Fabrizio Rodio billed professionally as Breezy Rodio is an Italian born, American based

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singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He has been based in

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, for over 20 years and has released six albums in his own name. His musical style was described by his record producer as "Chicago West Side Modern Blues".

Life and career

Fabrizio Rodio was born in

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, Italy. He relocated to

, United States in early 2000. In 2007, Rodio joined Linsey Alexander's band as lead guitarist and stayed in that expanding role for more than a decade. Rodio became a key band member and recorded four albums with Alexander, including ''If You Ain't Got It'' (2010), ''Been There Done That'' (2012) and ''Come Back Baby'' (2014). In 2011, Rodio recorded his own debut album, ''Playing My Game Too''. He used several guest performers including

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, Rockin' Johnny, and Dave Herrero on guitar plus the bassist Bob Stroger, along with

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. Following another self-released record, ''Strange Situation'', in 2014, Breezy issued ''So Close to It'', which made number two in the Chicago Blues category on the Roots Music Report. ''So Close To It'' also featured guest spots from

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and

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. He toured on the back of these releases which included Japan twice, South America three times, Europe twice, plus trips to Canada and Mexico. In 2018, Rodio signed a recording contract with

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. His first release with them was ''Sometimes the Blues Got Me'', which incorporated Rodio's versions of the songs "Wrapped Up in Love Again" (originally by

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) and "Blues Stay Away from Me" (originally by

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). The same year, Rodio got a nomination in the Blues Blast Music Awards category, 'Rising Star of The Year'. In 2019, Rodio issued his second Delmark album, ''If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It''. The collection made it for selection to the ''

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'' Top 50 Blues Albums of 2019. Guest musicians on the recording included the guitarists

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and

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. In 2021, Rodio backed Joe Barr on his album, ''Soul For The Heart'', issued by Dixiefrog Records. In February 2022, Rodio teamed up with the record producer and musician,

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, to record Rodio's sixth album under his own name. ''Underground Blues'' was recorded in

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. Having been previously aware of Rodio's style of music, Funderburgh described it as "Chicago West Side Modern Blues". The album was released by Windchill Records and had 14 tracks of original material penned by Rodio.

Discography

Albums

References

External links

Official website
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