OTIS SPANN: Down To Earth (The Bluesway Recordings)
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Artist:
Both of the great Chicago pianist's albums for ABC-BluesWay, characterized with rippling piano and ruminative vocals. Backed in style by his mates in the Muddy Waters band (including the man himself), Spann responds to a studio full of people on "Popcorn Man," "Steel Mill Blues," and "Nobody Knows Chicago like I Do." Spann's 1967 encore LP united him in the studio with wife Lucille for several vocals. Bill Dahl, All Music GuideDown Beat (8/95, p.55) - 4.5 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - "...his smooth but tense singing style and his exuberance on the 88 keys produced the precise shadings of emotion vital to first-rate Chicago blues..."
Musician (9/95, p.90) - "...Spann gave Muddy [Waters]'s Delta blues the sound of the city. His solo career was ill-fated...but as this reissue of his Bluesway output shows, he was a dynamic artist in his own right. The live set is a real gem..."
Sing Out! (8-10/95, p.137) - "...Spann...had the vocal power, personality and presence required of good band leaders: It's our loss that [he never]...spent much time up front..."
Personnel includes: Otis Spann (vocals, piano); Lucille Spann (vocals); Muddy Waters (guitar).
Recorded live in studio, New York City, Aug. 30, 1966 (1st-9th works), and in a New York studio, Nov. 20, 1967 (remainder).
The 1st-9th works originally released as: The blues is where it's at (Bluesway LP 6003); the remainder originally released as: The bottom of the blues (Bluesway LP 6013).
Tracks:
1 Popcorn Man
2 Brand New House
3 Chicago Blues
4 Steel Mill Blues
5 Down On Sarah Street
6 T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
7 Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Party Blues)
8 My Home Is In The Delta
9 Spann Blues
10 Heart Loaded With Trouble
11 Diving Duck
12 Shimmy Baby
13 Look Like Twins
14 I'm A Fool
15 My Man
16 Down To Earth
17 Nobody Knows
18 Doctor Blues
Details
.. Year: 1995
.. Label: MCA 11202
.. Country: USA
.. Bitrate: 192 kbps
.. Home-Page: www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001182/Otis-Spann.html
.. MySpace: N/A
.. Last.fm: www.last.fm/music/Otis Spann
.. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann
.. BUY ME 1: N/A
.. BUY ME 2: Tower Records
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