4.15.2010
Otis Spann
Let me introduce you to someone that's not particularly a household name. But if you know a little about the Blues, then the dots are instantly connected when you're reminded that Otis Spann laid it out for Muddy Waters on piano during his most prolific years. "Got My Mojo Working", "Blow Wind Blow", "Hootchie Cootchie Man"; that was Otis Spann on the ivories for those classic Chess waxings. Spann gave up the piano seat to Pinetop Perkins in 1969 to set out on a solo career. He released the Fleetwood Mac produced "Hungry Country Girl" , and shortly after, died of cancer in 1970.