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Otis Spann, 1930-1970 |
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| Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jan 28, 2008 (258 days back) |
About Me |
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| Welcome to the Otis Spann fanpage.
Taken from allmusic.com: An integral member of the non-pareil Muddy Waters band of the 1950s and 1960s, pianist Otis Spann took his sweet time in launching a full-fledged solo career. But his own discography is a satisfying one nonetheless, offering ample proof as to why so many aficionados considered him then and now as Chicago's leading postwar blues pianist. Spann played on most of Waters' classic Chess waxings between 1953 and 1969, his rippling 88s providing the drive on Waters's seminal 1960 live version of "Got My Mojo Working" (cut at the prestigious Newport Jazz Festival, where Spann dazzled the assembled throng with some sensational storming boogies). The Mississippi native began playing piano by age eight, influenced by local ivories stalwart Friday Ford. At 14, he was playing in bands around Jackson, finding more inspiration in the 78s of Big Maceo, who took the young pianist under his wing once Spann migrated to Chicago in 1946 or 1947. Spann gigged on his own and with guitarist Morris Pejoe before hooking up with Waters in 1952. His first Chess date behind the Chicago icon the next year produced "Blow Wind Blow." Subsequent Waters classics sporting Spann's ivories include "Hoochie Coochie Man," "I'm Ready," and "Just Make Love to Me." Strangely, Chess somehow failed to recognize Spann's vocal abilities. His own Chess output was limited to a 1954 single, "It Must Have Been the Devil," that featured B.B. King on guitar, and sessions in 1956 and 1963 that remained in the can for decades. So Spann looked elsewhere, waxing a stunning album for Candid with guitarist Robert Jr. Lockwood in 1960, a largely solo outing for Storyville in 1963 that was cut in Copenhagen, a set for British Decca the following year that found him in the company of Waters and Eric Clapton, and a 1964 LP for Prestige where Spann shared vocal duties with bandmate James Cotton. Testament and Vanguard both recorded Spann as a leader in 1965. The Blues Is Where It's At, Spann's enduring 1966 album for ABC-Bluesway, sounded like a live recording but was actually a studio date enlivened by a gaggle of enthusiastic onlookers that applauded every song (Waters, guitarist Sammy Lawhorn, and George "Harmonica" Smith were among the support crew on the date). A Bluesway encore, The Bottom of the Blues followed in 1967 and featured Otis's wife, Lucille Spann, helping out on vocals. Spann's last few years with Muddy Waters were memorable for their collaboration on the Chess set Fathers and Sons, but the pianist was clearly ready to launch a solo career, recording a set for Blue Horizon with British blues-rockers Fleetwood Mac that produced Spann's laidback "Hungry Country Girl." He finally turned the piano chair in the Waters band over to Pinetop Perkins in 1969, but fate didn't grant Spann long to achieve solo stardom. He was stricken with cancer and died in April of 1970. Bill Dahl |
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Music:Member Since: 9/9/2006Band Members: Accompanied by Robert Lockwood Jr. on It Must Have Been the Devil & Evil Ways, and three members of Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green & Danny Kirwin - guitars; John McVie - bass) on Temperature Is Rising (100. 2F) Songs written by Otis Spann, apart from Evil Ways (James Burke Oden/Otis Spann) Influences: Big Maceo Merriweather Sounds Like: Sonny Boy Williamson II & Otis Spann - Nine Below Zero Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Blues / R&B) |
My Blog |
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Bobby's Gumbo |
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| Hi folks.I've begun a podcast show for all you blues fans out there:Bobby's Gumbo..- The Tastiest Blues Stew Around!Check it out if you have the time!..Cheers,H-Bo the Sane/Bobby Slim... Posted by Otis Spann on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:35:00 PST |
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Chicago Red |
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| Dear friends of the Otis Spann fanpage,On the #1 spot among the Top 24 Friends is a truly excellent musician known as Chicago Red (the link to his page for the more lazy among you: Chicago Red Blues&n... Posted by Otis Spann on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:40:00 PST |
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