The Hollywood Fats Band was a legendary jump and West Coast blues band during the 70’s Not in vain the musicians who formed it were guitar player Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann), harmonica player and singer Al Blake, Fred Kaplan on piano, Larry Taylor on bass and double bass and Richard Innes on drums Unfortunately Fats died in 1986 when he was only thirty-two, and the band fell apart Over the years Fats guitar sound has been studied and copied by most blues guitar players The only album they recorded has been worshipped and venerated by all blues fans and now it is much sought after by actual blues followers Many of them have complained there were no more recordings of this pioneer fabulous cult band which has been eternally worshipped Fortunately now TopCat Records publishes some recordings coming from 1979 and 1980 captured live from three different clubs, Keystone in Palo Alto, The White House in Laguna Beach and The Musicians Union Local 7 in Santa Ana, the three located in California Although the quality of the fourteen songs selected for this recording is not really outstanding, undoubtedly this album is a historical document that allows us to appreciate in all its relevance and magnitude the mastery, knowledge and amazing technique of West Coast blues this superb and historic group possessed