Spann's Blues - Otis Spann

[b2ruce1]

Great playing by Willie Dixon on bass, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy on guitar. I can't identify the drummer.

[voxhammer]

Who are the other guys?

[LynneGo]

Nobody as great as Mr Spann in the blues world. None better.

[donnellobrien]

This is the man I listened to for hours on end in my 'teens and transcribed his tune, "Great Northern Stomp." Simply amazing....thanks for posting this.

[Wonka275]

Otis Spann is my idol

[reneej72]

otis spann is awesome

[charger19691]

I have just recently discovered this man and his talents and I must say he is truly an inspiration to me. Otis Spann is just simply brilliant. I could listen to this man for hours on end. This music can bring folks together from all walks of life, putting our differences aside and just all be one with the music. I believe this music shoots straight to the soul. This music just brings folks together. That's what we need in this world. God Bless us all.

[54jbell]

check him out on the Fathers & Sons album.

[Spann564]

Otis Spann is the blues

[Mortezino561]

ppl are fuking stupid!! this isnt African at all this is AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!! but yah this guy is an effing beast!!! <3 ♪♪♪♪♪♪ he would hav neaver made this music in a diffrent country

[manni62]

very, very cool

[emaclynch]

my baby doesn't know it.........she's built up from the ground........

[rocktenniscat]

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

[Whiskeyfirst]

Is it me or is the sound jumping from left to right.

[MrBellsBlues]

2 People aren't free.

[minxel16]

two people love justin bieber

[CriticalListener]

Does anyone have a copy of Spann's "Hungry Country Girl"?

[sharodu]

@CriticalListener

It can be found on Fleetwood Mac's CD entitled: Blues Jam in Chicago 1. I had been looking for this since the mid 1970s and finally found it on Amazon.com a couple of years ago. I kept looking for it under h is name. On the song, he's backed by Fleetwood Mac's band.

[CriticalListener]

@sharodu, Thank you SO much for posting this information. I'd been looking for it since 1971. The seedy bar a friend had taken me to had it on the jukebox, but there it was under Otis Spann's name. Thanks to your note above, I looked it up online; it's in Vol. 2, and I've got it ordered. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[sharodu]

@CriticalListener

Glad to be able to be of assistance. It's nice to know someone else appreciates this song. I was 14 years old and working in a record store in high school when I first heard it. It was on a 45 - wax record then. I had no clue about the album. I have the wax recording but it's damaged - scratchy & sounds awful. I was happy to find this myself as I'd been looking for a long time.

Best of luck.

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

Shake Your Moneymaker !!!!!

[PeccJeden]

Who's the guitarist? Look's a bit like Mat Guitar Murphy.

[coopertrooper87]

Just realised Hendrix took a portion of those lyrics for Red house! Haha! Long live the blues!

[gobadgers257]

@coopertrooper87 haha i got hyped when i heard that, red house is my favorite track by hendrix, what a jam and what amazing musicians between him and otis here

[callippo99]

Spann was in the top division of blues singers without a doubt. Just as good as Muddy in his way. People forget that Muddy was a brilliant guitar too, but he concentrated more on the singing. Spann was reverse. Spann was brilliant all by himself, but he kept Big Maceo Merryweather's flame burning strong. He was also better at playing his instrument and singing simultaneously better than contemporaries Muddy or BB King were, even though it's a harder trick to pull with piano than guitar,genius

[SUNNYRHOADES9]

Otis Should Of Been BIGGER Than Chuck Berry -He Is An Under Estimated Musician.. Great Voice and Master Piano Man -- He Is A Genius.. R.I.P My Dear Friend... Sunny Rhoades From Canada

[metyuewb]

@SUNNYRHOADES9 what do you mean should have been (have not of). Otis WAS bigger if you could ever even compare a blues pianist with a rhythm and blues and rock and roll guitarist...but why should you? if you price your artists by way of market sales, you've got the wrong pair of ears on

[1Woutervdb1]

why was i born so late

[072740]

I would fix Mr. Spann 100 FREE dinners (in my home) just to hear him play this song in person. The sad news? This song isn't on ITunes, so I can't put it on my IPod. (Makes this 70 year-old rockin' great-grandmother soooooooooo sad. Rock on Mr. Spann~~

[B7Crew]

black is beautiful, RIP

[thecollectorsuk]

Absolute classic. Thanks for sharing this. It's great to watch the ease at which Spann played and with such enjoyment.

[buffalobilly]

Boogie piano got me into the blues. this stuff is just timeless, swings so good.

[mrbassology]

Amazing!

[dearmalika]

Thanks for this!

[noclouds111]

Although Otis sings and plays the blues, there's definitely a joyfull sound to his delivery. His style reminds me alot of Roosevely Sykes.

A sterling performance by Mr. Spann!

[MississippiDann]

the one and only

[birdie399]

This man was a true great. He shows how this music should be played.

[Gnomitolindo]

es como si los instrumentos sonaran solos. por dios, escuchen y miren a ese baterista. los negros de esa época eran La Maestría.

[albedaw]

AWESOME!!!

[Scalairefr]

Otis. the best . Noone can reach his talent.

[FunkenDK]

To bad the sound is a bit deferred :(

[etx125ee]

beautiful.

[zafff13]

his face expressions remind me of dave shappel

[specter080]

Not only is Otis a great piano player but he had a blues voice that compliments his music. It fits like hand and glove. Loved his playing with Muddy Waters also.

[beowulf3075]

@specter080 - Amen to that brother.

[gothgirlkim]

I wasn't calling it bad or easy. This kid can play anything and was trying to get this song down before school was out. i was just saying he might have it down by now. Didn't mean to offend anyone. should have been more clear -_-

[phrogxix]

You're a fucking idiot of the highest and most exclusive order.

[donnellobrien]

It seems he rarely uses his thumb in the left hand....I would have loved seeing this 35 years ago.....

[donnellobrien]

Where did you find this jewel?! This is the guy that cinched my love of the blues. Great Northern Stomp is another great tune by Spann. Wow - this is something else. Is that Matt (Guitar) Murphy?

[Mounhas]

When the Muddy Waters band was finally allowed to enter Britain (was a musicians union one for one dictate) I finally saw my musical hero Otis and I have never ever lost my love of his style, the greatest.

[gothgirlkim]

People, People! It's a type of music! White people didn't steel it, they just used the real things as somethin to get them goin!

love this song!

[MUN7001]

and they loved stealing from the negros music lol, damn whiteys hhhhaaahah, culture bandits

[AlexGronstad]

the blues baby

[HUSEYiNADANA88]

wonderful

[eric669]

splendid

[lezgon]

my first piano teacher!--studied his records when I was 17!

[harmonicabill]

god bles him

[jimihendrix1967]

i see matt guitar murphy there .

[jinav62]

2:26 to 2:42 pure blues energy

[lukelukelukealan]

i like the irony

[kpls72]

Otis got away from us way too early! He is the standard for all blues piano players to reach for...along with Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Francis Clay and the other early Muddy band members...guys who get recognition but it will NEVER be enough.

[OscarPetersonFan]

This was in Germany, in a blues festival organized by Willie Dixon in 1963

[rdoister]

mcshann and spann - top two

[rdoister]

my absolute piano idol

[LeftForBlues]

Yes it was released on an album, i don't remember wich one tho. Fantastic song. Otis Spann is defintely one of my favourites!

[zoidberg2504]

I love this track, does anyone know if it was released on an album?

[Mounhas]

He makes it look so easy. Talent and emotion in buckets. Pure genius and a joy to watch and listen to again and again. Otis was the MAN!.

[Kdees]

He didn't live long, great man Spann is.

[Aminmojo]

God BLess Africa ...she Brought them to the world....

[Rocky1DJ]

amen !

[metyuewb]

@Aminmojo and the white men that invented the piano and recording devices :D

[metyuewb]

@Aminmojo Actually, Africa brought them to the world, Europeans brought to the world in America brought them over from Africa, they invented the recording and playing devices and all the instruments for them to play on so you can listen to this now, and once they got to playing this good, they had to go to Europe where they were appreciated enough for this recording to be made.

[Academic1Researcher]

@Aminmojo Yeah baby !!

[Disposition446]

@Aminmojo africa brought what to the world?

[cesaregiov]

prima e dopo i pasti............

[wsewell12]

the ultimate in cool

[freakyhead20]

great music & lyrics

[blahblahy0y0]

Otis Spann: piano, vocal

Matt "Guitar" Murphy: guitar

Willie Dixon: bass

Bill Stepney: drums

[bobgure]

What could be better?

[luisfiori]

Excelente, sin palabras.

[Mounhas]

Ah, just what I needed, a shot from OS and the boys. Great stuff, will never date, RIP Otis...

[LynneGo]

My absolute favorite Otis Spann vid. Shows a lot of fingerwork for all you musicians out there (like me). His facial expressions are so genuine and real...such a distinctive voice and style. He ranks as one of my top five blues piano players.

[webmonkeymon]

this guy was as dirt poor as you could possibly get. They had absolutely nothing.

What a genius!

[LynneGo]

Right on Bud.

[markyeah]

Inspirational... the epitome of the blues...

[cl350]

The man!