Otis Spann
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Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his distinct piano style.
Born to Frank Houston Spann and Josephine Erby. One of five children - three boys and two girls. His father played piano, non professionally, while his mother had played guitar with Memphis Minnie. Spann began playing piano by age of eight, influenced by his local ivories stalwart, Friday Ford. At the age of 14, he was playing in bands around Jackson, finding more inspiration in the 78s of Big Maceo Merriweather, who took the young pianist under his wing once Spann migrated to Chicago in 1946. Other sources say that he moved to Chicago when his mother died in 1947 playing the Chicago club circuit and working as a plasterer. Spann gigged on his own, and with guitarist Morris Pejoe, working a regular spot at the Tic Toc Lounge before hooking up with Muddy Waters in 1952.
Although he recorded periodically as a solo artist, Spann was a full-time member of the Muddy Waters band from 1952 to 1968. In that period he also did session work with other Chess artists like Howlin’ Wolf and Bo Diddley.
Spann’s own Chess Records output was limited to a 1954 single, “It Must Have Been the Devil” / “Five Spot”, which featured B.B. King and Jody Williams on guitars. He recorded a session with the guitarist Robert Lockwood, Jr.
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Spanns Boogie
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Goodmorning Mr. Blues
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T.B. Blues
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Don't You Know
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Jelly Roll Baker
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Love, Love, Love
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Otis Spann Is the Blues
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ArtificialCyst
Wow. What a great peace of blues.
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BJBooth
goodtimerecords, thanks for the suggestion - Preacher & The Bear, have Suburban Blues now, looking forward to it!
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BJBooth
Could you imagine what splendid music Otis would have recorded had he lived beyond the young age of 40??? In 1969 he began recording with many electric bands, Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green's blues band, not the other thing) and could have been doing material with Clapton, Beck and Mayall. 40 years of age...what a shame.
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http://www.facebook.com/WaltzMeBlues http://waltzmeblues.tumblr.com/
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Pentangla
<3
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KingsAndQueen
Blues hero :)
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American Folk Blues Festival group: http://www.last.fm/group/American+Folk+Blues+Festival
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virtuwalker
awesome!
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aydin1966
it is brilliant
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Lalena87
one of the best!
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maskeraddanne
I love his "Ain't Nobody's Business" [2]
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bernarducs
amazing bluesy voice! he's one of my blues heros!!!!
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ploftkaploft
I love his "Ain't Nobody's Business" song version. Worth checking out.
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a13xa9dr1a
this man breathes piano. I wish Sarah Street were on here? Maybe I need to search it out a little more...
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This Is The Blues!
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ivanovmisha
I'd love his Monkeyface woman such an interesting voice there
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Afuera
blues pianists are awesome :)
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