Otis Spann - Last Call (1970) [gnodde]
Otis Spann. Just the mention of that name will cause any blues lover to smile, lighting up his face at the thought of the rich recorded legacy that Spann left us -- both on his own and as a member of Muddy Waters' band. But that smile will fade with the remembrance that Spann left us all too soon, in 1970 at the age of 40. What a joy, then, to have in hand the last live performance of blues pianist Spann, preserved for us by Spann’s last guitarist Peter Malick (now the president of Mr. Cat Music), recorded only a few days after Spann had been released from Cook County Hospital in the final stages of terminal liver cancer and less than three weeks before his death. But don’t think for a minute that Spann was not in top form for this concert -- even though he was no longer able to sing -- he could, and did, play a mean blues piano. For this concert, his wife, Lucille, and guitarist Luther "Georgia Boy" "Snake" Johnson handled the singing.
Tracks:
01 - Country Girl
02 - Get on Down to the Nitty Gritty
03 - Long Distance Call
04 - I Got My Mojo Working
05 - Chains of Love
06 - Stomp with Spann
07 - My Baby (Sweet as an Apple)
08 - I Wonder Why
09 - My Man
10 - Blues for Otis
All in MP3 @ 320kbps
