#Otis Spann

[whitetrashsoul]

Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann - Chicago, late 50s.

[tfc2211]

T-Bone Walker / Joe Turner / Otis Spann – Super Black Blues (1969)

[dirtylowdown2]

Otis Spann - Sad Day in Texas

[radiophd]

otis spann -- my daily wish

[ifelllikeastar]

Otis Spann was one of five children. He began playing the piano at the age of seven, with some instruction from Friday Ford, Frank Spann, and Little Brother Montgomery and by the age of 14, he was playing in bands in the Jackson, Mississippi area. Spann was known for his distinctive piano style. He became Muddy Waters' piano player in late 1952 and played on many of Waters' most famous songs, including the blues standards "Hoochie Coochie Man”. He continued to record as a solo artist and session player with other musicians, including Bo Diddley and Howlin' Wolf, during his tenure with the group. He stayed with Muddy Waters until 1968. Otis Spann was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist and was posthumously elected to the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980.

Born Otis Spann on March 21, 1924 (or 1930) in Belzoni or Jackson, Mississippi and died April 24, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois at the age 40-46.

[blackros78]

Muddy Waters, James Cotton and Otis Spann

[favemusiclessons]

Otis Spann Blues Piano Turnaround Tutorial

This video shows you a classic Otis Spann Blues turnaround. A great example of how he used 6th intervals for improv, enjoy!

[2nd100yrs]

Otis Spann

[singeratlarge]

peter chauncey’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK: “Share Our News 2”—peter is based in the San Francisco Bay Area but he comes from Jackson, the state capital of Mississippi and a fulcrum city of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s-60s. It's The City of Soul, referenced in films, literature, and a Johnny Cash song. Jackson birthed electronic music composer Milton Babbitt, as well as blues and jazz artists such as Otis Spann and Cassandra Wilson. These elements and more inform peter’s singing & songwriting. “Share Our News” is an older recording with new relevance. The song speaks to the mass awakenings going on regarding race, conflict, and resolution. One single song spoken from the heart speaks to many.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0WU-qaPIg0&fbclid=IwAR3HCTuDCwIT8UsFUE_ky1zIIUgKipJ3_vbtP0rb9wG-5Khj3PVO6zMPjvE

#race #conflict #resolution #singersongwriter #alternativerock #urban #acoustic #jackson #mississippi #civilrightsmovement #soul #city #johnnycash #miltonbabbitt #otisspann #cassandrawilson #davidbowie #sanfrancisco #bayarea  #video #song

[shinji285]

James Triplet (nicknamed "Killer") was Muddy Waters' driver and bodyguard.

Otis Spann, Hubert Sumlin, Muddy Waters & James Triplet at the Jones Hotel in Memphis, TN 1956.

[longliverockback]

Chuck Berry On Stage 1963 Chess Record ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Go Go Go 02. Memphis 03. Maybelline 04. Surfing Steel 05. Rocking on the Railroad 06. Brown Eyed Handsome Man 07. Still Got the Blue 08. Surfin’ U.S.A. 09. Jaguar & the Thunderbird 10. I Just Want to Make Love to Yo 11. All Aboard 12. Trick or Treat 13. The Man and the Donke —————————————————

Fred Below

Chuck Berry

Reggie Boyd

Leroy C. Davis

Willie Dixon

Ebbie Hardy

Johnnie Johnson

George Smith

Otis Spann

Phil Thomas

* Long Live Rock Archive

[tfc2211]

T-Bone Walker / Joe Turner / Otis Spann – Super Black Blues (1969)

[jilychallenge]

For March we'll be giving out Blues, Jazz, Country songs (expect older tunes, sorry to all you Swifties out there) as prompts, to set the mood so to speak for your (angsty/pining...) creations.

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[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Otis Spann - T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do

[mucillo]

Otis Spann - Good Morning Mr. Blues

I neri tirarono fuori dalle zolle dei campi di cotone intrisi di lacrime un miracolo: il blues

[mutant-what-not]

Big Mama Thorton, with the Muddy Waters blues band, which members, also in the photo, included James Cotton, Otis Spann, Samuel Lawhorn and Luther Johnson. Taken in the Bay Area circa 1965, by local Rock photographer Jim Marshall.