Tag Archives: Chess Records

Today’s Music: Otis Spann Three-peat

You never heard of Otis Spann you say? Catch up here — he was one of the greatest post-war blues pianists and played with the Muddy Waters band for nearly 20 years, as well as working as a session man … Continue reading

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Smokestack Lightnin’ by Howlin’ Wolf, 1956

The original 1956 Chess Records release. Wolf sure knew how to set a mood.

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