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Otis Spann - Walking The Blues (1960)(1989)

Posted By: mfrwiz
Otis Spann - Walking The Blues (1960)(1989)

Otis Spann - Walking The Blues (1960)(1989)
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Original Release Date: 1972 - Audio CD (March 1, 1989) - Label: Candid Records - ASIN: B00005A86C
Blues

Review: Otis Spann was the piano player in the famous Muddy Waters blues band in Chicago from 1953 to 1969. On this record we get a chance to listen to Otis Spann singing and playing the piano solo (accompanied by a guitar only). 40 years have passed since this recording was made. Looking back I have to confess that in my judgement Otis Spann was the greater talent of the two. Today, the music of Otis Spann is still fresh, original and timeless in its deep "soulfulness" while in comparison, the music of Muddy Waters sounds to me dated and somewhat artificial in its heavy reliance on the "electrified" sound of the guitar. According to Waters, Spann "is the best blues piano player we have today. There is no one left like him who plays the real, solid, bottom blues" (a quote from an interview given by Waters in the late 1960's). Waters also liked to emphasize that Spann played the piano "with both hands" (refering to the strong and articulate left hand in Spann's piano playing). Otis Spann died rather young at the age of 40 in 1970 appearently as a poor man, while Muddy Waters continued his successful career until his death in 1983 at the age of 68.
Track Listing

01. It Must Have Been the Devil
02. Otis Blues
03. Going Down Slow
04. Half Ain't Been Told
05. Monkey Woman
06. This Is the Blues
07. Evil Ways
08. Come Day Go Day
09. Walking the Blues
10. Bad Condition
11. My Home Is in the Delta

Personnel

Otis Spann - vocals, piano
James Oden - vocals


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