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Otis Spann Is the Blues | 
| Artist: Otis Spann
Label: Candid
Category: Music
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 124376
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79001
UPC: 708857900121
EAN: 0708857900121
ASIN: B000034CZE
Release Date: October 1, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Hard Way | | • | Take a Little Walk with Me | | • | Otis in the Dark | | • | Little Boy Blue | | • | Country Boy | | • | Beat-Up Team | | • | My Daily Wish | | • | Great Northern Stomp | | • | I Got Rambling on My Mind #2 | | • | Worried Life Blues |
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| Customer Reviews:
The Classic Spann album? March 18, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
'Otis Spann is the Blues' was Spann's first solo album, recorded in 1960 after Spann had spent many years as pianist in Muddy Water's band.
The album features some Spann compositions, alongside a number of blues standards. Spann seems to have been very fond of Maceo Merriweather's Worried Life Blues (how many times did he record it??) The version here is superb. Tracks such as The Hard Way, Otis in the Dark and I Got Rambling on my Mind are also particularly strong - although I wouldn't say there's a duff track on the album.
The album is also bolstered by Robert Lockwood Jnr. (Robert Johnson's stepson), who adds some mean guitar licks and/or rhythm to a number of tracks. Things really get going on Great Northern Stomp, where Spann and Lockwood Jnr trade solos.
Otis Spann is the Blues is a cracking album - demonstrating Spann's virtuosity to the full. He isn't a bad singer either! A must-have for any Spann fan, and a great introduction to classic piano blues for anyone else.
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