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

[jmortiz271]

Love It. Real Hurt. Real Blues.

[mowipikre]

Bravo Otis, you were great

[karenZmusic]

thanks god to let me listen to this, even when i'm just 13!!!

[hilitethatshit]

Best magic I've seen since Willie Dixon!

[angelprinces1]

its fuck its good this music....its imezing this boy :)

[U2UBEKINGZ]

MAN GRAND-DAD IM GLAD TO SEE WHERE I GET MY TALENT FROM I LOVE U R.I.P. IM MISSING U ALWAYS

[jose69206]

esta cancion es una belleza

[charger19691]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, African Americans have always blown me away with their god given talent. The emotion here combined with amazing piano skills and those heart wrenching vocals is just simply brilliant. I would love to see a resurgence in this wonderful music. It would make the world all the better for it. Mr. Spann really knew how to lay it down!

[mrkitkat09]

Good man here..r.i.p cuz....!

[joshsimrak]

super cabron!!!

[Bambuty]

I learned this tune from Bessie Smith, thanks to Rita. I still love you baby. Where are you? All I have are these new fangled babes. They're way too loose....

[Bambuty]

Such feeling, sincerity. I know for fact Otis was sincere. His music goes straight to the heart. It was in part his efforts that sent Muddy's music straight to our hearts and made it hit. This not music school, but life school. I'm from down south and all that means to Jazz and Blues. I am stewed in it. Thank you for loving this music.

[U2UBEKINGZ]

@Bambuty MAYBE U CANT HELP ME FIGURE OUT Y THEY DIDNT INCLUDE HIM IN THAT CADILLAC RECORDS MOVIE THATS FUCKED UP

[Bambuty]

My heros.

[Barrelhousekjell]

One of my favourites. Otis Spann is definitely one of the guys who inspired me hte most.

[andyisfatfree007]

8 people try to play like that and FAIL!

[MegaSkoalBandit7195]

One of these days Im going crazyyyyy ayyy ayyyyy.

[duccio89creme]

se la gode proprio, che bella sincerità

[Derry8867]

I was really pleased to hear this. In 1957 in Harrogate England I was playing piano in a hotel and my girlfriend at the time asked him what he thought of my piano playing. He "He's nice!" a remark which has kept me going all these years. He did more with his left hand than I could do with two, though maybe now I could match the way he played . What a great blues player and sin!

[elgrovez13]

I've always loved his singing, when I was a kid I wondered why he didn't sing more of his tunes.

[Barrelhousekjell]

Otis Spann, possibly the best bluespianist ever. Great inspiration for me. Fantastic music.

[frankbar007]

AIN´T NOBODY´S BUSINESS IF I COULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE FOR LOVING MARILYN MONROE IN HER BLUES BED !!!

[frankbar007]

THE MAN SINGS REALLY WHAT HE FEELS !!!GREAT TRAVEL INSIDE ANY BLUES LIFE, IN EVERY CORNER OF ANY STREET, IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT !!! GREAT !!!

[ra1ajw]

Zamechatelnyi patsanchik! I love his musik!

Otis - is super!

[wesleywishes]

No one will forget your music. I wont let them x

[santana09vt]

ЕЕЕЕ

[samhawkinsmusic]

made me cry

[frenzexperiment]

marvelous!

[rocktenniscat]

Remembering Otis Spann today: March 21, 1930 - April 24, 1970. Play on Mr. Spann!

[kilgore951]

kscope001, so what you are saying is that otis spann was a bad motherf*cker

[speechlangpath77]

gobadgers257, you just made me do a spit-take with my morning coffee!

[gobadgers257]

who else wants to punch the dude at the beginning in the face?

[Zionpeople]

Have mercy!

[rayar2004]

I love this.....this is food for my soul

[CoopMusic247]

Love that look in his eyes at 1:06

[borsecrosu]

perfect

[AquaticRecords]

man i love this song.Oh just wanted to say otis was so drunk doing this song.It still sound great.to call otis spann only a great sideman i so disrespectful.this man is a legend.

[kcope001]

@AquaticRecords Anytime I hear someone was drunk when doing a song on the piano I have to say that to play a song on the piano when drunk is extremely difficult. I have been playing the piano for 30 years, 12 years professionally, and when you drink, the ability to play goes away. Trust me, it does. It may be different for other instruments, but for the piano it is EXTREMELY hard to play when intoxicated.

[metyuewb]

"and a great sideman"....fuck you!!

[metyuewb]

This is the shame of America, a little punk like this has to introduce Otis Spann to the world and this is how we get to see his videos on youtube

[AmericanWoman1231561]

He continues to say he wants to kill his baby ~ shotgun and a shell and kill his woman it won't be anyone's business etc. etc.

[borsecrosu]

wanna die

[MegaNath85]

I've got the DVD and I can get tired listening this song in particular... I fell it so deep.

[131313899]

Spann es el claro ejemplo del sentimiento cabrón que implica el estar aparentemente subyugado por el blanco. Indudablemente su sentimiento que expresa en su piano, conjuga, vida, nos da una propuesta muy chingona ante la adversidad.

[tommyau2006]

this is pure mesmerising..........just awesome

[TheoGallagher]

can sombody give me the notes/chords from 0:12 to 0:18 thanks.

[Danniets]

@TheoGallagher C E7

[TheoGallagher]

@Danniets Do you know the bass line from 0:12 to 0:46 ??? ive figured all the treble parts out but not the bass.

[mrboogie107]

otis span is the king of blues piano!

[joethepainter90]

Have Mercy!

[vishos12]

that touched every single cell in my body

[sweau]

Some of Otis' plans are somebody's business, frankly.

[norristerse]

@sweau

he smurks tabs while playin the joanna.

...not that it's any of my business

[TheMaximiliano1000]

diooooooooooooooooooooooooss yo tambien eyaculo con otis spann =)

[miguvercin]

çok güzel....Ne mutluluk :)Bu ne duygu ....:)

[EsveldtCamine9]

Fuck yeah. The man's got soooul, and he's playin his ass off.

[etorres77049]

so whos was real, this one , Mississippi John Hurt, or Porter Grainger

[HardLuckGambler]

THE BEST!!

[8269998]

is this where DJ Vadim got his Basin Street Blues from?

[MrBluesBoyWaters]

Otis Spann is da man. He, along with, Muddy, BB, Albert, Howlin', Little Walter , and all of the Chicago blues folks made the blues what it is and what it always will be. But we still can't forget all of the even older oldies either.

[0779mauro]

hermosa canción y mejor interpretación

[8269998]

old fred ain't ever gonna cum agen

... forgettin about Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters....

we'd live in a world more happy an free

if only folk'd learn to mind their business-

that's how it seems to me -

but it ani't nobody's business

it ain't nbody's business what i do

[MultiGroovemaster]

Best blues festival l ever saw, wished l was in that generation..

[s4niharkit]

full of soul...tats why white people cant play blues perfectly....and cant jump like MJ hahahaha....

[Immaculate416]

@s4niharkit Huh?? White people didn't invent it but they can play. Mike Bloomfield, Peter Green, SRV tell me that wasn't blues that they were playing.

[casu3]

@Immaculate416 no its not they just pity imitations as a white person you cant tell the diference

[Immaculate416]

@casu3 yeah... whatever, I'm not gonna change your mind and you're not gonna change mine. What we can agree on is this is a great performance

[hahaaylinsahah]

@Immaculate416 uhh how could you forget to mention Stevie Ray Vaughn???

[Immaculate416]

@hahaaylinsahah you might want to check the comment again. I metioned SRV

[hahaaylinsahah]

@Immaculate416 haha yeah I re-read it right after I sent it & I thought I had deleted it...but I guess not

[SnakeboyBlues]

Yeah-U-Rite!!!

[redui93]

Waaaaouhhhhhh I like it

[scam513]

his voice soothes all my pain, as i watch & listen my soul is free. God Bless the Blues!!1

[onlysashe]

WOW BRAVO OTIS BRAVO!!!

[MortimeRCavalaire]

Otis Spann savait faire parler le piano.

[555BLUESBOY]

Great honest music played with feeling from the heart and soul. What more could you want? Thanks for uploading this video man!

[birdie399]

One of the great masters of this truly American artform.

[musicgia]

que maestro...genio Otisss

[bigredlover77]

Choose a key to play it in. Play it right(in any key will do just fine!)cause it aint' nobody's business if you do.

[ronnydeboo]

Eyaculo con Otis Spann

[paolaronci]

ahhahahaha!!!!! già...

[RocKerqlo]

ajjajajaja xD

[YOSOYLIONEL]

@ronnydeboo ¡¡Muy buena esa, flaco!!! 

[karenZmusic]

@YOSOYLIONEL de donde eres?

[Guillote50]

@ronnydeboo jajaja! buenisimo el comentario!, la verdad es que no para de deleitarme. Como me gustaría tener ese poder de expresión y sobre todo el feeling.

[dun981]

im i right if i say that this is an 8 bar blues in 12/8 rhythm? with the same chord progression as gagagrr said?

thanks alot

[77jbish]

@dun981

Nope, this is a straight up twelve bar blues. the progression goes from the 1 to the flat 4 to the 4 than walks the root up to a 4 half dim. then 1, 6, 2, 5, and back to 1. the changes are pretty easy to hear.

[Hypedhopes19]

this is the real name

[LeftForBlues]

I'd really like to learn that solo but I can't find any sheets or tutorials or anything.

[donedirty]

GREAT SONG!!!

[Gagagrr]

Someone please post the chords to this! Could possibly be the best clip on youtube!

[apotheosteles]

@Gagagrr C E7 F f, C A7 D7 G7, C F7 C G+

Greetz

[Gagagrr]

@apotheosteles Thanks a lot mate - long live Otis!

[Gagagrr]

@apotheosteles Issn't the second F more likely a minor chord?

[apotheosteles]

@Gagagrr yeah, ive actually meant that (i'm from germany, and here a "F" is a major chord and a "f" is a minor chord!)

Merry Christmas, bluesmen!

[PaulGreenleaf]

Play an A bass with an Eb, F#,C

Adim

[PaulGreenleaf]

C,E,F, Adim,C,A,D,G,C,F,C,G7

[shiryet]

did he shoot his wife?

[Immaculate416]

@shiryet no he didn't, pat hare did tho... Hare was also in muddy's band, you might be confusing the two...

[shiryet]

Lol oh ok. i just thought so cause what his lyrics were saying lol.. ^_^...

[monkeywrench890]

can i buy this off amazon? if so is there alot of otis spann footage on it

[metaldealer64]

@monkeywrench890 Yes its on amazon.. and only two Spann solos, but he accompanies on some others.

[melancolie83]

OMG Awesome!

[MaximumMartin]

this is one of my fav clips on face-tube, check out Furry Lewis's when i lay my burden down if you want to see something really special. x

[jakeizlove]

Ragbagken,

Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos.

You're helping keep the blues alive, Man!!

Jake

[thepigofhappiness]

does anyone know where i can get this version or else a version by Spann other than the Blue Horizon Sessions?

[redsquier375]

There's a good version on "The Biggest Thing Since Colossus" - featuring Peter Green on guitar. "Ain't nobody's..." is the best song on the album.

[thepigofhappiness]

Yeah, that's the same version as the Blue Horizon Sessions which I already have... Thanks anyway though.

[noclouds111]

Otis had a rather sad sound to his voice. The tone of it exemplifies the blues.

He had a style of piano that sounded like glasses clinking together. Great bluesman!

[Immaculate416]

Collin James is a faggot.

[wamij2]

great to see colin james promoting the greats!

he's also an adept!

[eric669]

The Blues at its highest level

[Tzaosirus7]

prob the best vid on youtube...

[KyleB1988]

davey graham  does a nice version of this

[angelrocket88]

One of these days... I may go crazy... and buy a shotgun... and that's the blues!!

Pour me another shot bartender... hic!!

[KakkoiGranXiongmao]

This goes straight to your soul.

[fused1rain]

freaking amazing and inspiring

[Gagagrr]

This is spiritual..

[Gagagrr]

This clip deserves to be the most viewed clip on youtube.

[ceepatton]

I concur, brother.

[dipcuts]

wow, I thought I loved all the great divas who've sung this, but his version just left me feeling -wow!!

[chipdspenser]

this is prolly my 1000th view of this vid thx again for posting it

[acheadley]

I agree with you all...Otis was amazing. I love muddy, but I cant imagine his music without some Otis influence....I dont understand why this feeling doesn't come from music today...With everything in the world going on, you would think music would have more emotion than it used to..

[ceepatton]

Why doesn't this Otis Spann video have millions upon millions of views?

[factie]

hi does anyone know where i can get a recording of this song. any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

[jhunterhkr]

There's a great version on 'The Biggest Thing Since Colossus' album Otis recorded with Fleetwood Mac. It's a fine album, too.

[gnagnomagno]

yep! me too

[TheRustyUnknown]

I Actually Love This Song Peace To Otis Spann

x

[jazzman201]

As good as it gets.

[moondogg43]

I second that...this is tha blues...

[birdie399]

sorry clicked on the wrong one

[widowsgrove]

this performance is one of the great moments in human history

[JO911B]

Absolute legend. While there are other great solo blues pianists, I don't think anyone really touched Otis for his work with Muddy.

[FatherHeroin]

заебись!

[yourboypreston]

this song is straight from the blues man's heart

[felixstoweblue]

I first heard this song whilst listening to my iPod whilst out walking. I just stopped dead in my tracks when I heard it, this song could have been written for me, the connection was so strong.

[ver2426]

plain and simple the greatest blues player of all times (along with Memphis Slim)

[OdysseyLoungeA2]

@ver2426 --That's why Otis Spann Memorial Field (Ann Arbor, MI) is Otis Spann Memorial Field...

[Noahmlr]

@ver2426 Arrogance isn't an attractive quality. Robert Johnson, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson all either equal or better.

[donnyab]

@Noahmlr

mebbe but I prefer Otis Spann too - so stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

[timahon6]

AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING

[BATENKILL]

I mean this is the real stuff here people this is 100% blues it will NEVER get any better than this!

[danoinreno]

loving this !!

[dudezzzy]

damn, blues is like soft metle sorry for my spelling but i like blues make it with hard drums, rock gituar and some crazy dude it mite work out (not)....go Otis Spann the man

[Immaculate416]

revise and return

[BATENKILL]

The best....... you know you cant just up and play blues you have to really feel it you cant buy it nor learn it ....it has to happen to ya! have mercy lord!!!! Yah!

[marielaveau8]

DAMN. I'm surprised that piano didn't go up in flames.

One of my favorite music critics said that Otis Spann could give you the blues while telling you why he had them. He was right.

[arethafan1969]

Das ist so ergreifend!! Herzlichen Dank!!

[MRROCK92]

richtiger blues.

richtige musik.

so ist es

[paradisewaits9]

Stunning blues....have mercy.

[Kilaisawesome]

omg i do see something! ur right it is an m

[Immaculate416]

I could swear that I see a O with a cross through it with either a "U" or "M" after it in between his index finger and thumb

[Kilaisawesome]

no its just the lighting

[Immaculate416]

Did otis have a tattoo on his left hand?? 00:27-00:29

[Avalon365]

I don't thing so, i can't see a thing in 0:54 where his left hand can be seen more clearly

[stoelefj]

Look at the cover picture on his album with Lockwood. Its shows pretty good there=)

[Immaculate416]

What is it exactly???

[kamszi]

i believe it's a compass, there's an S (South) at the bottom and it's a cross with a circle, at 0:54 it doesn't show, because it's lower on his arm

[anven11]

0:34 - 1:00 looks like it's coming smoke from his fingers cuz he plays so hard:P

[eezzzee65]

raw blues with gospel influence...the best you will ever see...mr otis spann.

[cesaregiov]

si consiglia prima e dopo i pasti............

[zadig08]

this song do suck a mighty big one. don't ya agree?

[jamalmanity]

Let us not forget Bo didley, BB King, and John Lee Hooker.

[Chorch07]

This guy and this song are too much!!!

[colrick1234]

you are right! Please do not forget Chester Burnett, otherwise known as Howling Wolf.Other side men, I like is the great drummer Freddie Below, and Pine Top Perkins

[eric669]

In my opinion Otis Spann, Muddy Waters and Memphis Slim were the three best bluesmen that the world has ever seen.

[StickyDirtwood]

In the style they played, I agree, they were the best...but bluesman is such a wide term! You have to include a lot of the old guitarists like patton, johnson, ect. they were fantastic too. But its all opinion, so right on. I love spann, have you heard Otis in the Dark? My favorite piece by him...Ill send you a link if you havnt

[happylarry]

send the link please

[zadig08]

john hurt, fred mcdowell, skip james. done.

[annedaly12345]

repeat after me....wonderful.......thank you

[chipdspenser]

i concur thx so much im at least 1000 of the views lolz thx again

[nikirunstheshow]

OMG! This is the best thing EVER, EVER, EVER. It's my first FAVORITE! wonderful. Whomever posted this is now the love of my life. THANK YOU!

[Hypedhopes19]

Best lovesong ever

[IndigoBlu736]

Yeah, i especially love the line, "give me a shotgun and I kill my baby"