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Dirty Blues Band – Stone Dirt (1968) (@256)

03 Jun 2010

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(Review from allmusic)

For their second album, a revised version of the Dirty Blues Band cut ten excellent numbers in a single session in April of 1968.

Rod Piazza is not only in great voice (as is his harmonica) but also seems a lot more comfortable here. The music surges and flows, mostly the reeds and trumpet are used with admirable restraint where they turn up at all, most successfully on a soaring rendition of “You’ve Got to Love Her with a Feeling.”

The highlight of the album is his “Sittin’ Down Wonderin’,” where Piazza and company sound uncannily like Albert King, and Lunetta takes a killer solo around Maloney’s brilliantly understated organ fills.

By the end of 1968, even this second lineup had collapsed and Dirty Blues Band was no more.

Line-up:
- Rod Piazza / Harmonica, Vocals
- Rick Lunetta / guitar
- Greg Anderson / bass
- Dave Miter / drums
with
- Pat Maloney / piano, organ
- Freddie Hill / trumpet
- Jimmy Forrest / sax
- Willie Green / sax

Track List:
01. Bring It On Home – 2:56
02. It’s My Own Fault – 5:15
03. I Can’t Quit You Baby – 5:42
04. Tell Me – 4:23
05. She’s The One – 2:48
06. My Baby – 4:37
07. Sittin Down Wonderin – 5:40
08. Six Sides – 2:58
09. You’ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling – 4:35
10. Gone Too Long – 3:10

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Dirty Blues Band – Dirty Blues Band (1967) (@256)

31 May 2010

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(Review from amazon)

Part of a relatively obscure West Coast blues scene based in Riverdale, California, in the late 1960s, the Dirty Blues Band played straightforward, lovingly attentive, and competently rendered electric blues. Their selftitled debut album was rushly recorded in two days.

Despite being based on the West Coast, the Dirty Blues Band deliver tough Chicago style blues, having been heavily influenced by the Paul Butterfield band. Its hard to believe that Rod Piazza was barely 19 when he recorded this album. His trademark fat toned harmonica sound and technique were surprisingly already well developed. Organist Pat Malone plays nice vibrant fills.

Comprised of covers of blues standards and a few Piazza originals in the same mold, this album is similar to the early Butterfield records.

The band seemed to have a promising future ahead of them. However the group’s whole rhythm section was called to military. After this event, Campbell exited seeing no future for the group.

Line-up:
- Rod Piazza / Harmonica, Vocals
- Glenn Ross Campbell / Guitar
- John Millikan / Drums
- Les Morrison / Bass
- Robert Sandell / Rhythm Guitar
with
- Pat Maloney / Keyboards

Track List:
01. Don’t Start Me Talkin’ – 2:58
02. What Is Soul Baby – 3:59
03. Hound Dog – 2:56
04. New Orleans Woman – 1:55
05. I’ll Do Anything Babe – 4:24
06. Checkin Up On My Baby – 3:43
07. Shake It Babe – 3:00
08. Worry Worry Blues – 3:47
09. Born Under A Bad Sign – 2:50
10. Spoonful – 3:54
11. Chicken Shack – 4:06

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