Piero De Luca & Big Fat Mama - Greetings From The Coast! (2018)

The historic Big Fat Mama group was born in 1979 from an idea by Piero De Luca, who is still the sole holder of the band's name. In his thirty-five years experience the group has recorded ten LPs and CDs and has played all over Europe and in all the major Italian festivals, where he opened, among others, for the likes of BB King, Blues Brothers Band, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and accompanied bluesmen such as Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell and Johnny Mars. In the last six years, the group has adopted the name Piero De Luca and Big Fat Mama and has focused its interest mainly on the sound of Chicago and New Orleans of the Sixties and Seventies, without slavishly copying the great of the Devil's Music, but looking rather to draw inspiration from them in order to write passages that are respectful of tradition and reflect everyday life.

Among the latest CD produced by this work stand out Blues on My Side (2009) and As We Like It (2014), CDs composed exclusively of original songs, and the much appreciated tribute to the Mississippi musician Howlin 'Wolf entitled Beware of the Wolf ( 2012), which takes advantage of the presence of the internationally renowned musician Marco Pandolfi as a guest. In 2015, to crown a good moment of success, the band has recorded a new live CD that includes the summer performance at Rootsway - Roots 'n' Blues & Food Festival on Diolo di Soragna, particularly appreciated by the public attending the court peasant who hosted the event.

The trio consists of Piero De Luca (electric bass), Antonio "Candy" Rossi (guitar and harmonica), and Antonio "Cujo" Piccardo (drums).

In 2018, they released the new album "Greetings From The Coast!", Which once again represents the band's powerful sound, the typical blend that goes through the various styles of Blues, from Chicago to New Orleans via California and Texas.