Debra "Honey" Piazza
Debra "Honey" Piazza
Debra "Honey" Piazza (born April 24, 1951) is an American piano player. She is a founding member of the band Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers.
Piazza was born in Fairfield, California on April 24, 1951.[Her father was in the Air Force and her family moved to England for three years, when she was a child. There she started taking classical piano lessons at the age of four and pursued the lessons until the age of 16 after they had moved back to California. She enjoyed playing jam sessions with her friends, but she really discovered piano blues when she heard a record of Otis Spann. For the next two years, she would practice extensively.
In 1972 she went to Chicago and played with a number of blues musicians. After her return to California, she saw a concert by Rod Piazza, who at the time was playing with a band called Bacon Fat. Being impressed with his music she arranged to meet him for an audition. As a result, she joined the band and has played with Rod Piazza ever since.
They got married several years later and reside in Riverside, California.
(Honey Piazza on stage at River Blues Fest)