grew up in [[Southern California]], where he studied blues [[Gramophone record|records]] and perfected his harmonica work. He originally started on guitar, an instrument he began playing at the age of six or seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnblues.com/review/piazza-interview.html |title=Blues On Stage - Rod Piazza Interview |website=Mnblues.com |date= |access-date=2015-10-06}}</ref>

In the mid-1960s, Piazza formed his first band The House of DBS, which later changed its name to the Dirty Blues Band. The band signed with [[Bluesway Records|ABC-Bluesway]] and released two [[album]]s in 1967 and 1968.<ref name=official /> The band broke up in 1968, and Piazza formed Bacon Fat that year.<ref name=official/> Piazza's idol and mentor, [[George "Harmonica" Smith]] joined the band and they had a "dual harp" sound. Bacon Fat released two albums the following two years. Piazza left and worked in other bands before going solo in 1974.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>

He formed the Chicago Flying Saucer Band the following year, which later evolved into the Mighty Flyers.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> The band recorded their first album in 1980. Piazza started touring and recording as Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet, after the departure of long-time bassist Bill Stuve in the early 2000s. Piazza has recorded twenty-four studio albums between 1967 and 2009, including the live concert DVD ''Big Blues Party'' in 2005 (recorded at the [[Sierra Nevada Brewing Company]] in [[Chico, California]]). In addition, he has appeared as a guest performer on over twenty-one releases since 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themightyflyers.com/discography.htm |title=Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Discography |website=Themightyflyers.com |date= |access-date=2015-10-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060108/http://themightyflyers.com/discography.htm | archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref> Between 1995 and 2001, [[Rick Holmstrom]] played in the Mighty Flyers.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Char Ham |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rick-holmstrom-mn0000360570/biography |title=Rick Holmstrom &#124; Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=1965-05-30 |access-date=2015-10-06}}</ref>

Piazza has toured blues clubs, concert venues and [[music festival|festivals]] in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Spain, among other countries. He and his wife currently live in Riverside, California.