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otis spann is the blues
4 months ago

recently we lucked into copies of a few albums by former muddy waters pianist otis spann and felt like sharing. sometimes, you know, the moment just demands a little blues piano - especially if it's laid down beneath lines like: "she's got a face like a monkey, hair just like a teddy bear" or "she's got pretty smooth skin, just like an elephant hide." not sure it gets much better...otis spann -...

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OTIS SPANN: Down To Earth (The Bluesway Recordings)
10 months ago

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 ...

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OTIS; My main man
about 1 year ago
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If I had to pick one blues artist as a favorite, I'd go with Otis Spann. Based on his charisma more than his body of work. He was over shadowed by Muddy Waters, but complimented him very well.Mark, this is slow blues;

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Chicago Icon
over 2 years ago
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Muddy's man on piano, pretty much say's it all. A soft spoken man that followed Big Maceo in the Chicago Style. This was recorded in 1960 before Muddy Waters moved to the suburbs a few blocks from me.This photograph is of the rehearsal studio in the basement of Muddy Waters first house on the southside of Chicago. Otis was a painfully shy man with great talent and my favorite band member. Otis...

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otis spann is the blues
4 months ago

recently we lucked into copies of a few albums by former muddy waters pianist otis spann and felt like sharing. sometimes, you know, the moment just demands a little blues piano - especially if it's laid down beneath lines like: "she's got a face like a monkey, hair just like a teddy bear" or "she's got pretty smooth skin, just like an elephant hide." not sure it gets much better...otis spann -...

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