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Today’s Music: Otis Spann, Etta James, Dr. John

Blues piano maestro Otis Spann plays a couple. Etta James and Dr. John at the Ebony Showcase Theatre, April 15, 1987, “I’d Rather Go Blind”: (Note: ‘birthdays’ will return tomorrow.)

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Today’s Music: Blues Fathers and Sons Live (1969)

Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn and Sam Lay teamed up in 1969 to record the Chess album “Fathers and Sons.” Here’s a sample of the result:

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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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