1995
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Spanns leiblicher Vater war ein lokal bekannter Pianist namens Friday Ford, seine Mutter hieß Josephine Erby, spielte Gitarre und sang. Sie hatte unter anderem mit Memphis Minnie und Bessie Smith zusammen gespielt.
His mother, Josephine Erby, was a guitarist who had worked with Memphis Minnie and Bessie Smith, and his stepfather, Frank Houston Spann, was a preacher and musician. One of five children, Spann began playing the piano at the age of seven, with some instruction from Friday Ford, Frank Spann, and Little Brother Montgomery. Career
Otis Spann wurde als Sproß einer äußerst musikalischen Familie am 21. März 1930 in Jackson, Mississippi geboren. Seine Mutter Josephine Erby stand schon mit Größen wie Bessie Smith und Memphis Minnie auf der Bühne. Mit sieben Jahren fing er an, sich selber das Klavierspielen beizubringen.
Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, where he was born on March 21, 1930 to Frank Houston Spann and Josephine Erby, Otis Spann was of a younger generation than fellow pianists Sunnyland Slim, Roosevelt Sykes or Memphis Slim, but his early musical tutelage was very similar.
1. Sept. 1999 · Otis Spann, originally from Jackson, Mississippi, was born March 21, 1930. He was of a younger generation than fellow pianists Sunnyland Slim, Roosevelt Sykes or Memphis Slim,but his early musical tutelage was very similar. In Spann's case, he was inspired to play the piano at the age of eight by a local pianist Friday Ford.
- Ed Kopp
Lucille Spann, Otis’ wife, sang the lead vocals. Spann was most famous for his work with Muddy Waters on the Chess set Fathers and Sons. However, the pianist was ready to start a solo career. He recorded a set for Blue Horizon featuring Fleetwood Mac, British blues-rockers. This set produced Spann’s laid-back song “Hungry Country Girl.” In 1969, he handed over the piano to Pinetop ...
Otis Spann, the first piano player inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, did more than anyone to define the pianist’s role in postwar Chicago blues. His rock-solid support of Muddy Waters throughout the ’50s and ’60s was superb, and during his last decade Spann was able to record an impressive number of his own albums, which showcased the depth of his blues even more convincingly. Many ...
