Piero De Luca & Big Fat Mama - As We Like It (2014)

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Piero De Luca & Big Fat Mama - As We Like It (2014)

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At this moment, Big Fat Mama is considered one of the most important bands of the Italian blues scene.

The historical group known as Big Fat Mama started in 1979 from an idea of Piero De Luca, still the only proprietor of the band’s name. One of the earliest versions was Piero De Luca (bass and vocals), Carlo Ratto (vocals and acoustic guitar), Maurizio Renda (electric guitar and vocals) and Giampiero Esposito (drums)

In its thirty-year experience, the group has so far recorded eight LPs or CDs and has played throughout Europe and in all the most important Italian festivals, (was the opening act for Johnny Winter’s concert at the Milan Blues Festival, for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Los Lobos at the Palatrussardi Arena). They also shared the stage with legends like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeyboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers, B. B. King, Blues Brothers Band, Albert Collins, James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and touring across Europe along with outstanding artists such as Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, J. Monque-D, and Michael Coleman.

After a few years devoted to a much more rock sound, since 2002 the group took the way back to the Blues. The release of the CD “I Been Around” (Crotalo/New LM Records NLM 146 - 2007) has been the first milestone along the course of this comeback, which has reached its aim by recording in 2009 the CD “Blues on My Side” (Crotalo/New LM Records NLM 171) produced by Piero De Luca, Luigi Monge and Antonio “Candy” Rossi.