Product Description
Candid Classic Reissue Series! Otis Spann, who was the backbone of the golden age of the Muddy Waters Band in the 1950s and laid the foundation for Chicago blues piano, released his classic album "Otis Spann Is The Blues" in 1961, and the classic album "Walking The Blues," a collection of recordings from the same sessions released posthumously in 1972, have been remastered and re-released! Spann's brilliant piano intertwines with Robert Lockwood Jr.'s perfect guitar. His close friend St. Louis Jimmy (James Oden) participates on vocals on several tracks. 1. It Must Have Been The Devil 2. Otis' Blues 3. Going Down Slow 4. Half Ain't Been Told 5. Monkey Face Woman 6. This Is The Blues 7. Evil Ways 8. Come Day, Go Day 9. Walking The Blues 10. Bad Condition 11. My Home Is On The Delta Otis Spann was a blues pianist born in Mississippi in 1924. He moved to Chicago in 1946 and studied under Big Maceo Merriweather, and in 1953 replaced him in the Muddy Waters Band. He participated in numerous famous songs and albums, establishing the Chicago blues band style of piano and becoming a leading figure. In addition to Muddy Waters, he also participated in many famous albums by Sonny Boy Williamson II, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and others. As a soloist, he debuted in 1954 with the single "It Must Have Been The Devil," featuring B.B. King. In 1961, he released his first leader album, "Otis Spann Is The Blues," on Candid Records. "Walking The Blues," a collection of recordings from the same sessions as this album, which featured Robert Lockwood Jr., was released posthumously in 1972 and is still considered a classic. He went on to create many more excellent works, including "The Blues Is Where It's At" in 1967, and participated in albums by Buddy Guy and Peter Green, but died of liver cancer in Chicago in 1970.
